Author Archives: Bert Hielema

March 2012 “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”  – Albert Einstein It is said that when a frog is deposited in a boiling … Continue reading →

February 2012. Our world today “The old is dying and the new cannot be born: in the interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms will appear.” Antonio Gramsci, Marxist thinker “I will make everything new.” Jesus Christ, the beginning and … Continue reading →

January 2012. OUR WORLD TODAY It’s now well into 2012. Some people associate the year 2012 with disaster, thanks to the movie by that name, which in 2009, predicted that this year the earth would be struck by calamities so … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 2011 OUR WORLD TODAY Am I a heretic? I am always thinking. Often I muse on bible passages that puzzle me, which has given me the incentive to slowly change my focus from Scriptures alone to combining it with … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 2010 Our World today This is a good news column. World-wide surveys indicate that Canada is the best country to live in, and that people in the Netherlands are the happiest. Assuming that this wellbeing also applies to the … Continue reading →

October 2011 What makes education Christian? Tomorrow will not be like yesterday. Today is already different, but tomorrow, the second decade of the year 2000, will be like no other. Here’s one reason. This week we ‘celebrate’ the arrival of … Continue reading →