Jelte Numan
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Catholicity Versus Pluriformity (Part 2 – final)
True catholicity: unity in the truthSome claim that the church’s catholicity refers simply to believers scattered across the world, regardless of whether they belong to true or false churches....
Catholicity versus pluriformity 1
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;...
God’s Covenant Justice
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...
Why Appeal the Decision to Send Observers to the Next Two ICRC Meetings
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...
My Witness Is in Heaven: Finding Hope with Job in Unjust Suffering
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....