Sometimes I hear people who show me believe in Christ and then I often think, yes that's nice, but which church are you from? And then I regularly hear the answer: Roman Catholic or Protestant. But that actually doesn't tell me anything and that is simply because I know that there are often very big pitfalls in the different beliefs. To clarify this a bit, I wanted to explain something about this as before my conversion story.

ABOUT THE DUTCH DENOMINATIONS

Unfortunately, I don't believe in most                          

*denominations myself. Simply because they are unreliable in their structure and certainly do not really follow the Word of God. Often the external forms are so ordinary and so reliable in their weekly or annual customs, but if you look in the Bible I will find nothing of it. Also no large high pointed buildings with very loud church organ and confessional booths. Even nothing from Christmas or a birth story that would have taken place on Christmas Day. For me, these are often more spaces or events where a few people often perform unreliable plays and often do so for centuries in succession. Actually the same as many still want to believe in Santa Claus or Santa Claus with black Piet Faith in God means something completely different to me, though I know that with this attitude I make myself unloved among many "believers" or so-called "Christians" .

* Denominatie. Description of the Dutch word denomination: Indication of a church or group of churches, with its own religious tradition, church order and liturgy, which distinguishes them from other churches.

One finds here many truly human customs that can only be devised by people.

If one then looks at the meaning of the Dutch word: KERKORDE, we find the big difference with our church. Here is described on wikipedia: The church order is another word for church law as it is used in Protestantism, with the exception of the Anglican Church where - in imitation of the Roman Catholic Church - we talk about canon law. In most Dutch Protestant churches, the Dordtse Kerkorde (DKO) or a derivative thereof applies. The church order of the PKN is partly derived from the Lutheran church order. The purpose of the church order is to preserve or maintain good order in the church and to keep the path of salvation open to the people. This allows salvation to come to people and possibly measures can be taken when needed. In addition, the church order preserves the church at its confession. There are very different church orders, the church order depends on the vision of the system of church government: Episcopalism, a hierarchical structure in which bishops have a big place. There is a top-down structure. Congegationalsime, the church is an association of individuals and it carries all ecclesiastical authority. Consistorially, this is a light hierarchical system. the board consists of non-office holders. Presbyterial-synodal, the local church is an independent church ruled by elders (not pastor or bishop). People seek the community of believers in a larger supra-local context.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerkorde

Below I give you the title text of this album:

In the Netherlands therefore known as:

"For the survivors"

from Boudewijn de Groot:

Who tells me about life?

Big brother, he knows best.

When I grow up, I want a moment

be big and strong like the rest.

The cat doesn't think so.

He says: I can understand him now.

When I grow up, it's gone,

because big people don't talk to cats.

And now I'm big

and important and student.

Big brother, you're dead now

I've never known you as a friend.

You are a heavy man,

you are a big strange father.

A gentleman who can know.

But for me you are only a traitor.

Butterflies sang in the trees,

birds were on my hand.

Little man, you're dreaming

come use your mind now.

And I have now done that.

First, wit was a whole new game,

I could no longer understand the cat,

after a week the school became hell.

Paradise is not for big boys.

So far quite normal,

everyone gets big once,

it happens to all of us

and everyone dies his child's death.

You become a big guy,

you will be a slow tall boy

who knows Tacitus and Wolkers

and has repressed all his dreams.

Butterflies must become caterpillars

birds crawl in their eggs.

Flying is not in order

of human society.

Yet sometimes there is a way.

Yet something survives

and sometimes you can leave

because whoever wants has wings,

if only for dreaming,

just to dream.

Songwriters: LENNAERT HERMAN NIJGH / BOUDEWIJN FRANK B GROOT The  album "For the survivors" is the 2nd album by Boudewijn de Groot, released in the same year as his debut album. On this album you can find the hits “Het Land van Maas en Waal” with the famous B-side “Testament” and “Verdronken vlinder”.

All texts, except from They are no longer like then, are written by Lennaert Nijgh.

For the survivors / Studio album by Boudewijn de Groot / Released: November 10, 1966 / Recorded: 1966 / Genre Folk / Nederpop / Duration 35:16 / Label: Decca /  Producer: Tony Vos

The Dutch singer Boudewijn de Groot became famous in the Netherlands, but he was born in Indonesia and he once wrote a song about it himself. This was just like the well-known Dutch singer and actress Wieteke van Dort, who was also born in Indonesia.

or very popular was the blind singer Jules de Corte:

So this was the number that my father wanted to show his parents. I still remember the song that was to be sung by my oldest brother:

But of course we all knew the song of Vous permettez monsieur.

But other songs from Ademo, such as:

"Tombe la neige" can still touch me:

but also during this time the song and the screening of Sorbo the Greek:

Tom Jones and Luciano Pavarotti Delilah

Scott McKenzie - San Francisco

Tous les garcons et les filles - Francoice Hardy

And of course the song Yesterday, and at the request of my father, we often listened to the version of Marianne Faitfull