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Heidelberg West Youth Camp 2025 So thankful for our time at HWYC, it was the first time Reformed Church of Los Angeles joined and can’t wait for next year! So thankful to Elder Chris Hekman, his wife LaShawna Hekman and our Western Classis ministers for all the hard...

As a retired pastor, my relationship with sermons has undergone a profound shift in recent months. Instead of writing and preaching God’s Word to others, a role I hope to resume in time, now I’m more focused on listening to others preach it. I’ve always said that...

God is not bound by time, restricted to the present moment. He is not walled off from the past or the future. The past, present, and future are equally present to him. We as creatures relate to time in a much different way. We are embedded in time: coming into...

How did you come to believe the Gospel? I was raised in Roman Catholicism where I learned the Nicene Creed. Did I really believe at that point? Well, it’s complicated. I don’t remember much of the gospel being preached to me from the pulpit other than the occasional...

Introduction: We know from our beloved Bible and our helpful Heidelberg Catechism that Jesus is a loving, faithful, self-giving, loyal, forgiving, and gentle person. Can you think of him as having an angry rage that caused him to throw over furniture and take a rope...

The Synod of the RCUS has long affirmed that the purpose of the Foreign Ministries Committee is to train pastors in foreign lands, equipping them to become self-governing, self-perpetuating, and self-supporting. Historically, providing direct financial support to...

When we study the Reformation and later periods, we often have the privilege of learning about Christian women through their own words. The women of the church in the first few centuries, however, are more often a mystery to us, glimpsed primarily through the writings...

When Martin Luther refused to recant at the Diet of Worms, he sealed “his doom as a heretic. German nobles quickly surrounded him and led him safely from the hall,” and “when it became clear that the German nobles would not hand Luther over to the papal authorities,...

When I entered Heidelberg Theological Seminary in Sioux Falls, SD, Dr. Maynard Koerner was my primary professor. At that time, my understanding of God and the gospel was basic. After four years of training, my understanding of both grew exponentially, partly due to...

If you have never heard Dr. Alan Strange speak before, you’re in for a treat and a blessing. His address to our General Session captivated delegates as he challenged us to make the Great Commission our fourth century imperative. The post Tricentennial: Dr. Alan...