Recent years have found Reformed churches focusing greater attention and emphasis on evangelism. Meanwhile, the ongoing drive of the ecumenical movement continues. At the same time, there is increased dissatisfaction with public education, causing untold numbers to turn to parochial and private education, as well as to our Christian schools. This seems to be the […]
The Reformed Fellowship board often agonizes over how to accomplish effectively the organization’s stated purpose in the twenty-first century. According to Article 2 of the Reformed Fellowship Articles of Incorporation, “The purpose or purposes of this corporation are as follows: to study the Reformed faith and to develop its implications as it relates to all […]
Calvin on Scripture and Divine Sovereignty By John Murray Baker Book House, 1960; reprint, Solid Ground Christian Books, 2009. 84 pages. Available from Reformed Fellowship, Inc. Reviewed by Mr. Myron Rau This little book contains three of the four lectures given by Professor John Murray in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in May 1959, under the auspices […]
Exoneree. Uriah Courtney with Glenda Mathes. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017. 221 pages. Uriah Courtney was mistakenly identified and wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for eight years for kidnap and rape. His is a story of one unbearable trial after another and how the Lord used those trials to produce a very godly man. Uriah grew […]
A remnant is that which remains from a larger original piece, amount, or group. In reference to God’s people, it is those who remain faithful to his Word even through opposition and while others follow into apostasy. “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall […]
The very first synod of the United Reformed Churches in North America, meeting in 1996 appointed an Inter-Church Relations Committee for, “correspondence and contact with other churches”. Since then, the committee has begun working toward what is termed “complete church unity”, with a number of Reformed and Presbyterian churches that share a common expression of […]
Increasingly, the emphasis at funerals and funeral related events in recent times is to focus on the deceased and to celebrate that person’s life. To some extent, this has already been the practice by some, including churches that seek to eulogize the deceased, or as is often said, “preaching them to heaven.” To accommodate the […]
Synod London 2010 made for long days and short nights. Synod began Monday evening with a worship service and prayer for Synod, which was over by 9:30. Breakfast began at 6:45 each morning and the morning sessions at 8:00. On Monday and Tuesday evenings we convened until 10:00 p.m., on Thursday evening until 11:30, and […]
Synod 2012 of the United Reformed Churches in North America met on the bank of the Hudson River, on the campus of Nyack College in Nyack, New York, on June 11–16. Represented were 191 delegates from 102 churches, along with sixteen fraternal delegates and observers. One church sent delegates who were not presently sitting elders, […]
The setting was Synod Nyack 2012 of the United Reformed Churches in North America. The Scripture that came to mind was Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” This writer had the opportunity of spending the week of Synod Nyack representing the Board of Reformed Fellowship, the publisher of The Outlook, manning […]