Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not denominational or cultural heritage identity.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  HIGH RISK: Reformed Dutch tradition prefers 'gemeente' (the local gathered congregation) for the NT ekklesia sense, reserving 'kerk' more for the institution, denomination, or building (as in the actual denominational names Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, Gereformeerde Kerken); Catholics use 'kerk' for both building and universal institution.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not the institutional 'kerk' alone; Reformed tradition's 'gemeente' vocabulary better captures the NT sense.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not collapse into monastic withdrawal; biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining engaged in ordinary life.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Small but growing Dutch Pentecostal (Pinkstergemeenten) streams and traditional Reformed churches read gifts language differently; keep gifts explicitly grace-given, not natural talent.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  'Genadegaven' (grace-gifts) ties the gifts explicitly to grace, the more precise Reformed rendering.

  ROM.12.6-8