http://reformeddeacon.com/authors/peter-y.-de-jong/ Recent content in Peter Y. de Jong on Readings in the Reformed Diaconate Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us http://reformeddeacon.com/the-ministry-of-mercy-for-today-part-1/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-ministry-of-mercy-for-today-part-1/ Excerpt The Holy Spirit does not “create the creators of a new civilization” in a vacuum. They are born into the family of God, the redeemed humanity that knows and loves and seeks to do the will of the Father in all things. This new humanity, which is the spiritual body of which Jesus Christ is Head, must be disciplined by the Word, so that not only the Christian individual but also the collective life of the Christian community reflects the will of God.