Dr. P. de Vries – artikelen en opinie
'Uw goedertierenheid is beter dan het leven' (Psalm 63)
Introduction On July 27, 1945—over 75 days after the surrender of Germany—an elderly couple in Berlin was listening to a BBC broadcast. One of their sons had perished in the First World War; the life of a second son, and those of two sons-in-law, had been claimed by the war just past. They were still [...]
Puritanism was a mighty movement of spiritual renewal in the Church of England. It arose among the Protestants who were critical of the Elizabethan Settlement of Religion. For con-science sake they could not confirm to certain ecclesiastically prescribed ceremonies as wearing the surplice, receiving the Lord’s Supper kneeling and making the sign of the cross at [...]
We know that Christ gathers, defends and preserves church and will continue to do that until the end of world. One of the reasons to study church history is to detect the work of Christ in the past and drawing lessons for the present. Church history can be done in a cold and detached way. Without [...]
Dr. P. de Vries - artikelen en opinie 