In today’s Tatler newspaper, which is circulated in the southern suburbs of Cape Town, RCSS ran its first of six advertisements to raise awareness of its presence in the community. The purpose of the “campaign” is to invite you to re-discover or perhaps discover for the first time a betterContinue Reading
[Sermon audio here.] One of the greatest challenges in this life is to be subject to an unjust or corrupt government. The experience of living in a country where one’s basic human rights are constantly threatened can tempt us to all sorts of negative responses: such as rebellion, discouragement, depression,Continue Reading
[Sermon audio here.] Theme: The baptism of John is a symbol of judgment on Israel lest she – like us – repent of our sins and put our faith in Jesus, who endured God’s judgment on the cross. Water, like bread, is something we take for granted in our lives. Continue Reading
One of the distinguishing marks of the Reformed tradition is that we believe baptism, which is the sign of entrance into the covenant community (i.e. church), should be administered to infants as well as new converts to Christianity. For some of you, this may be a puzzling claim. This wasContinue Reading
[Sermon audio here.] Theme: God’s heavenly kingdom has come down to earth in his Son, and we enter it by repentance and faith through the means of grace. We all like change for the better. Who of us does not like to see relationships improve, diseases healed and societies transformed? Continue Reading
The mission of planting the Reformed Church Southern Suburbs by the Reformed Church Bellville is in response to Christ’s Great Commission given in Matthew 28 to proclaim the gospel and disciple the nations. We believe that there is a need in the southern suburbs of Cape Town for another churchContinue Reading
Increasingly, Christians are using “Reformed” to describe what they believe concerning the teachings of the Bible and the practices of the church. On one level, I think this is encouraging. More and more folk are being exposed to the doctrines of grace, which means there is a deepening understanding ofContinue Reading
One of the distinctives of the best of the Reformed tradition is to be counter cultural when it comes to the life and ministry of the church. This means that the church does not adopt the strategies of the world in order to be “successful” and its does not gaugeContinue Reading
[Audio for this sermon available here.] How do we relate the Old Testament to the New? Because things are so much better in the NT, it can be tempting to downplay the importance of the OT or disregard it altogether. A close reading of the NT, however, reveals that itContinue Reading
What does your baptism mean to you? In the early church, baptism was taken very seriously. It was not uncommon for new converts to Christianity – known as “Catechumens” – to spend up to three years learning the fundamentals of the faith before being baptised into God’s covenant community. Unfortunately,Continue Reading
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