Author Archives: Bert Hielema

August 2014 HEADING FOR DISASTER? The simple answer to this question is: Yes, we are on the path of unparalleled, unprecedented perils, worse than anything ever experienced, even in the entire second millennium, the previous 1,000 year period, which saw … Continue reading →

July 2014.   GENESIS 1: 26-27: “Let us make the human race in our image, according to our likeness. Isaiah 61: 1 “Proclaim freedom for the captives.”   God created; we uncreated.   God created everything we observe around us, … Continue reading →

IS PREACHING THE PROPER APPROACH TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL? June 2014 Earlier Experiences While biking – which I do a number of times each week, always between where I live in the country and the village where I shop, a … Continue reading →

WHERE ARE WE? Conclusion Are we in the last days? Of course we are in the last days. The entire New Testament has been written in the expectation of Christ’s return. In Acts 2, when the church had its modern … Continue reading →

May 11 2014 Where are we in the mad maze of magic money?  David Attenborough once famously said: “Anyone who believes in infinite economic growth on a finite planet is either a madman, or an economist”. Perhaps we all are mad. … Continue reading →

WHERE ARE WE? (see the special announcement following this blog) Part 3: We are wandering in a wilderness of our own making. According to the Bible the people of Israel, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, were stuck in … Continue reading →