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Bidden zoals katholieken

On 8 September 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, End time, Spirituality and Mysticism

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. ...

Christian meditation

On 4 September 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Idolatry, Spirituality and Mysticism

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 ...

Zwarte Piet, the Beatles and the Antichrist

On 29 August 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, End time

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 ...

It just goes on…

On 24 August 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Charismatic, Spirituality and Mysticism

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 ...

An uneven yoke

On 17 June 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church

Paul's call "Do not form an unequal span with unbelievers (...)" (2 Corinthians 6:14) has been much applied to marriage. A warning not to marry an unbeliever. Now as far as I'm concerned that may ...

Make Friends!

On 16 June 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical

Yesterday a report appeared on the NOS that all important spiritual leaders of the world call us to make friends with people of other religions. Satan has his grip on the whole ...

Manna for the soul? No, thank you!

On 25 May 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Idolatry

Recently someone sent me a page from the new Reading and Listening Guide (Summer 2017). In a box is a number of editions from various publishers that I'm sure will do well again. "For ...

God in the middle?

On 13 March 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Fellowhip and Church

The past year has in some ways been a search for truth and falsehood when it comes to the work of the Spirit of God. The trail of that journey can be found in the ...

Ann Voskamp – an open letter (2)

On 31 January 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Spiritual Life, Spirituality and Mysticism

I read your book 'A Thousand Thanks' with a mix of feelings. Admiration because of the way you write. I can't quite put into words what that's like, but it's certainly ...

Ann Voskamp: the way of contemplation (1)

On 31 December 2016 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Idolatry, Spirituality and Mysticism

In recent weeks Ann Voskamp, author of the widely read book "Thousand Thanks" [1], visited me several times. Figuratively speaking. That's why we pay attention to it in this post. We discuss the teachings ...