Exploring Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings
Finally! Words cannot describe how excited I am that this labour of love is finally published. For the last four or five years I’ve been working on this book continuously, while all of life—covid, changing jobs four times, moving countries—happened. And now it is finally out! I absolutely love the cover of the little baby […]
Demons and Vices in Early Christianity
Ever since my PhD days, I’ve been fascinated by how demons slowly seemed to get linked evil deeds. Spirits in the Hebrew Bible and spirits/demons in the gospels don’t actually seem to ever cause sin. Sometimes they are tricksy, and often they cause illness, death or destruction. But they hardly ever (never?) cause humans to […]
Tower of Babel in Science Fiction
I was asked a few years ago to write a chapter on the Tower of Babel in science fiction. This was great as I spent a few months reading and watching anything I could get my hands on! This was just as the first COVID lockdown hit, so it was an amazing distraction. There is […]
You be normal!
The Dutch Adventist Church creates a magazine, Contact, that goes to about 3000 people who are interested in the Bible. As some of these people have been receiving this magazine for quite a few years, the editors wanted to have a recurring theological column, meant for the long-time readers. This article should match the theme of the edition. […]
Dutch Column on Adventist Faith 4
The Dutch Adventist Church asked me to do a quarterly column running through the Fundamental Beliefs of the Adventist Church. I generally try to discuss one or two of the fundamentals per quarter. This time the Holy Spirit and, for Adventists a very hot topic, Creation. Click on the image to download.
Mankind Sees | See the man
The Dutch Adventist Church creates a magazine, Contact, that goes to about 3000 people who are interested in the Bible.
Digging in the Galilee
There I was, sitting on a plane to Israel, not knowing what to expect.
Dutch Column on Adventist Faith 3
The Dutch Adventist Church asked me to do a quarterly column running through the Fundamental Beliefs of the Adventist Church
‘No’ in the Bible
The Dutch Adventist Church creates a magazine, Contact, that goes to about 3000 people who are interested in the Bible.
Textual Criticism or What Works?
Recently, an article by on the Guardian popped up on my facebook newsfeed, entitled Cloud Atlas ‘astonishingly different’ in US and UK editions. Just beneath that you could read ‘Academic discovers dramatically altered stretches of narrative while researching a paper on David Mitchell’s bestselling novel’. This immediately drew my attention as it is something close […]
Dutch Column on Adventist Faith
The Dutch Adventist Church asked me to do a quarterly column running through the Fundamental Beliefs of the Adventist Church. I plan to discuss one or two of the fundamentals per quarter. As you might guess from the picture of the egg, this column discusses the Trinity and God the father. Click on the image to […]
Dutch Column on Adventist Faith
The Dutch Adventist Church asked me to do a quarterly column running through the Fundamental Beliefs of the Adventist Church. I plan to discuss one or two of the fundamentals per quarter. Here is the first, about the preamble and the Bible. Click on the image to download.
The Post-Postmodern Church
I recently returned from The One Project gathering in San Diego, where I gave a talk about what the future holds for Christians in Europe and the US alike. A longer version of that talk (adjusted for print) just went up on The One Project’s official website. Catch the first few paragraphs here, or download the […]
Berichten: wat doe jíj ermee?
Ik krijg elke dag meer dan tweehonderd e-mails. Het is een wonder dat ik aan werk toekom! Naast die mails worden we allemaal overweldigd met App’jes, sms’jes en Facebookberichten. Om maar niet te praten over de berichten in de krant en op tv. En dan natuurlijk al die Tweets en YouTube-video’s … Daar bovenop de zegen […]