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‘Justification by faith’ conference in Cape Town in June 2025
Save the dates! RCSS and African Reformed Churches (ARC) will be hosting a conference with the theme “Justification by faith” in Cape Town, South Africa on 20 and 21 June 2025. The confirmed speakers at the conference are Rev. Dr Dan Borvan, Dr. James Berry, and Rev. Dr. David Noe.
Simon Jooste’s presentations at the Ratio Christi conference in Cape Town
RCSS Pastor Rev. Dr Simon Jooste gave two presentations at the Ratio Christi Conference in Cape Town on 3 August 2024. The title of the first presentation is “God’s justice is not ‘social justice’: an apologetics perspective”. Social justice movements have swept the globe, leaving many Christians to believe that
Does Reformed theology teach that the Church has replaced the Jews?
This is an edited transcript of a Heidelminicast by Dr. R. Scott Clark. […] The very category of “replacement” is foreign to Reformed theology because it assumes a Dispensational Israelio-centric way of thinking about the history of redemption […] It assumes that a temporary national people was, in fact, intended
African Reformed Churches: Confessional Reformation in Africa
By Simon Jooste Reformed Christians understand the significance of the Reformation and its effect on global Christianity. In Africa, there was an extended series of Reformed missions from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries. But this was not the first time orthodox doctrine was taught on the continent. Africa
Abounding Grace Radio: Preaching Christ from all of Scripture [2 videos]
Pastor Chris Gordon and Pastor Dan Borvan discuss the importance of preaching from the perspective that the Bible progressively reveals more and more about the salvation of Christ. They talk about how accurately to apply that knowledge to the Christian life. The conversation extends to concern over the artificial presentation
There can be no Reformed church without Reformed worship
By Brad Isbell Thesis: No confessional Presbyterian church will long remain confessional or Presbyterian if it loses Reformed worship. First, some definitions: Confessional: orthodox soteriology and doctrine (doctrine of God, Christology, covenant) according to the Reformed confessions. Presbyterian: government by ordained male (per scripture) elders organized in accountable, graded courts.