St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
PresbyterianSt. Andrew's is one of Rotterdam's oldest English-speaking congregations, rooted in the Reformed tradition and committed to rigorous Biblical teaching. Our services follow a classical liturgy with Scripture readings, corporate confession, and psalm singing. We place a strong emphasis on theological education, offering weekly Bible study groups and an annual theology lecture series open to the public.
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Not just good — very good. At the end of the sixth day, after creating humanity, God surveys everything He has made and the verdict is emphatic: it is very...
The Spirit of God hovering over the surface of the waters — this image has stayed with me for weeks. The Hebrew word for hovering, merachefet, is the same word...
I've been spending time with the Hebrew text, and the very first word — Bereshit, meaning "in the beginning" — is extraordinary. It opens with the letter Bet,...
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Time as a created thing — this is one of the things that most distinguishes the Biblical worldview from ancient alternatives. The gods were in time; the God of...
That's exactly it — no argument, just declaration. I think that's what faith looks like at its core. Not proved but proclaimed.
The sun and moon are not named in this verse. Every other ancient creation account names them because they were gods. Genesis strips them of divinity without a...
In the Hebrew, the very first letter is Bet — the second letter of the alphabet, not the first. The rabbis say this is because the Torah does not begin with...