Rev. Bill Deenick. Trowel & Sword. November 1974 Preamble: I must begin by declaring my own interest in the events described in the following article. I was a student at the RTC at the time that these events took place and was recorded in the minutes of a student meeting as the lone voice opposingContinue reading “Rumour Round The College”
Category Archives: Editorial
The Reformed Church And The Future
John VanderBom. Trowel & Sword, April 1977 Preamble: In this article John VanderBom looks over a period of fifty years – 25 into the past and 25 into the future. In the process he asks many searching questions about the Reformed church and the people who make up its numbers. It is almost another fiftyContinue reading “The Reformed Church And The Future”
A Short History
Bert Moritz & Pieter Stok. Trowel & Sword Revisited, September 5, 2023. Preamble: It has been a year since TSR’s first post, “Building A New Nation” was published on Oct. 2, last year. A month earlier we had launched our website with the article below. The original idea, conceived several years earlier, was to reviveContinue reading “A Short History”
Should We Still Commemorate October 31?
Is Rome Really Changing? Dr. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword, October 1964 Preamble: Is Reformation day still remembered and celebrated by your local church? In our church, Reformation day was always celebrated with a combined service with the Presbyterian and Reformed Presbyterian churches. Then came the covid lockdowns and the service had to be cancelled.Continue reading “Should We Still Commemorate October 31?”
The Last Word
Rev Geoff van Schie. Trowel and Sword editor. December 2010 Preamble: It can be no easy thing as the editor of a magazine that has been the lifeblood of the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia and New Zealand for the past 56 years, to write its obituary. This task fell to Geoff van Schie andContinue reading “The Last Word”
Building a New Nation
Preamble: Welcome readers to our first offering from the wonderful trove of Trowel and Sword articles. This week we present the very first Editorial from the first issue back in October 1954. It is worth reading for a number of reasons. There is a reminder of the sense of calling that many early Dutch immigrantsContinue reading “Building a New Nation”
T&S Revisited 