Theology and Classics
Today marks the 1300th anniversary of the consecration of Winfried as missionary bishop to the Frysians. In AD 722, he received a new name from the bishop of Rome on this occasion: Bonifatius, after his namesake from Tarsus who was martyred under Diocletian. This new name Boniface was bestowed on him by Gregory II, one […]
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Collega’s Erwich en Leene zijn zo vriendelijk geweest hun reactie op mijn recensie van hun boek Vuur dat nooit dooft aan te bieden. Hier kunt u de reactie van prof. Erwich en dr. Leene lezen. Wordt vervolgd, sub conditione Jacobi.
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“Fire that keeps burning” (Vuur dat nooit dooft) is a book about sexual identity and activity. It was published this summer and has an intended audience of Christians and congregations. Its authors have an evangelical background (Reformed and Baptist, educated at CHE and teaching at ETF Leuven respectively). I was asked to review this book
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In de Rooms-katholieke Kerk is sprake van een systematische ondermijning van de ethiek en theologie. Eerder dit jaar schreef ik daarover voor Bijbels Beraad en in de Amerikaanse krant The Remnant. In Nederland is er nauwelijks aandacht hiervoor. Zelfs het Reformatorisch Dagblad duldt geen systematische kritiek op het beleid van de huidige paus, en bij
Malachi Martin was one of the most controversial priests of the past century. He is somewhat of a cult hero in conservative Catholic circles. In the eyes of many he could do no wrong and is a saint. No doubt he was astute intellectually. He certainly was renowned for his traditionalist views in later years
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C. S. Lewis spoke prophetically about emancipation, gender confusion, and women in office. For him, the essence of the Church and God’s covenant with mankind was at stake. It is rather popular these days to advocate a minimalist Christianity. The other day a Dutch national newspaper stated that the English apologist C. S. Lewis would
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Western civilisation finds itself in a dreadful crisis of truth. Mainly because we have disconnected from our sources. The result: We have eliminated God from our thinking and worldview. Join me at the London conference, organised by CMI. In this talk I subsequently address: 1) The state of Christianity 2) How we lost two books that
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Meditatie, uitgesproken bij de opening van het academisch jaar van het hervormd theologisch seminarie. Klik deze link voor de podcast. Lezing: 1 Tim 4. Tekst: vers 16. “Heb acht op uzelven en op de leer; volhard daarin; want dat doende, zult gij en uzelven behouden, en die u horen.“ De woorden van Paulus aan Timotheüs
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Vanmiddag had ik het voorrecht om te spreken op het symposium “Geschapen om te doden?” bij het Herman Bavinck centrum van de Vrije Universiteit. Aanleiding was het knappe boek van professor Piet Slootweg, een amaible collega van de Radboud universiteit die vorig jaar (voor de tweede maal) promoveerde op de verschuivingen in de visie op
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Pope Francis has appointed 21 new cardinals, making sure that 67 of the 117 cardinals currently eligible to vote in conclave – over 57 percent, will support his politicized views on moral theology. One of the appointees is Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego: a prominent supporter of female clergy, LGBTH ideology and outspoken
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This week seventy bishops have added their voice to the concerns about the Francis papacy that I raised in The Remnant newspaper earlier this month. They are, like me, particularly worried about the moral course of the Church, which in their view adapts to the secular spirit of the age and leads away from Christ.
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Today I share a free book by the the Anglican minister Thomas Watson, his famous tract on Philippians 4: the art of Divine contentment. Thomas Watson was a man who was Presbyterian in convictions, while loyal to the king. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was noted for remarkably intense study. In
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The current pontificate undermines the morality of the Roman Catholic Church with unequal standards. Bishops who openly deny Catholic teaching continue as if this does not matter to the Pope at all, while traditional priests are discriminated against. Latest victim of papal ruthlessness as far as those who dare oppose his personal agenda, is a
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Het was een ”red alert” vorige week. Zonder vorm van proces onthief paus Franciscus Daniel Fernández Torres, een bisschop uit Puerto Rico, uit zijn functie. De bisschop stond bekend als een bekwaam bestuurder met traditionele opvattingen over man en vrouw, homoseksualiteit, transgenderisme, en vrouwelijke priesters. Ook verzette hij zich tegen verplicht inenten. Het ontslag van
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Today I share an article which was published with the international journal for Plutarch studies. This contribution calls attention to the importance of Plutarch’s book De Defectu Oraculorum as a primary source on the development of the Greek oracle religion in the fi rst century. It argues with an abundance of data from this historic
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