This article on Galatians 4:4 explains the counsel of God and the fulfillment of God’s promises.

This article asks whether an elder is an overseer, a shepherd or a coordinator and after a survey of both biblical material (Old Testament and New Testament), and study of what John Calvin believed, it concludes that in fact the elder is all three. The burden of the paper is that the elder should be aware of and not neglect his pastoral duties, especially the visitation of the congregation for the spiritual edification of its people.

What is the character of the office of minister? Should his work be considered a profession? This article shows that it is an office, and provides some characteristics of the office: Christ instituted it, he provides the way in which it should be fulfilled, and he gives the grace and gifts to fulfill the office. All ministerial service, therefore, should constantly point to Christ.

How does a person become a partaker of salvation? Appropriation of salvation seeks to answer this question. This article gives an overview of the confessions on the way one becomes a partaker of salvation and remain in salvation. 

Does the principle of scripture alone mean that there is no place for tradition? What is the relationship between scripture and tradition? This article looks at the answer from a Roman Catholic, radical, and reformed view. 

What are the grounds for infant baptism? This article argues for paedobaptism from the unity of the covenant, children as members of God’s church, relationship between circumcision and baptism, household baptism and the practice of the early church.

Did the Lord’s Day replace the Old Testament Sabbath? This article looks at the relationship of the Sabbath to creation, Sabbath and covenant, and Sabbath and Sunday. 

What is the nature of the church? This was the leading question of the Secession of 1834. This article explains the history of this movement under the leadership of Hendrik De Cock and H. P Scholte. 

When we bring up the notion of the [[wrath of God]], a range of negative reactions is raised. One can hesitate to speak about it, another can have an aversion to tackle it, yet another can deliberately avoid the topic or treat it even with outright defiance. All of these tendencies can be found in Christianity, and in increasing measure!

The work of the Holy Spirit should be understood in relation to the word. The Holy Spirit works through the word. This article explains this by looking at the role of the Spirit in the inspiration of scripture, preaching, and application of the word. 

This article considers an aspect of the sermon preparation process, namely, meditation. This is the reflection on the text with a view to the needs of the congregation on the minister’s mind and heart. The article discusses the need for meditation to be combined with prayer. Meditation is a critical point in preparing a sermon, so the minister needs to devote the time to it.

This article explores how the preacher ought to go about his sermon preparation. It stresses that he must ensure that he is a spiritual being, that he gives himself to prayer, sustained meditation on Scripture, and pastoral care, for such will the Lord use to yield a rich harvest in the hearers.

This article considers how ministers choose sermon texts for preaching. It highlights the Roman Catholic practice of the pericope system and its development in history. It then discusses the principle behind the typical Reformed approach of the free choice of a text, and the limits that have often been applied to this in order to prevent one-sidedness in the choice of texts: catechism preaching, the ecclesiastical calendar, and sermon series.

How can pastors give guidance to young people? This article explains the double image of the good Shepherd and the men of Emmaus to show the kind of guidance that needs to be given to young people. Pastoral guidance needs to come from a pastoral heart, it has to search out the wandering sheep, and it has to protect the youth.

Looking at the time of John Calvin and his works, this article shows how Calvin understood piety to be a life of sacrifice dedicated in its totality to God in response to God's work. This is the secret to godliness.

How does a person become and continue to be a partaker of salvation? This article answers this question by looking at the catechism and confessions. Focus is given to the role of the Holy Spirit and faith, the relationship between the word and Spirit, regeneration, and the marks of spiritual life.

Christians are strangers and sojourners in the world. This article paints four pictures to help the reader understand what it was like for the early church Christians to live as sojourners in this world while they suffered under persecution. The author then applies this to Christians living as pilgrims in today's world.