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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 …

Thoughts on the sacrifices

On 4 March 2018 By Teun de Jager In Spiritual Life, Serving God

We hebben het er al vaker over gehad, hoe belangrijk het is om God onze Vader en de Heer Jezus te danken en te loven voor het werk op het kruis van Golgotha. Laatst liep ik er in het Oude Testament weer opnieuw tegen aan. In Exodus geeft God aan …

There was no breath left…

On 13 November 2017 By Teun de Jager In End time, Spiritual Life

We had the commemoration of 500 years of the Reformation. Pieces of it I have seen, images from Wittenberg and Utrecht. In both places, the reformation was portrayed as church renewal that should still take shape today. A church that continues to renew which means above all that we Protestants should once again join together with ...

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 that's okay as far as I'm concerned, but if you read further into this section it appears that Paul is concerned ...

truth and love

On 30 April 2017 By Teun de Jager In Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church

The second letter of John[1] is an extraordinary letter. It is short, I already knew that, but suddenly I realized that most of my posts on this site are much longer. Well, John shows how it can also be shorter. In terms of subject matter, the bill closes seamlessly ...

Ann Voskamp – an open letter (2)

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

Your book "A Thousand Thanks" I read with a mix of feelings. Admiration because of the way you write. I can't quite put into words what that is like, but in any case it is special and captivating. Besides admiration, there was also a lot of recognition. A search for the real ...

The unity of the Spirit (2)

On 2 December 2016 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church

When Christians do not know what it is to 'walk in the Spirit' they will live a life according to the flesh. The consequences for the unity of believers are disastrous. We can learn this from the first five chapters of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.