EPC Australia

The sovereignty of God in Christ Jesus means He is not only wonderfully interested in and cares for us in all of our life, but also that He claims a wise, authoritative rule over all of our life. This includes our recreations – our sports, hobbies, games, fun things, relaxation, holidays, camps, music etc etc. Today, we probably have more time than at any other time in history for recreations. It is important then that we seek to prayerfully understand what should be our attitude to and use of these things.

Thesis: A Reformed world and life view demands the establishment and maintenance of Reformed Christian schools.

“Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God has commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the ways that the Lord your God has commanded you that ye may live and that it may be well with you...” (Deut. 5:32,33)

(The following is a slightly amended version of an address delivered at the AGM of the John Calvin School Association by Rev. C. Kleyn. Those things that had reference to specifics have been deleted, and an alteration or two has been made to reflect the understanding of the EPC re. the covenant. When the writer speaks of the Reformed Confessions and identifies them, we may apply what is said to our own Westminster Confession, which gathers them up, expands upon them, and testifies to the same Reformed faith. We hope this excellent speech, in its article format, will be of real encouragement to our readers to strive for the establishment and maintenance of truly Reformed schools in our congregations. Though this goal may not be possible for us at the present, let us never loose sight of it, or cease to pray and work towards it. Ed. Rev. Chris Connors).