Willem-Jan de Wit

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  • Towards a Binocular Worldview

    Towards a Binocular Worldview

    In an address about the Reformation and Dutch national life Herman Bavinck says: The Dutch are realistic, they have an open eye for reality; they are not brilliant, not intuitive; they neither have deep thoughts, nor spectacular speculations, nor proud and daring systems of philosophy. . . . But then again the Dutch look at…

  • On the Way to the Living God in Post-Christian Amsterdam

    On the Way to the Living God in Post-Christian Amsterdam

    This following are some fragments from the first chapter of my book On the Way to the Living God: From my apartment in the center of Amsterdam it is just a ten minute walk to the famous, or infamous, Red Light District and another five minutes’ walk to Dam square—the lively heart of the city.…

  • The Hymn of the Open Eyes

    One of the most beautiful Dutch hymns is titled “Aan U behoort, o Heer der heren.” Below I give the Dutch hymn, my provisional English translation of it, and a condensed version of an article that I wrote for a Dutch church magazine. Aan U behoort, o Heer der heren de aarde met haar wel…

  • On the Way to the Living God

    On the Way to the Living God

    Willem J. de Wit, On the Way to the Living God: A Cathartic Reading of Herman Bavinck and an Invitation to Overcome the Plausibility Crisis of Christianity. Logos electronic edition; free pdf …