Coming into Contact with the Deposed Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, Rev. J. P. Paauwe, and His Sermons In this chapter, the author recounts how, through a young woman and the preaching of the deposed Dutch Reformed minister Rev. J. P. Paauwe, he is drawn into a profound inner struggle. He wrestles with theContinue reading “CHAPTER 3”
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GOD WON, I LOST The Outbreak of the War — A First-Day Account (May 10, 1940) This chapter recounts the author’s personal experience on the first day of the German invasion of the Netherlands. The text has been translated from Dutch, revised for clarity and narrative coherence for an American readership, and annotated to provideContinue reading “CHAPTER 1”
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GOD WON, I LOST The Practice of Resistance — The Rise and Destruction of the Stijkel Group This chapter recounts the formation, operation, betrayal, and destruction of one of the earliest Dutch resistance networks during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War. The text has been translated from Dutch, revised forContinue reading “CHAPTER 2”
God Won, I Lost 