‘Articles’
The National Synod of the Reformed Churches of South Africa
by Slabbert Le Cornu The national synod of the Gereformeerde Kerke van Suid-Afrika (GKSA) [Reformed Churches of South Africa (RCSA)] met 5-16 January 2009 in Potchefstroom, South Africa, a beautiful small town ...
Cling To The Lord – Third Commandment
Cling to the Lord! The third commandment Exodus 20.4, 7; Deuteronomy 5.11 “You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain.” Song 3.4 I found him who my soul loves. I held him, and would ...
Our Cherished Traditions – Second Commandment
Our Cherished Traditions The Second Commandment Exodus, 20.4, 5; Deuteronomy 5.8, 9 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down ...
What Makes You So Strong?
. . [23 May 2012 Editor's Note: On 14 March 2012, after this article had been republished on the the Christian Observer website for more than three years, the Christian Observer received an email ...
The Princeton Defection and Its Consequences
. Dear Dr. John Battle, . It is with deep regret that I read your latest article on the Christian Observer web pages (www.christianobserver.org) You do realize I pray that you have placed yourself outside the ...
Mainline Renewal Leader Warns Obama That Robinson Offensive to Christians in US, Africa, Global South
MAINLINE RENEWAL LEADER WARNS PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA, ROBINSON OFFENSIVE TO CHRISTIANS IN U.S., AFRICA, and the GLOBAL SOUTH In a strongly worded letter today, Association for Church Renewal President Rev. David Runnion-Bareford warned President Elect Obama about the destructive impact of his decision to invite Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson to lead ...
Charles Hodge, Inspiration, Textual Criticism, and The Princeton Doctrine of Scripture
by John A. Battle* The Doctrine Hodge Inherited from Princeton ...
Grateful in Danger – John Calvin
Grateful in Danger “Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;” (Psalm 107:10) Suggested Further Reading: Matthew 14:22-33 The Spirit of God mentions many dangers in which God shows His power and grace in protecting ...
The Christian Observer in 1845
. Editor’s Note: Leonard Bacon was a nineteenth-century minister at the First Church of New Haven (Congregationalist) in New Haven, Connecticut, an editor of the Christian Spectator (New Haven) from 1826 to 1838, and one of the founders in 1843 of the ...
John Knox’s Theology of Prayer
By Brian Golez Najapfour John Knox, born about 1514 in or near Haddington, Scotland,[1] is pictured in various ways. W. Stanford Reid portrays him as “trumpeter of God,” an epithet that Knox himself would use to depict himself.[2] David D. Murison terms ...