Author Archives: Bert Hielema

IT WILL HAPPEN. SOON? Her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.                                                                        Revelation 18: 5 This week I reflect on, what the Bible calls: The Fall of Babylon. Why Babylon, that city/state long ago reduced … Continue reading →

NOT A TRINITY BUT A QUARTET? But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Matthew 24: 36.       I am mystified by this text, which is contrary … Continue reading →

BE ADVENT-UROUS I am not a theologian, and therefore must look at matters religious from a non-theological point of view. By observing, what we commonly call, the Church, I have concluded that organized religion is stuck in a certain modus … Continue reading →

 “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.” Luke 17:37                   The greater majority in the Christian Church believes in two heresies: either in Rapture, the belief that, at a certain point in history, God fetches his people … Continue reading →

DOES TRUMP HAVE A ROLE IN GOD’S PLAN? Trump’s rant on the climate crisis – a “green scam”, “the greatest con job ever perpetrated”, “predictions made by stupid people” – was a God – defying challenge, an atrocious attack on science and … Continue reading →

CAN WE BE PERFECT? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5: 48 Can we be perfect? I agree that God in heaven is. But can we? “Not yet”, is my answer, “not yet”, because the Greek … Continue reading →