Author Archives: Bert Hielema

I HAD A DREAM. A few days ago, in the early morning, in the process of waking up from a fitful sleep, I had a short dream, a dream unlike any other. Here’s how it played out: “In my dreamy … Continue reading →

A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE CHURCH AND ITS MESSAGE. “Many whom God has, the Church does not have, and many whom the Church has, God does not have.”                               Augustine. All my life I have been a member of a … Continue reading →

TRAGIC TRUMP. In my weekly blogs, now in their 26th year, I have never relied on ‘artificial’ input. My writings are derived from my daily reading of three sources: The Toronto-Canada- Globe and Mail, the New York -USA- Times, and … Continue reading →

EVERYTHING BECOMES WHAT IT IS. Three dangers wrapped in one. Dr. J. H. Bavinck, in his book on Revelation, the last Bible book, claims that its dominating theme is: everything becomes what it is.   I suggest: this is happening … Continue reading →

ANOTHER JEREMIAD? WE NEED A ‘DAY OF ATONEMENT’. “A jeremiad is a long, mournful complaint, speech, or piece of writing that warns of a society’s moral decline and prophesies disaster if it does not change.” I like that definition. It … Continue reading →

MANY ARE CALLED……. Last Sunday, I woke up with a start from my afternoon nap. My sudden thought was: churches are on the wrong track. Wrong? Why that immediate impulse? I then and there decided to pursue this. Inspired, perhaps? … Continue reading →