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Thinking and testing

On 11 September 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spiritual Life

How important it is that we think about truth; what is true and what is not. This is already true of the world we live in, where probably one lie competes with another lie for the predicate of "truth. And where Twitter and Facebook determine what is "true. Fortunately, we need ...

About false teachers

On 30 August 2018 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Biblestudy

This time a short article on a subject about which there is much more to say. The question of who is a false Bible teacher and who is not is, of course, a very uncomfortable one. Especially when you see what the Bible says about false teachers. Peter and Jude write about them in terms that ...

An interesting footnote

On 2 June 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy

In de HSV vertaling luidt 1 Korinthe 14:12 als volgt: “Zo ook u, als u naar geestelijke gaven streeft, zoek er dan naar om overvloedig te zijn in gaven tot opbouw van de gemeente”. ‘Geestelijke gaven’ is wat de meeste vertalingen hier weergeven. De zin klinkt dan ook heel logisch. …

We have the mind of Christ

On 14 May 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spiritual Life, Holy Spirit

Recently I came across the following somewhere: "True doctrine does not exist. Absolute Truth does not exist in letters, dogmas or rules. The Truth is a person. Truth does find itself in a relationship, reveals itself in a relationship. And a relationship is dynamic, has seasons, is influenced by feeling and experience. Dogmas ...

But I didn't have the love...

On 8 March 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Charismatic, Spiritual Life, Serving God

Gisteravond bespraken we op de Bijbelstudie 1 Korinthe 13 en in dit korte verslagje beperk ik me tot de eerste drie verzen. “Al zou ik de talen van de mensen en van de engelen spreken, maar ik had de liefde niet, dan zou ik klinkend koper of een schallende cimbaal …

The Church According to Luke

On 5 March 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Fellowhip and Church

As I recently read through, more or less "accidentally," 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 might be called "basic characteristics of the church. Or if you prefer otherwise "the ...

The hidden things

On 22 February 2018 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Biblestudy, Serving God

“De verborgen dingen zijn voor de HEERE, onze God, maar de geopenbaarde dingen zijn voor ons en onze kinderen, tot in eeuwigheid, om al de woorden van deze wet te doen” (Deuteronomium 29:29). De toepassing van deze tekst is meestal dat we ons met Gods Woord moeten bezighouden, want dat …

Talking to God in Tongues

On 15 December 2017 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Charismatic

Sunday Children It did get some attention this past week: why does Pentecostalism attract so many young people? What is there that apparently appeals to so many? Vice - an American media company - published a short documentary about Pentecostalism entitled "Sunday Children. By the way, whether to call this a documentary ...

Longing for more of God's Spirit in 2017?

On 2 October 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Biblestudy, Charismatic, Holy Spirit, Spirituality and Mysticism

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 is this: "Worldwide, there is increasing interest in the church in the work of ...

With faith on the rocks

On 14 September 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Biblestudy, Charismatic, Spirituality and Mysticism

Notes on the 1st Letter to Timothy 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). The latter is what we see happening to an unprecedented degree today. Therefore, ...