Jelte Numan
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The Trust Test
There is a story about a famous fellow who walked across the Niagara Falls on a tight-rope. Whether the story is entirely factual, I do not know; but the...
The two sides to the church
Look back over the history of the church and there will always be things to criticize – and with good reason. The church owes its existence not to men,...
Your Word is the Truth (John 17:17)
Relativising the TruthThe other day I was leafing through a birthday album on the counter of a bookstore. Each day of the year carried a ‘saying’. A long row...
God’s supreme power is shown when He brought His only begotten Son into the world
"And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered" (Luke 2:1).There is divine irony throughout history. When men in high places appear to rule supreme, God shows that He is the One who is really in control and acts...
Church membership governs political and social action
The late Rev D vanDijk, who gave good leadership during the critical events at the time of the church liberation of 1944, was not someone to beat about the...