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In July 2025, Reverend Andrew Lanning, pastor of Remnant Reformed Church and editor of Reformed Pavilion magazine, began the work of retranslating the Canons of Dordt. Presented here are his explanation of the project, the corrected translation itself, and a series of articles expounding the Canons of Dordt. Beginning with the August 1, 2026, issueContinue reading “The Canons of Dordt”

Part 1 Part 2 Commended to the Lord

The congregation of which I am a member, Remnant Reformed Church, has recently been studying the question of the frequency with which the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is administered. Because Scripture does not prescribe a specific number of times the Supper must be observed, our consideration of this question led us first to studyContinue reading “The Lord’s Supper (Index)”

This post originally appeared in December of 2022. In light of recent developments, it seems appropriate that it be republished. “Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD”Continue reading “Wasteland”

As is so often the case in times of church reformation, the church is driven to study the vital topic of worship. So too with the current controversy that started in the Protestant Reformed Churches and carried on in the Reformed Protestant Churches. So often we are inclined to focus on the violence, the deceit,Continue reading “Exclusive Psalmody (Index)”

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. —Psalm 27:5 A new magazine has entered the world! The name—Reformed Pavilion—is beautiful. It is beautiful for the truth that it teaches. For hisContinue reading “New Reformed Magazine – Reformed Pavilion”

On Sunday, July 1, 2018, Prof. Russell Dykstra preached a sermon at Hope Protestant Reformed Church titled “Made Free by the Truth.” This sermon was preached ten days after Synod 2018 had adjourned. Synod 2018 declared that Classis East had “failed to deal with doctrinal error contained in sermons Mrs. Meyer protested to Hope’s consistory”Continue reading “Restored”

“For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.”             Psalm 18:29 I said in my last post that there were things that have amused me in the last few years. One of those times stands out in my mind. Rev. Lanning had been suspended fromContinue reading “Running Through a Troop”

Looking back on the last few years, there are things that have shocked me, angered me, amused me, and many things that have bewildered me. Some have deeply saddened me. When Rev. Jonathan Langerak was given his farewell toast from Heritage PRC after taking the call to another church in the denomination, one of theContinue reading “Foxes in the Desert”