Jelte Numan

These days you hear differing opinions about the church, says Rev. Simon de Marie. For example, it is said that you have to feel at home in the church;...

Christians often hear the question, “If God is just, why does He allow so much injustice?” People look at the world — wars, oppression, suffering — and conclude that...

 Synods make decisions that affect the churches, but they must not rule over the churches. Christ has entrusted that authority to the local consistory, whose office bearers publicly promised...

When God’s covenant children are unjustly dealt with, they may appeal—not in defiance, but in faith—to a mediator between God and man. For Christians, that Mediator is Jesus Christ....

Some weeks ago, I published a summary of what Rev. D. Agema had to say about the so‑called “rule of Matthew 18”. In response, a reader wrote to me,...