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Emendatio is Latin for improvement or correction. Growth is not about numbers or money, but about small improvements in understanding and compassion.

“Emendatio” means “improvement”. This page is dedicated to growth by (usually small) improvements in understanding, compassion and awareness.

04/10/2026

It's Pastors Appreciation Month!
What can possibly go wrong?

At an information evening on the church and cover-ups of abuse, I heard an explanation I won’t soon forget. A humanities scholar argued that secularisation had plunged the church into crisis, and that the church responded with a reflex to protect the sacred. That sacred, he suggested, has largely ...

01/10/2026

Lees mijn laatste artikel over de vraag of het woord priester heeft bijgedragen aan het voetstuk waarop priesters en predikanten nog altijd vaak staan.

Explore the concept of the priest and preacher on a pedestal. Is it just group dynamics or rooted in deeper theology?

13/08/2026

https://kevinyoung.substack.com/p/no-christian-we-are-not-to-bless?r=5859s&triedRedirect=true

Why "bless Israel or be cursed" is the best-selling lie in American Christianity

06/07/2026

One of the most fascinating subjects in my new book will be Adam and Eve as priests. So I summarized it in this podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3tDcShRLQhTizgRg1pNHX1?si=S20242unTKWXIXGctvEX6Q Discover why this matters so much for our priesthood today!

Priests in Disguise · Episode

02/06/2026

I got even more interested in the meaning of the seven great Jewish festivals in the course of my study of supersessionism and restorationism. So I wrote this article that addresses all of these things together: https://www.emendatio.nl/the-seven-feasts-of-israel/ You will also find a clear schematic.

An introduction to the appointed times of Leviticus 23. Leviticus 23 lists seven annual “appointed times” (mo’edim) that God gave to Israel. The Hebrew word mo’ed means more than a mere holiday: it is a divinely scheduled meeting point between God and his people. These feasts were woven into...

24/05/2026

In this article I look back on my debate with the author of "All Things Restored". Here is a clear account of the problems of Restorationism, the idea that Christ cannot return until the state of Israel and most of the Jews recognize Jesus as the Messiah. I say: it would be great, but if it does not happen, Christ will return anyway. https://www.emendatio.nl/restorationism-revisited-a-closing-reflection/
The article is also available in Dutch: https://www.emendatio.nl/nl/restorationisme-een-slotbeschouwing/

Over brillen, vervulling en de levens die op het spel staan. Waar we begonnen Deze serie begon met een eenvoudige en ongemakkelijke observatie: niemand leest de Bijbel zonder een bril. Vervangingstheologie (1) – De filters van onze traditie beargumenteerde dat een groot deel van de onenigheid tuss...

24/05/2026

In part 4 of this series I address Pastor Van Wessem's answers to my questions.

On promises, patterns and the limits of prophetic mapping. In Supersessionism (3) – All Things Restored, I offered a critical reading of Sebastiaan van Wessem’s book All Things Restored (KNGDM Press, 2025). Van Wessem has since published a generous and substantive response on his website, entitl...

23/05/2026

Part 3 of my series on supersessionism discusses pastor Van Wessem's book "All things Restored" which states that Jesus cannot return before most of the present state of Israel accepts Jesus as the Messiah. I argue that the New Testament interpretation of Old Testament prophecy points in an entirely different direction.

Promises, Literalism and the Logic of Restoration A Critical Reading of All Things Restored by Sebastiaan van Wessem Introduction: A Message That Stands Out All Things Restored (2025) by Sebastiaan van Wessem is no ordinary end-times book. The author writes from a clear pastoral commitment to Israel...

06/05/2026

Here is part 2 of my miniseries about supersessionism. This deals with the main Bible texts concerning the promises to Israël and the Gentiles.

A return to the sources: on the dynamics of God’s faithfulness to Israel and the world. In the first part of this article we explored the various theological movements that attempt to interpret the relationship between the church and Israel. We saw that terms such as “replacement,” “fulfilme...

01/05/2026

Is het volk Israël, als zijnde Gods volk, vervangen door de kerk of door een "geestelijk" Israël? En zo niet, hoe zit het dan wel? In dit artikel worden verschillende manieren behandeld om hiernaar te kijken. In deel 2 gaan we in op wat de Bijbel er zelf over zegt.

Een verkenning van stromingen, definities en theologische kaders Het woord “vervangingstheologie” valt geregeld in discussies over de verhouding tussen de kerk en het volk Israël. Mede onder invloed van de heftige politieke ontwikkelingen van de laatste jaren in het Midden-Oosten wordt het woor...

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