The new year has become a time of reflection and resolutions. Proposed here is a bit of encouragement to see new life and continued sanctification in the context of the church. To remain faithful must not be viewed as what one resolves to do “in the strength of his own might”. Rather, it is by […]

“It is easy to be a madman: it is easy to be a heretic. It is always easy to let the age have its head; the difficult thing is to keep one’s own. It is always easy to be a modernist; as it is easy to be a snob.” (G.K. Chesterton. Orthodoxy) In our age […]

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17) At the end of Lord’s Day Six, the Heidelberg Catechism asks a very imposing question: “How do you know all this?” How do you know Jesus is the One to […]

When you consider the topic of wisdom, do you think of intellect or philosophy? Perhaps Solomon or the book of Proverbs comes to mind. Maybe it is time we dust off our old definitions of wisdom, evaluate them, and adjust them as we walk through Scripture and attempt to grasp the essence of wisdom. The […]

The Reformed Faith is catholic in the truest sense of the word. This was one of the purposes of the Belgic Confession, namely, to express that the Reformed Faith was nothing less than the Faith of the ancient Christian Church. This catholicity is expressed in no better way than in the doctrine of the Trinity. […]

Eight members of the URCNA Committee For Ecumenical Relations and Church Unity (CERCU) met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from November 11–13 in order to conduct committee business and to bring greetings on behalf of the URCNA to the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC). Present at the meeting from the URC were Rev. Peter Vellenga, […]

“So the evening and the morning were the first day” (Genesis 1:5). “So the evening and the morning were the second day” (Genesis 1:8). “So the evening and the morning were the third day” (Genesis 1:13). “So the evening and the morning were the fourth day” (Genesis 1:19). “So the evening and the morning were […]

Now that we have considered the new perspective’s understanding of Paul’s use of the language of “works” and “works of the law,” we are in a position to take up directly the important question of Paul’s understanding of the “righteousness of God” and the “justification” of believers. Corresponding to its claims regarding Paul’s use of […]