I don't have much interest in mythology. Stories about gods and goddesses were wasted on me and at high school you didn't have to worry about that. But this week...
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.
Talking to God in Tongues
Sunday children. It has received a lot of attention this past week: why does Pentecostalism attract so many young people? What is it that apparently appeals to so many? Vice - an American media company - published a ...
Read more ...Prophecy - hearing God's voice?
Occasionally I look at CIP.nl. Sometimes there are good articles from reliable Christians. But very often un-Biblical nonsense is proclaimed from the charismatic or spiritual corner. What all comes along ...
Read more ...There was no breath left…
We have had the commemoration of 500 years of the Reformation. I have seen parts of it, images from Wittenberg and Utrecht. In both places the reformation was portrayed as a church renewal that should still take shape today ...
Read more ...Longing for more of God's Spirit in 2017?
A New Reformation? Soon there will be a Bible study conference somewhere in the country where one of the evenings will discuss the theme "Desiring more of God's Spirit in 2017". The accompanying text ...
Read more ...With faith on the rocks
In the first letter to Timothy, Paul describes the battle to be waged against a development that causes Christians to lose their faith (1:6,19; 4:1; 6:21). ...
Read more ...Bidden zoals katholieken
Piety connects? Under the headline "Mennonite: Piety connects Christians of various traditions" there was a small article in yesterday's RD about Andrew Dyck's PhD at the VU in Amsterdam on September 5. ...
Read more ...Christian meditation
Many churches and circles offer courses in 'Christian meditation'. In one of these courses, for example, the Lectio Divina, Ignatian prayer, contemplative prayer and image meditation are discussed in four evenings[1]. When someone is ...
Read more ...Zwarte Piet, the Beatles and the Antichrist
Do Black Pete, the Beatles and the Antichrist have anything to do with each other? Not directly of course, but there are bizarre things going on in society that as far as I can tell ...
Read more ...It just goes on…
Two things came to my mind again this week that reflect that idolatry is going on and on in Christianity, and sometimes is already much further than you realize. The first is from ...
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