A while ago at a Bible study conference a text came along that had a term that stuck with me. It was the phrase "knowing the Lord" from Hebrews 8:11 "And surely they shall not ...
Read more ...About the posts
Below I regularly post messages related to the themes of this site. I regularly refer to the contents of the menu above. So taking note of that is actually wise if you want to be able to follow the posts. Since December 2019, in the "Footsteps" category, I've been posting messages that have to do with the road I'm on now that I have cancer. So these posts are not related to the main themes of the site.
An interesting footnote
In the HSV translation, 1 Corinthians 14:12 reads as follows: "So also you, if you strive for spiritual gifts, seek to abound in gifts for the edification of the church." 'Spiritual ...
Read more ...We have the mind of Christ
Recently I came across the following: "There is no such thing as true doctrine. Absolute Truth does not exist in letters, dogmas or rules. Truth is a person. Truth finds itself in a relationship, reveals itself ...
Read more ...The Higher Consciousness Proven?
Science tries to find out what happens when people enter a state of higher consciousness. Some time ago I read about a scientific study on the behavior of the brain when ...
Read more ...A day in Jerusalem
The coming antichrist would have to be a Jew and certainly not a Muslim or Christian. At least, that was one of the views in a conversation about the antichrist. The reason then was that the Jews ...
Read more ...But I didn't have the love...
Last night at Bible study we discussed 1 Corinthians 13 and in this brief report I will limit myself to the first three verses. "Though I should speak the languages of men and of angels, ...
Read more ...The Church According to Luke
As I was recently more or less 'accidentally' reading through the last section of the Gospel according to Luke, it struck me that in this section (Luke 24:36-53) Luke mentions a number of things that you might ...
Read more ...Thoughts on the sacrifices
We have often talked about how important it is to thank and praise God our Father and the Lord Jesus for the work on the cross of Calvary. The other day we ...
Read more ...The hidden things
"The hidden things are to the LORD our God, but the things revealed are to us and to our children forever, to do all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29). The application ...
Read more ...Each separately. . .
The stream of spirituality and charismatic errors and practices continues to grow and grow. Constantly it reflects that there is more than your arid and dry Christian life of today. You need occasionally ...
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