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Our World Today
WHERE DO I COME FROM? My grandparents on both sides were elders in the “Christelijk Gereformeerde Kerk in Kornhorn, Groningen. If in the afternoon church service a nap was more seductive than the sermon, my grandfather whose name I share- … Continue reading
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Our World Today
September 2012 Was that “The Global Swan Song?” I don’t like mega churches, but I loved it when 400 million people world-wide heard an old-fashioned sermon at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics. It happened at the end of … Continue reading
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Our World Today
RED ALERT: Become a mole for Jesus! From1929 to 1933 Republican Herbert Hoover, the Depression President, insisted on balanced budgets and forcefully suppressed demonstrators. And this while 28 percent of Americans had no income whatsoever. Hoover was replaced by a … Continue reading
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Our World Today
Does the church still remember “semper reformanda?” On a hotter than usual day for early June I was running on the Bruce trail in a cool tunnel of green growth. Tiny sun-spots made the dark path resemble a star-studded sky. … Continue reading
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The era of fear The American Department of Homeland Security has 230,000 employees, of which 30,000 are equipped with electronics that monitor every telephone call and every e-mail: be careful what you whisper or write, because the CIA now stands … Continue reading
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April 2012 Collapse Collapse happens all the time. Come to think of it, the Bible starts with collapse right in the Garden of Eden, when the good life there suddenly turned sour. Both the Flood and the Tower of Babel … Continue reading
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