Vol 98 Issue 20

Rev. Ronald Hanko, minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches and member of Covenant of Grace PRC in Spokane, WA Previous article in this series: May 15, 2022, p. 370. Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed...

Prof. Ronald Cammenga, rector and professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary and member of Southwest PRC in Wyoming, MI Previous article in this series: July 2022, p. 418. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Colossians 4:6 Introduction In the previous article in this series, readers were introduced to the first error that is being promoted by the Reformed Protestant Churches (RPC), on account of which they are justly accused of being antinomians. That error is the teaching that forgiveness...

Rev. Daniel Kleyn, missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, stationed in Manila, Philippines Reformed churches are often criticized for a lack of missionary zeal. They are portrayed as being interested only in themselves and indifferent to those outside the church. They are said to be the least mission-minded churches, having no burden for the salvation of the lost, and being basically uninterested in preaching the gospel beyond their own congregations. The Reformed, it is said, do not believe in missions. Especially two factors are mentioned as carrying the blame for this. The first is the Reformed doctrine of...

British Reformed Fellowship (BRF) Conference After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of covid, the 16th BRF family conference on “Union With Christ” finally took place at Castlewellan Castle in Northern Ireland (9-16 July). However, as one attendee put it, “This BRF conference was so good that it made up for not having had one two years ago!” There were 105 people who stayed at the castle for all or part of the week and another 26 who joined us as visitors once or twice or three times. Saints came from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Northern Ireland, Norway, the Republic...

On July 9, 2022, a beautiful Saturday afternoon, 105 saints from all over the world gathered at Castlewellen Castle Christian Conference Centre in Northern Ireland for the sixteenth BRF Conference. It had been four long years since the BRF had met. Covid and restrictions in 2020 and 2021 had made it impossible for the conference to be held. What a beautiful venue! The castle was built in 1856, and its beautiful, original woodwork can be seen throughout. The castle sits on 1,100 acres, overlooking a beautiful lake with a walking path around it. The grounds also contained a beautiful garden,...