“He is risen!” read the headline of a newsletter of a Christian ministry I received yesterday. I was taken aback. No! I thought. He hasn’t even died yet. Heck, he...
My Struggle With Evangelicalism: From Inerrant Word to Subjugated World
In my previous post, I discussed my experience in evangelicalism and focused on four things that were instrumental in pushing me out. These four were: the hunger for power, the...
A Worldly Theology for Worldly Christians
Theologians think about a lot of things. They think about God, the world, and also the God-world relationship. They call this theology. We theologians have turned this word theology into...
My Experience in Evangelicalism: Four Things that Pushed Me Out
Leaving Evangelicalism wasn’t easy and it didn’t come overnight either. I come from a family of extremely dedicated evangelicals. My parents even started an evangelical home church in the second...
Is het irrationeel om te geloven?
Scientias.nl is een van mijn favoriete websites. Juist omdat ik mijzelf ophoud in het kengebied van de geesteswetenschappen, heb ik erg veel behoefte aan toegankelijke informatie uit de natuurwetenschappen die...
Christ as the Absence of God
What I’m going to write here may sound controversial to some. But it is necessary that I do this. Before I plunge ahead, I think it is important to state...
Whether You Believe God Exists is Not the Point
Whether God exists is not the point. We should look for manifestations of God's love. It's about grace.
Beloningscultuur bij de ING: godsdienst van de zelfverrijking
En ja hoor, onder druk van de publieke opinie trok de ING vandaag het voorstel in om topman Hamers een opslagje van 50% mee te geven, terwijl de gewone ING...
Fundamentalisme: De kunst van het God onder de duim hebben.
Fundamentalism is bad because as the perceived ability to know exactly what God is, thinks, and wants, it leads to owning God.
Bonhoeffer, Religionlessness, and Cross Theology
Bonhoeffer's concept of religionlessness should be understood within the framework of his theology of the cross.
Fundamentalism: The Art of Owning God
Fundamentalism is bad because as the perceived ability to know exactly what God is, thinks, and wants, it leads to owning God.
De Ondraag’lijke Last der Levensheiliging
Sanctification is a myth and a self-delusion, that is to say, the way Christians tend to interpret and implement the concept.
Waarom gelovigen gevoelig zijn voor populisme
Far from preserving one from the world, being a believer puts people at risk to being sensitive to populism.