The following is the sermon that was preached this past Sunday at the morning service of Cape Town Reformed Church in the city bowl. For other examples of Reformed sermons and resources, please look here. Salvation hidden in suffering Life is rather predictable and ordinary, at least most of theContinue Reading
This coming Sunday provides yet another two opportunities for you to sample a Reformed worship service in English before the Reformed Church Southern Suburbs launches it’s evening services. The following are the details: Morning: Where: Cape Town Reformed Church When: 09h30 Map: http://tinyurl.com/9n7lke7 Evening: Where: Bellville-East Reformed Church (on theContinue Reading
If worship is important to God, then it should be important to us as well. One of the early Reformers, John Calvin, believed that the doctrine of worship ranks ahead of the article of justification in importance, and comprises the entire substance of the Christian life. Worship is arguably ourContinue Reading
This past Sunday was an opportunity to participate in a Reformed worship service at Bellville Reformed Church, the mother church for the Reformed church plant in the southern suburbs. For those who could not make it or who would like to reflect more on the service, the following is theContinue Reading
You are all invited to join us to worship our Lord Jesus this coming Sunday at Bellville Reformed Church, where I will be given the opportunity and privilege to preach God’s Word. By attending, you will get a taste of what a Reformed worship service is like and what toContinue Reading
The wisdom of the church is unlike the wisdom of this world. Why? Because the wisdom of the church turns on the wisdom of the cross, which is folly to this world. Paul explains: For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to usContinue Reading
For the last few weeks (see previous posts) we have been looking at the subject of preaching as we work through the book of Titus, and particularly in light of Titus 1.9. According to the Reformed tradition, one of the marks of a true church is the faithful preaching ofContinue Reading
In our last study, we continued to look at some biblical-theological truths that hopefully helped make us more discerning of what that central event of corporate worship – preaching – is. There are both good and not so good approaches to preaching out there. The merits of every sermon mustContinue Reading
I have already drawn attention to the fact that the elder qualifications in Titus 1.5-9 have many things in common with moral virtues expected from upstanding pagan citizens in the ancient world of Greece. (This is one piece of evidence for the fact that even non-Christians know something of God’sContinue Reading
As we approach another section in Titus that highlights the central importance of preaching and teaching in the life of the church – the minister must be qualified to preach and teach – I want to connect this chief public and corporate means of grace to the concept of biblicalContinue Reading
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