W. Robert Godfrey

The Great Gift of the Covenant

September 1, 1999

Because we have an everlasting and unchangeable covenant, we have an everlasting inheritance.

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The Profitable Servant

August 1, 1999

The astounding promise of Isaiah is that those who trust the Servant of the Lord and are saved by His work will share in the glory that will be His. 

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The Sabbath and Worship

June 24, 1999

We must insist that Sunday is the Lord’s Day, a day that He has instituted for His people to spend with Him.

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The Christian’s Only Comfort

June 1, 1999

The coming of Jesus is the coming of comfort for God's people.

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Revived by Sabbath Revival

May 11, 1999

A defense of the Christian Sabbath.

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The Joy of His Justice

May 3, 1999

Christians who believe in a God who is the righteous governor of the universe must also believe that God will uphold justice through judgment.

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By His Fatherly Hand

April 1, 1999

Our lives are not controlled by blind and indifferent chance, but rather, our days are directed by the God who has shown His great love and care for us in the gift of His Son Jesus to be our Savior

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A Bulwark Never Failing

April 1, 1999

In Jesus, Jew and Gentile find the ultimate expression of the strength of God to save and protect His people.

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Peter Martyr Vermigli: International Reformer

March 1, 1999

A brief study of the life and work of the Italian reformer Peter Martyr Vermigli.

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God the Holy One

February 1, 1999

When we are forgiven and renewed in Jesus, then we can begin to understand and respond to the call of God, “Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.”

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A Discussion on Justification

February 1, 1999

The inadequacies of the compromise on justification presented in the documents “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” and “The Gift of Salvation.”

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Putting Weight Back into Glory

January 1, 1999

While the large majority of people in North America express belief in the existence of God, He is not a weighty consideration in the lives of most people, including churchgoers.

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The Decision to Leave: A Home in the URC’s

January 26, 1998

An interview with Dr. W. Robert Godfrey about his exodus from the Christian Reformed Church into the United Reformed Churches.

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An Interview with W. Robert Godfrey (Originally Published in 1997)

October 7, 1997

Dr. W. Robert Godfrey discusses his own Reformed background along with the state of the Reformed church in the late 1990's.

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A Reformed Dream

September 1, 1997

Our confessional Reformed denominations should consider a bold move to express their unity and increase the credibility of their witness by joining together under one general assembly with each former denomination becoming a particular synod under that general assembly.

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A Big Tent

October 7, 1996

Reformed churches must be big tents in the sense that they welcome all persons regardless of gender, race, ethnic background, or sinful beliefs or lifestyles that they want to put behind them. But Reformed churches, especially in their worship, must not seek to satisfy unconverted desires for entertainment and self-gratification. They must teach, worship and live according to the Word of God alone.

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A New Alliance

June 1, 1996

The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals  is a strong beginning for a movement to call all evangelicals to self-examination and reflection, to repentance and renewal at the doctrinal center of our commitment to Christ. 

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Praise the Lord: Psalm 150

January 27, 1996

A detailed look at biblical praise as presented in Psalm 150.

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A Catechism Written in Heidelberg

April 17, 1995

A discussion of the Heidelberg Catechism in its historical context.

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A Discussion of the Necessity of Reforming the Church by John Calvin

March 1, 1995

An examination of John Calvin's statement of the doctrines of and necessity for the Reformation.

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