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Eugene Heideman

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The Absence of Christ

Question 46: What do you mean by saying, "He ascended to heaven"? Answer: That Christ was taken up from the earth into heaven before the very eyes of his disciples and remains there on our behalf until he comes again to judge the living and the dead. Question 47: But isn't Christ with us until the end of the world as he promised? Answer: Christ is truly human and truly God. In his human nature Christ is not now on…
Eugene Heideman
May 1, 2011
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Steffens, Erastus, and Belhar

Eugene Heideman During the 1880's, Dr. Nicholas Steffens, the first professor of theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, was a strong and vociferous defender of the three Reformed Standards of Unity--the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort. Steffens argued that loyalty to the Standards must be upheld as a defense against the inroads of the "Mediating theologians" of Germany and the "New Theology" being taught at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Steffens' loyalty to…
Eugene Heideman
May 16, 2008