The Word to the World
As Protestants, we tend to not place a lot of weight on a Christian liturgical calendar. Indeed, there are many in Reformed circles who consider any worship gathering of the church outside of the Lord’s Day to be a violation of the regulative principle of
Recently, we sang the decades-old song by Jack Hayford: “Majesty.” Its lyrics are simple but, well, majestic: Majesty, worship his majesty: Unto Jesus be all glory, honour and praise. Majesty, kingdom, authority: Flows from his throne, unto his own, his anthem raise. In the passage
There is a lot of talk, and much being written, these days about the Reformation of the sixteenth century. Rightly so. One of the lessons we learn from this work of God is that the church is to be always reforming. The church is to
What a week it’s been! Since last Thursday’s “night of the long knives,” South Africa has been battered on the financial markets, downgraded to junk status by one financial institution, moved to a vote of no confidence concerning our State President, called upon to sign