Where does the Holy Spirit fit into the Christian life?  Sadly, there is much confusion when it comes to the answers to this question in the broader church today.  Some people are so focused on the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ is pushed into the background, or even forgotten.  TheContinue Reading

The sheep in the churches on the island of Crete were surrounded by dangerous animals.  One of Crete’s poet-prophets, Epimenides, once joked that the absence of wild beasts on the island could be explained by the presence of humans.  Cretans were known for being lovers of money, viciously greedy, liarsContinue Reading

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

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