Jelte Numan
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When the world shapes church doctrine
If you don’t like what the Bible says about something, just reinterpret it. Don’t want to believe any more that God created the universe in six days? Just say...
Reinterpreting Scripture through Cultural Context
Earlier this year four representatives from the Canadian Reformed Churches (CanRC) visited Synod Meppel 2017 of the Dutch RCN sister churches. Synod Meppel had received, and was discussing, an...
What do we go by?
Ted Richards loves parrots. Ted is a lonely man who knows almost nobody. He does not know whether his parents are still alive. For years he's had no contact with them. He...
Do Children Who Die Young go to Heaven?
We confess that children who die, including those who die in the womb, go straight to heaven if their parents believe the gospel. Others hold different views, as I...
Luther’s beautiful break with the age-old error of the church
Today, 31 October 2017, we remember that exactly 500 years ago Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg. Those theses were a reminder that...