Reformed Church Southern Suburbs in Cape Town will host a conference with the theme “Apartheid of church and state: global perspectives” on 11 and 12 August 2023. The conference features a line-up of respected Reformed theologians and pastors, including RCSS’s Simon Jooste. More information about the conference will be releasedContinue Reading
Simon Jooste I am the pastor of a multi-cultural English-speaking Reformed church on the southern tip of Africa in a city called Cape Town. Since 1652, when the first Dutch settlers landed in the Cape, the church has struggled to fulfil the Great Commission amid common cultural enterprise with itsContinue Reading
The tensions and inconsistencies that I have attempted to illustrate in this book review beg another question: What kind of reformation is The Gift of Life after? The answer Professor Vorster appears to provide is one of “flourishing personhood” that roots out of church and society the dehumanizing idols of racism, sexism,Continue Reading
By Simon Jooste, pastor of RCSS Embodiment is central to salvation, so is suffering in the body. Without the incarnation, passion, and ongoing enfleshed intercession of Christ, there is no redemption. This was the heartbeat of the apostle Paul’s preaching in ancient Corinth, a city pulsing with ideas and illicitContinue Reading
AM liturgy :: Call to worship/ Call on God’s name for help by reading: Matthew 11:28-30 :: Song of Praise: Psalm 45:1,4-5 (p45B) (text here and tune here) :: Corporate confession of Faith: Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,Continue Reading
The service streamed on YouTube Live this AM is here: AM liturgy :: Call to worship/ Call on God’s name for help by reading: Psalm 103:1-4 “Our Father, with the Psalmist we lift up our eyes to the hills and we cry: Where does our help come from? AndContinue Reading
Michael Horton writes: “When Jesus Christ arrived, He did not revive the Sinai theocracy as His contemporaries had hoped. Instead of driving out the Romans, He commanded love for our enemies. Gathering the new Israel — Jew and Gentile — around Himself, by His Spirit, through Word and sacrament, JesusContinue Reading
Audio recording synopsis of Jooste’s dissertation (completed in 2013 at Stellenbosch University) given at George Whitefield College’s post-graduate seminar on 17 February 2015: Recovering the Calvin of two kingdoms in the South African context (audio file). The entire dissertation can be downloaded here in PDF.Continue Reading
For those who attended and would like to listen again or for those who could not make it, the following is the audio addresses from Rev Dr David VanDrunen at the recent Christianity and culture conference hosted by RCSS on 22-23 August: The Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Paradigm for ChristianityContinue Reading