Bearing the Cross................................................................................3
Rev. Dykstra offers a meditation about the difficulty of following
Christ.

We Confess.........................................................................................5
Rev. Hyde looks at Article 29 of the Belgic Confession, which speaks
of the marks of the true church.

What We should Learn From Hurricane Katrina 10
Rev. J. Wesley White writes about lessons we must learn in the face of
disasters that occur all around us.

Proposing Unity: URCNA & CanRC 12
Rev. Nymeyer reports on a meeting held in southern California hosted
by the Joint Church Order Committee.

Press Release of the Joint Church Order Committee 14
The combined committees of the Canadian reformed Churches and the
United Reformed Churches give a summary of their November 2005
meeting.

Postmodern Liberalism: Repainting a Non-Christian Faith (I) 16
Rev. Freswick gives an evangelical critique of Rob Bell’s book Velvet
Elvis and uses it as an example of the ‘emerging church’ movement.

Paedocommunion and the Reformed Confessions (I) 20
Dr. Cornelis Venema looks at how paedocommunion stands up
against our confessions.

Looking Out and About 23