Author Archives: Bert Hielema

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 →

REMAIN TRUE TO THE EARTH. I conjure you, my brethren, REMAIN TRUE TO THE EARTH, and believe not those who speak unto you of super-earthly hopes! Poisoners are they, whether they know it or not. Once blasphemy against God was … Continue reading →

TRANSLATING HOLY WRIT Dispute about one word.                                                                                If I were to wake you from a deep sleep, and ask you to say the words of the prayer Jesus taught us, you would not hesitate one second, also deeply believing that … Continue reading →

THE FINAL MARRIAGE? “The Apostles’ Creed”, is my favorite ‘declaration of faith.’ It is compact, to the point, and devoid of dualistic notions. Its ending is simple and unambiguous: “I believe in the resurrection of the dead, and Life Everlasting.” … Continue reading →

CHRISTIANITY AND RELIGION We know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 1 John 5: 19. Today evil has the upper hand.                                                             Oh, me, the Calvinist, spoon-fed on “conceived and born into sin, and … Continue reading →

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!                                      Revelation 3: 16 I once had a book, a Dutch book, with the title – in Dutch … Continue reading →