Author Archives: Bert Hielema

OCTOBER 23 2016 “CHRISTIANITY TODAY” AND THE HEAVEN HANG-UP. Below is shown an editorial which appeared in CHRISTIANITY TODAY last week. I quote it in full, because it gives a clear picture of what constitutes orthodox Christianity in the USA. … Continue reading →

OCTOBER 16 2016 ANTHROPOCENE You may have heard the word “Anthropocene.” It’s a relatively new word, coined by a Dutch scientist Paul Crutzen who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the effects of ozone-depleting compounds. Look at that word again. … Continue reading →

October 9 2017 FAST FALLS THE EVENTIDE. You may recognize this as a line from ABIDE WITH ME, the song made famous by the TITANIC disaster more than 100 years ago. The greatest danger in most of our Western world … Continue reading →

October 1 2016 EXPECT TREE-MENDOUS TRAGEDIES Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree. Joyce Kilmer. I too can be a fool and make a little tree poem such as: While only God can … Continue reading →

September 25 2016 What makes me tick? I am not referring to my ticker, my heart. When I am writing this my pulse rate is a shade below 60, and my blood pressure – recently checked at the Tweed Clinic- … Continue reading →

September 18 2016 THE DARKNESS DEEPENS Last week I felt down, ready to throw up my hands and say: “the heck with it all: what’s the use. Why not turn on the television, read a trashy novel and give up … Continue reading →