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My family spent 15 years in a wasteland. Those were the years we spent sitting under the ministry of Rev. Koole. We vexed our souls in that place. It is no exaggeration to say that for the last five years in that church, we were in almost continual anguish. The reason we were not inContinue reading “Wasteland”

Attached here is information about the lecture tonight sponsored by the Evangelism Committee of First Reformed Protestant Church. After I posted the notice about the upcoming lectures in the United States and Singapore, I was emailed an open letter that Bernard Kok had published about ten years after the split in 1924. Although Kok wouldContinue reading “An Open Letter”

Readers of this blog will be interested in some lectures that are scheduled for December of this year. First RPC is sponsoring a lecture on Thursday, December 1 on the topic, “Why Reformed Protestant?” The speech will be held at the Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville, MI (3330 Highland Dr., Hudsonville, MI 49426) and will beginContinue reading “Upcoming Lectures (updated)”

The gospel of Jesus Christ exposes the hearts of men. There is a time when you can only judge men by their confessions. If they make strong confessions of the truth, quote HH enough times, and continually tell everyone how valiant they are for the truth, you believe them. And then the gospel comes. ThatContinue reading “Classis”

The annual meeting of Reformed Believers Publishing will be held onThursday, October 20, at 7:30 PM EDT at Wonderland Tire, 1 84th St. SW,Byron Center, MI 49315. Rev. VanderWal will deliver the keynote speech onthe topic “The Office of Believer: 1953 and Today.” The agenda can be found here and the link for the livestreamContinue reading “Reformed Believers Publishing Annual Association Meeting – 10/20/22”

Sovereign Reformed Protestant Church wishes to extend an invitation to anyone who wishes to gather for a lecture on the command and necessity of the Christian school. It will be held at Boyden Hull High School (801 1st St, Hull, IA 51239) starting at 7:00 PM.  Rev. Nathan Langerak will be the speaker, with aContinue reading “Public Lecture – The Command and Necessity of the Christian School – October 14, 2022”

“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.” Hebrews 11:7 The controversy regarding the proper understanding of “by faith” in HebrewsContinue reading “Noah (2)”

Who built the ark? Noah? God? Maybe both? When theologians who are now in the Reformed Protestant Churches answered that question by delving into the spiritual reality of what is meant by “faith” in Hebrews 11:7, the theologians in the Protestant Reformed Churches were incensed. There may be confusion on certain things in the PRC,Continue reading “Noah (1)”

It was originally my intention to send this letter in to the Standard Bearer. After further reflection, I decided against wasting my time by pursuing that course. It exceeds the word limit and it would never see the light of day. So, I publish it here, as an open letter to the Standard Bearer inContinue reading “Abuse”

Lord willing, we will be organized as the Berean Reformed Protestant Church in Singapore. Our organization meeting details are as follows: Date and … Organization of the Berean Reformed Protestant Church