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The next issue of Reformed Pavilion is now online, found here.

The 5th issue of Reformed Pavilion is now available here. The matter facing the Reformed Protestant Churches could not be more plain. “When there is a false charge of legalism, the gospel of Jesus Christ is cast away and lost” (Connie Meyer, The True Gospel Charged with Legalism).

“The only thing nicer than tulips in the sunshine in May is reading Reformed Pavilion amidst the tulips in the sunshine in May.” – From the Editor Well, the only thing to do is to test that hypothesis by reading the 4th issue of Reformed Pavilion, found here.

The third issue of Reformed Pavilion is available here. And what an issue it is! Fairly packed with information, the reader is sure to go away full, having fed on a a healthy serving of FAQs (what is the difference between prayer and singing, anyway?), a re-publication of a pamphlet by Hendrik De Cock (whoContinue reading “Alcoves, Ramparts, and FAQs!”

The next issue of Reformed Pavilion is now available and can be found here: https://www.reformedpavilion.com/. (Don’t forget to subscribe for future issues at the bottom of the page).  The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith “We believe that those Holy Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and thatContinue reading “Issue #2 of Reformed Pavilion is now available!”

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”

The session of Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) has recently sent a letter to its congregation about the speeches that will be given by Rev. Lanning in Singapore. In that letter they strongly admonish their congregation not to attend the lectures being given by Rev. Lanning. These are not just empty words, either. The sessionContinue reading “CERC”