Author Archives: Bert Hielema

MAD ENOUGH TO GO NUCLEAR? Total depravity displayed. The devil is in the details.  “I am thinking about bringing the number one attraction anywhere in the world the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and … Continue reading →

WHY AM I HERE? I was reading in Romans a few says ago, and thought about its author, Paul. I imagined how he, at an early age, perhaps less than 10 years old, made the hazardous trip from Tarsus, a … Continue reading →

THE WORLD IS CHANGING. “It was the age of heaven-heat, it was the age of heedless humans.” I live in a Christian Retirement Centre. May be someday I will comment on its Christian aspect, as I increasingly believe that the … Continue reading →

THE ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION. The title is a direct quote by Jesus, where, in Matthew 24: 15, he says: “So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel”, … Continue reading →

WHY ARE WE HERE? For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10: 45 When Adam and Eve lived in the Garden … Continue reading →

THE RETURN TO ‘NORMAL’ The world has reached an inflection point. Climate collapse, widening inequality, the immense power of Big Tech and the erosion of democracy are not separate trends. They are one interconnected crisis: there is no return to normal. … Continue reading →