Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Sunday, January 11, 2015

11 January 1978 A.D A.D. Dr. John Skilton, Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia Preaches the Funeral Sermon for Rena Van Til, Wife of Dr. Cornelius Van Til, Westminster Seminary



11 January 1978 A.D A.D.  Dr. John Skilton, Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia Preaches the Funeral Sermon for Rena Van Til, Wife of Dr. Cornelius Van Til, Westminster Seminary


Batzig, Nicholas T. “Dr. John H. Skilton’s Funeral Sermon for Rena Van Til—Wife of Cornelius Van Til.”  Feeding on Christ. 27 Apr 2014.  http://feedingonchrist.com/john-skiltons-funeral-sermon-rena-van-til/. Accessed Apr 24, 2014.


Dr. John H. Skilton’s Funeral Sermon For Rena VanTil–Wife of Cornelius VanTil



Nicholas T. Batzig · April 27th, 2014 · No Responses


Rena Van Til


Many of the readers of this blog will know something of my gratitude to God for having grown up around Dr. John H. Skilton and Dr. Cornelius VanTil. Drs. Skilton and VanTil were best friends, who, after the death of Dr. VanTil’s wife, Rena, labored together in evangelistic and mercy ministry work in the Vietnamese section of Philadelphia–among other places. I was going through some old tapes today and came across a copy of Dr. Skilton’s sermon that he preached at Rena’s funeral on January 11, 1978. You can listen to it here.

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