Faith in Focus
The magazine of the Reformed Churches of New Zealand.
Faith in Focus is the denominational magazine of the Reformed Churches of New Zealand. The magazine seeks to promote biblical Reformed thinking as it applies to all areas of life.
It contains articles that are theological in nature as well as on pastoral subjects and general areas of Christian living. Both young and old will find interesting reading material in its pages.
Faith in Focus is published each month except for January and the magazine is available by way of subscription. To subscribe, please contact the Editor.
Latest Featured Articles
Using wealth well
Imagine what it would be like living in a society without money. No bills, no taxes, no rent or mortgage, no petty arguments at the church AGM, no scammers. That actually sounds quite refreshing and liberating. Yet so much of life, how we live and what we do involves the [...]
You cannot serve God and mammon
One of the things that the Lord Jesus taught us to pray is: “Lead us not into temptation.” And I am confident that we could all come up with a long list of temptations that we want nothing to do with. But what about the temptation of riches? Would that [...]
Shining the Light of Life in a dark and dying land
New Zealand society currently exists in a state of cognitive dissonance. According to Oxford languages, cognitive dissonance is the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs and attitudes. Our society has embraced opposing and contradictory ideas: on the one hand, we have legal access to taxpayer-funded assisted suicide through euthanasia, but [...]
The Scottish Reformation
In 2008 my wife and I were in England visiting our son and daughter-in-law, who were living and working in London while on their OE. While there we took the opportunity of travelling by bus on a ten day tour of England, Scotland and Wales. About half way through the [...]
Hospitality
Hospitality is a word that is often mentioned in Christian circles. It is a subject studied in Bible Studies and is preached from our pulpits. Many books on Christian living will have a chapter devoted to it. With all of this emphasis you would think we would be great at [...]
Profession of Faith
Many of us have been to church services where we have witnessed some young people profess their faith. Friends and family turn up for the occasion and the church is filled to overflowing. Why such a fuss? What’s the big deal? Why do so many people turn up for the [...]