Arjan de Visser

Closing thoughts on the 2023 conference

Final chapel message from the 2020-2021 academic year from Deuteronomy 33:26-27, highlighting the “everlasting arms” of our God.

The apostle Paul worked tirelessly among the churches he had planted but he never lost his zeal to take the gospel to new areas where Christ had not been proclaimed (2 Cor. 10:16). At the beginning of a conference on world mission it will be good to reflect on Paul’s missionary approach. We will focus especially on the balance he maintained between planting churches in new areas and nurturing the churches he had already planted.

When the Canadian Reformed Churches launched their first foreign mission projects in the late 1950s, they decided that the work of foreign mission should not be organized by a central mission board (appointed by general synod) but rather through the initiative of local churches. Ever since, CanRC foreign mission projects have been initiated and supervised by “sending churches” such as Toronto, Hamilton and Surrey. In this presentation we will raise the question whether the time has come to revamp the model and move to a more centralized approach. Advantages and pitfalls of both approaches will be discussed.

A chapel meditation on Genesis 47:7-10, Jacob blessing Pharaoh.

A chapel meditation on 2 Timothy 2:3: Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

A meditation on Acts 4:24-31.

At the 2016 CRTS Conference, Dr. Arjan de Visser describes the characteristics of the renowned preaching of the famous preacher and theologian Klaas Schilder—but considers whether some of those characteristics might have jeopardized his chances at passing a Canadian Reformed Classical Exam.

Lecture outline available here.

Biblical foundations for the role of music in worship.

Report on a visit to Doornik – including the place where Guido de Brès was imprisoned.

A presentation at the Church Music Conference held in Burlington, Ontario on October 24, 2014.

The history of the Genevan Psalter, with an analysis of its character and its significance.