Tag: Theology
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The tension of the green season
Sunday begins the long season after Pentecost with the green liturgical color. As a young child, I remember that we called it “the growing season.” Which fits both with the color and with the orientation. We call this season “ordinary time,” that is, there is nothing special. No Christmas, no Easter, no Pentecost. No special…
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Denominational Unity?
I have neglected writing the last week or so, as I have been working at this year’s meeting of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, my denomination’s highest assembly. I have previously written a bit about my role this year. This year’s meeting had a great deal of tension both surrounding it,…
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My Only Comfort
Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.…
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Accepting Jesus as Personal Savior? (Part 2)
In the first part, I discussed exegetically and theologically some of the challenges when talking about “accepting Jesus”. In this second (and much shorter) part and conclusion, I will address the problems with the second part of the statement, referring to Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior. The terminology “personal Lord and savior” is…
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Accepting Jesus as Personal Savior? (Part 1)
I cringe every time I hear someone ask me if I’ve accepted Jesus as my “personal Lord and Savior”, primarily because I don’t know how to answer. I identify as a child of the covenant. I was baptized when I was an infant, and when I was growing up, I responded to the promises that…
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Why a Reformed Presence is Important in the City
I am a Reformed minister through-and-through, and I feel very strongly about the Reformed theology. I do not think Reformed theology is the only way of being a Christian, I simply think that it is a good way. I think that is Biblically sound, and I think that it speaks to our world in a…
Matthew van Maastricht 