How from the beginning the Christian church degenerated into what it is today, we see in Revelation 2 and 3.
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.
The Collapse of Christianity
The article below is by Roger Oakland[1]. Some of the statements may be a little off on the American situation. But we see the picture of it all happening rapidly here with us as well. Since the beginning of this 21st century, the world has witnessed a virtual "collapse" ...
Read more ...More of 'There is More' and the 'Holy Ghost'
The 'There is More' event continues to tour the Netherlands this new year. The Evangelical Work Association (EWV) within the PKN promotes more of the 'Holy Spirit' under various titles. For example with 'Space for the Spirit', 'There is More Next' and 'Come Holy Spirit'. Everyone is invited to learn more ...
Read more ...On Pagan Religions and the Roman Church
On this page we have already posted once an article on the relationship between Babylonian idolatry, the development of all kinds of pagan religions and the birth of the Roman Church. The same story is briefly explained again using the relevant Bible texts by John Barnett of ...
Read more ...God's work
My work or His work... When I learned in September that the lung cancer had metastasized and could not be cured, the feeling came over me that my life was not yet "finished. There was still so much to do and especially things that I felt I was doing "for the Lord. ...
Read more ...Try yourself
The other day we had the Bible discussion on the last chapter of the second letter to Corinth. This concluded an entire period in which we went through both letters in succession. We marveled at how current and precise the Word of God is, especially for our time as well. A ...
Read more ...Footsteps
Another six months ... By now I must tell you about what has happened to me in recent months. During a summer vacation in the mountains, I felt a lump in my neck. It was probably there for some time, but only then I realized ...
Read more ...“Bible in One Year”
Someone sent me a section from a "reflection" from Bible journal "Bible in One Year" asking what I was reading in it. I must have come across "Bible in One Year" at some point, but it hadn't occurred to me in any case. So I looked it up on the Internet and ...
Read more ...Invest in yourself?
Last week an email dropped in from CIP.co.uk. They want to inform and inspire Christians and to do that even better they have developed 'challenges'. With these you are encouraged to "invest in yourself. "One person would like to deepen their prayer life, another person would like the Holy Spirit ...
Read more ...Who are the leaders in a time of chaos?
When there are problems in a local congregation, you hear all kinds of often conflicting "stories. Often it is chaos about what is going on or what 'people' disagree about. So what are you to do as an 'ordinary' believer? Simply follow what the majority thinks and does? Or the ...
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