Gesinsbediening as gesinsverryking: Oor die waarde van �n sisteembenadering vir �n pastorale diagnose van gesinsdinamika by D. J. Louw

“…<strong>The enrichment of the family in pastoral ministry: The value of a system approach in a pastoral diagnosis</strong><br /> Within the Reformed tradition, ministry to the family focused mainly on the personal faith of individual members. …”
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Die hermeneutiek van die belydenisskrifte by Carel F.C. Coetzee

“…They are ecclesiastical documents, authoritative and binding on officials and church members of churches in the reformed tradition. They are commentaries or interpretations, but also need to be interpreted. …”
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Praxis pietatis: teologies nagedink oor aspekte van die spiritualiteit van Augustinus by J.H. van Wyk

“…In this article the author investigates the contribution of the great church father from North Africa, Augustine,particularly because the reformed tradition (via Calvin) feels such a strong affinity with the theology of Augustine. …”
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A qualitative investigation into the so-called ministry of deliverance by J. Janse van Rensburg

“…Since the publication of the book“The occult debate” (Janse van Rensburg, 1999) it has become clear that epistemological views on occultism within the reformed tradition have drastically diverged. During the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in 2007, the report of the Algemene Taakspan vir Leer en Aktuele Sake (ATLAS)on a ministry of deliverance denied the existence of the devil and claimed that it would be un-scientific to embark on an empirical research in this regard, because of the impossibility to verify information gathered in this manner. …”
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Uitverkiesing en etiek by P.F. Theron

“…Election and ethics The doctrine of election is of fundamental importance in the Reformed tradition. During the past century much theological labour was focused on this dogma by leading theologians – theological research that unfortunately was hardly ever noticed by preachers and lay people. …”
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Recovering the Reformation’s Ecumenical Vision of Redemption as Deification and Beatific Vision by Mosser Carl

“…Attention will focus on figures in the Reformed tradition though one could produce similar surveys for the Lutheran and Anglican branches of the Reformation as well. …”
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Belydenisgebondenheid in ’n postmoderne era by C.F.C. Coetzee

“…This paradigm shift has far-reaching consequences, especially for churches in the reformed tradition and the practice of reformed theology as far as the binding to the confessions is concerned. …”
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<i>Insufficientia</i>? In gesprek met die Reformatoriese tradisie en M.A. Kruger oor die (on-)genoegsaamheid van die Godsopenbaring in die skepping, onderhouding en regering by J.H. van Wyk

“…In discussion with the Reformed tradition and M.A. Kruger on the (in-)suffiency of God’s revelation in creation, preservation and government In this article the author investigates the issue of the meaning and suffiency of the revelation in creation. …”
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Marriage and Sexuality in the Light of the Eschaton: A Dialogue between Orthodox and Reformed Theology by John Panteleimon Manoussakis

“…This article proposes a re-examination of the institution of marriage in light of the eschatology of the Eastern Church and the theological discourse on the topic developed by three thinkers of the Reformed tradition, namely Kierkegaard, Barth, and Bonhoeffer. …”
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Jan Bavinck’s (1826-1909) Reformed Piety: Experiential and Holistic by Leiva Israel José Guerrero

“…The approach to his theology is done by describing his definition of piety (vroomheid or godzaligheid), a fundamental subject within the Reformed tradition. The relevance of piety is briefly described in the theology of John Calvin (1509-64) and the Nadere Reformatie in order to argue for the necessity of exploring Jan Bavinck’s description of the nature and application of godliness. …”
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Die bydrae en relevansie van die Ou-Testamentiese wetenskapsbeoefening in die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika (1869-1994) by H. F. van Rooy

“…The theses and research of Old Testa­ment scholarship in the GKSA reflect a conservative, reformed tra­dition in general.…”
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Kreatiewe prediking: Die noodsaak van kreatiwiteit in die preekgebeure by Johan S. Botha

“…Preaching in the reformed tradition is based primarily upon the Bible and the tradition of the church. …”
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Die Sendingpraktyk van die Ned Geref Kerk: Enkele tendense vanaf 1952 tot met die eeuwenteling by G van der Watt

“…The way ahead for the Dutch Reformed Family of Churches could only be as one united church, fulfilling it�s calling to mission within the African and especially South African context, while staying true to its reformed tradition.…”
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Imitating Christ: Bavinck’s Application of an Ethical Norm in the First Commandment by Joustra Jessica

“…Both Bavinck and Geesink penned a Reformed Ethic – one remained unpublished and the other posthumously published – in which they share methodological commitments to scripture, the law, and the Reformed tradition’s understanding of the normativity of the law for the Christian life. …”
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John Calvin and John Locke on the Sensus Divinitatis and Innatism by J. Caleb Clanton

“…Inheritors of the Calvinist Reformed tradition have long disagreed about whether knowledge of God’s nature and existence can be or need be acquired inferentially by means of the standard arguments of natural theology. …”
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Sources of bioethics: <i>Lex Naturae</i> versus <i>Sola Scriptura</i> and <i>Sola Gratia</i>? A response to Vorster by Anné H. Verhoef

“…Vorster, however, argues very convincingly that the general revelation of God and creational gifts can be a source for bioethics within the reformed tradition. He does this by relying on Calvin and Bavinck’s appreciative theologies and in reaction to Barth and Welker’s critique to the notion of natural law. …”
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Die aktiwiteit van die belydende GKSAvrouelidmaat tydens die erediens by P. van Helden

“…By attempting to outline the internal and external activity of female communicants during worship, this article attempts to determine empirically the extent to which current church practice is Scriptural within The Reformed tradition. Definite and specific tendencies regarding the nature of female ministerial empowerment in the churches have been noticed. …”
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Probleme rondom die Bybel in die gereformeerde teologie: besinning vanuit ’n Christelike filosofie by B. J. van der Walt

“…In spite of the fact that the reformed tradition confesses the authority of the Bible, theologians and church leaders are at the moment divided on how to view and interpret the Scriptures. …”
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Leading from the liturgy by Rein den Hertog

“…First, it will be shown that within the Reformed tradition there are starting points for the view of the ordained minister as a facilitator the process of interpretation. …”
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The ecclesiastical difficulty of Ephesians 4:1–6 in view of the different perspectives on the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit by Frederick J. de Beer

“…The hypothesis of the article is that the Pentecostal and Reformed tradition should, without negating their respective theological traditions, consider Ephesians 4:1–6 as a possible measuring ethos in view of visible unity, to validate the witness of the church in a contemporary post-Christian world.…”
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