Jelte Numan
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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...
RCN schools and the loss of church identity
There are things happening in the Dutch RCN (GKv) that are clear warnings for church schools, such as our FRCA schools here in Western Australia. Ours are closed schools;...
No Partiality
A wealthy, well-dressed dignified man in fine clothes and wearing gold rings comes into church. The sexton respectfully ushers him in and gives him a seat in a place...
Two Communities
“No one likes be made an object of ridicule. No one likes to be hated and attacked. People were made by God to live in communion and we instinctively...
The Justification for Female Ministers in our Sister Churches
Synod Meppel of our Dutch sister churches approved the ordination of women to all ecclesiastical offices. We previously considered its arguments for the ordination of female elders and found...