Michael Horton writes: “When Jesus Christ arrived, He did not revive the Sinai theocracy as His contemporaries had hoped. Instead of driving out the Romans, He commanded love for our enemies. Gathering the new Israel — Jew and Gentile — around Himself, by His Spirit, through Word and sacrament, JesusContinue Reading
Rev. Mike Brown of the United Reformed Church, North America, writes about four ways that church discipline benefits Christ’s sheep: Perhaps you have heard the story of Shrek, a Merino sheep in New Zealand who not long ago gained international fame for avoiding his shepherds for six years because heContinue Reading
2016 RCSA Extraordinary Synod on Women in Office (12-16 January 2016) After 30 odd years of wrestling with the matter, RCSA Extraordinary (General) Synod 2016 takes the solid majority and decisive decision not to open up the office of elder and minister to women. (Not a single petition of protestContinue Reading
What is the purpose of English language ministries in the Reformed Churches in South Africa (RCSA/ GKSA)? Add-ons to existing Afrikaans confessional Reformed churches? Missional church plants? A combination of both? Out with the old in with the new? Plenary speakers: Revs. Arthur Miskin (RC Tshwane) :: Simon Jooste (RCContinue Reading
[Sermon audio here.] Status is a big deal in our society. And status is often measured in very superficial terms: like according to what kind of clothes you wear, what kind of car you drive, the house you own and where you live. The people that our popular culture idolizesContinue Reading
[Sermon audio found here.] Theme: The fear of God produces wisdom that leads to salvation. Are we to fear God as Christians? Is fear compatible with faith and love? Weren’t OT believers the only ones to fear God? Besides, those were the days of Moses and the exacting laws ofContinue Reading
[Sermon audio here.] Most of us have at some point in our lives been shocked and appalled at the suffering in this world. You drive past the mangled body on the side of the road. Your neighbour is beaten to near death for his cell-phone. Another helpless girl is gang-raped. Continue Reading
[Sermon audio available here.] The scandal of Christianity is that central to its message is suffering and death. Suffering and death are the two things that the world tries to avoid at all costs. What our society values is in many respects the opposite of what Christianity holds dear. PopularContinue Reading
The early church, during the time of Paul and Titus, had many things stacked against her. Christians were considered an odd and sometimes dangerous minority in the first-century Greek and Roman world. People were suspicious of them. For one, Christians were notorious for being unwilling to worship Caesar and theContinue Reading
Is it not true that what often captivates us when the countless adverts and news headlines flash past our eyes every day is not so such much their content, but how they are packaged? We are often so dazzled by the presentation of the message that we never stop toContinue Reading