Author Archives: Bert Hielema

THE CHURCH IN FLUX Chapter 17 More on Job. Earlier we saw how Job underwent a drastic conversion. The word conversion in the New Testament is metanoia, which really means that he had a change of mind, had a new … Continue reading →

THE CHURCH IN FLUX Chapter 16 We live in New Times, that’s why everything will change. That’s a bold statement, isn’t it! We live in new times, the Last Days as I have indicated earlier. Therefore everything will change. And … Continue reading →

THE CHURCH IN FLUX Chapter 15 How about these offices, are they scriptural? Question: the office of a minister of the church, the man or woman who brings the sermon each Sunday, and the office of the elder, does the … Continue reading →

THE CHURCH IN FLUX Chapter 14 How biblical is the church as an institution today? In this chapter I am continuing my analysis of today’s church organization, and will cite references to both the Old Testament and New Testament. While … Continue reading →

THE CHURCH IN FLUX Chapter 13 Today’s Church and the New Testament. I once went, on a Saturday of course, to a service at the Messianic Synagogue in Beverly Hills, a few doors away from the hotel where we were … Continue reading →

THE CHURCH IN FLUX Chapter 12 Some radical thinking on religion Let me start with some thoughts by America’s most distinguished literary critic, a man with more than 20 books to his credit, among them The Book of J, a … Continue reading →