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
This is a sermon that was preached at Bellville Reformed Church this past Sunday evening. For examples of other Reformed sermons and resources, please look here. We are objects of God’s mercy 1 Peter 2:1-10 Have you ever arrived in a new place – like another part of your homeContinue 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
In Titus 1.10-16, Paul addresses the false teachers that had unsettled the churches on the island of Crete. These false teachers were of a Jewish kind, not unlike the Pharisees that we read about in the Gospels and the Judaizers that Paul condemns in the book of Galatians. Basically, theyContinue 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
We as Christians no doubt want to see sinners repent and believe, and our churches grow in grace. We should take the Great Commission seriously (Matt 28). We should support our church in missions and evangelism. We should always be ready to witness to our faith when asked (1 PeterContinue 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
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