There is nothing so painful to Christians as witnessing the separation of Christ church. This author maintains, however, that sometimes separation is the way to obey Christ. This article looks at the influence of rationalism, biblical criticism and the church and state relationship in the Netherlands leading up to the Secession of 1834.

This is an article about Marcion, one of the heretics in the second century AD. He had a view on Scripture that is unfortunately also held by many people today. In a certain sense we can call him the father of Biblical criticism.