What is the significance of the Canons of Dort for today? This article considers the charge that this confessional document is a hindrance to evangelism, and explains that it is rather an impetus to evangelism, evangelism of a distinctly Reformed type.

What really is the significance of the Canons of Dort for the church today? This article shows that it has much to contribute to the life and ministry of the church: it is unswervingly biblical, it gets at at the heart of the Reformed worldview (namely, the sovereign ini­tiative and grace of God), it encourages a God-centred faith, and it points to God as the only comfort for the believer.