Revd Dr Pieter J. Lalleman has been the minister of a church in Surrey since February 2021. Previously he was a tutor at Spurgeon's College in London for over twenty years, teaching biblical studies. He was Academic Dean of the College 2002-2015. Pieter [pronounced Peter] has been an ordained Baptist minister since 1993. His hobbies are teaching, classical music, modern public transport, history and Sudoku. His popular books include:
Part 7 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman In the preceding part I wrote that conflicts churches are not so much accidents that can be prevented with good… Read More »We Are Responsible Persons
Part 6 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman In the preceding parts we dwelt at length on conflicts in church history. Someone will say, ‘But that is church… Read More »The Role of Conflict in the Salvation History of the Old Testament
Part 5 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman International Baptists The first Baptist congregations appeared in the early 17th century. They arose out of a conflict in the… Read More »The Baptist Movement is also Rooted in Conflict
Part 4 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman We turn our attention to intra-ecclesiastical conflicts, first of all to that between Catholicism and Protestantism. Protestantism: born of conflict… Read More »The Conflict Between Rome and the Reformation
Part 3 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman Sometimes you have to go through a conflict with each other in order to move forward. From the history of… Read More »The Conflict Between Israel and the Church
Part 2 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman A traditional Roman Catholic priest celebrates mass. Dressed in a priestly robe, he solemnly pronounces Latin formulas and performs ancient… Read More »Denial of Conflict
Part 1 of 7 from ‘A Short Theology of Conflict in Churches’ by Olof H. de Vries and translated by Pieter Lalleman Unfortunately, the reality of conflicts in the Church of Jesus Christ cannot be denied. Conflicts do exist in… Read More »Resistance to Acknowledging Conflict
Summary This article contains seven guidelines that will help us read the Bible well. We need to pay attention to the context, to God’s ongoing revelation, and to the genre of the text. We don’t expect to find new revelations… Read More »How to read the Bible well. Seven guidelines
When evangelicals state that they reject homosexual practice and the possibility of same-sex marriage, they are often accused of judging others and told that this is not a Christian attitude. Didn’t Jesus himself tell us not to judge? We are… Read More »Judging and Judgment
The fact that I did not grow up in England means that I miss bits of cultural background information that natives receive with their mother’s milk. Examples of such gaps in my knowledge are Shakespeare and Doctor Who. Another example… Read More »Gentle Jesus, meek and mild