On 6 June 2015, RC Rietvallei hosted a “Multi-ethnic English Ministries Conference.” Rev. Jooste had the opportunity to give an address entitled: “RCSA English-medium church planting: missional or confessional? Or both?” A video of the address can be found on Youtube here. And a detailed outline here. The other address,Continue Reading
What are the marks of a true church? A true Christian? Should Christians fast? What Christocentric and heavenly comfort is God giving his people in Psalms 3, 9 and 130?Continue Reading
What are we praying in the 6th petition of the Lord’s Prayer when we ask: “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13)? To find out, click here and listen. In Belgic Confession Article 29 we confess that it is the duty of every ChristianContinue Reading
Want to learn how to pray in a way that pleases God? Jesus teaches his disciples in Matthew 6 in the middle of his sermon on the mount. Listen to the sermons on Christ’s words here. What does it mean to be a part of the one apostolic church ofContinue Reading
Go to the audio sermons and resources page to listen to a sermon from Matthew 6:1-4 entitled “Beware of hypocrisy” and a sermon on Belgic Confession Article 27 entitled “The church militant.” Come and join us this coming Lord’s Day for more manna from heaven delivered through the public ministryContinue Reading
In Belgic Confession Article 27, we confess certain foundational truths about the nature of Christ’s church: things like its universality, its unity and its holiness. Vital to our understanding of the church and its attributes is that they find their ultimate source in the workings of the Triune God. ItContinue Reading
In Genesis 9:6 God says: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.” What does it mean to image God? What happened to man’s likeness to God after the Fall? How does the image of God informContinue Reading
What is your experience of church? Is it a place where you feel like you can be your sinful self? Or rather a place where you have to keep up appearances like Mr and Mrs Jones in the pews next door? A former seminary friend of mine (name dropping alert),Continue Reading
To learn more, listen to this sermon on Belgic Confession article 27. If you are curious to learn more about the Reformed confessions and why RCSS is a confessional church, you click can here and here.Continue Reading
In this sermon on Genesis 8:20-9:17, we look at God’s non-redemptive covenant with Noah after the flood, which governs and sets the terms for Christian life in God’s common kingdom. This sermon furthers the two kingdoms argument that Christ’s call to turn the other cheek in the Sermon on theContinue Reading
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