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Christ's coming and judgment

On 9 August 2024 By Teun de Jager In Topical, End time, Spirituality and Mysticism

An awful lot is happening in and around Israel and everyone has an opinion about it, including Christians. But you don't hear much about the judgments coming upon the people of Israel, not even in the ...

Longing for God - Christian Hedonism

On 30 April 2023 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Spirituality and Mysticism

John Piper is an influential theologian whose "Christian hedonism" seduces Christians into idolatry. The "desire for God" sounds nice, but it is not.

Passionate prayer is Jewish mysticism

On 31 March 2023 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spirituality and Mysticism

Sometimes you come across something in the Bible that makes you wonder whether you should understand it differently than it is normally read and explained. That happened recently when reading James 4.

Behold your God! – an incredible story

On 21 February 2023 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Spiritual Life, Spirituality and Mysticism

I knew that the experience of faith was important at HeartCry. But now they come into Roman contemplation. And that is incredibly serious and sad.

Difficult parts in the letter to Hebrews

On 29 June 2022 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Biblestudy, Spiritual Life, Spirituality and Mysticism

The tricky parts in the letter to the Hebrews have to do with idolatry in Christendom. The believer is earnestly warned to keep far from that.

Evangelical mysticism

On 4 November 2021 By Teun de Jager In End time, Spirituality and Mysticism

Since the 1960s, a deception offensive has been underway on the Protestant and evangelical worlds. With dramatic consequences.

Mysticism

On 26 October 2021 By Teun de Jager In End time, Spirituality and Mysticism

Mysticism is an 'experiential belief' in which deep inner experiences determine what a person believes. Biblical dogmas are therefore of secondary importance.

A deeper relationship with God?

On 23 August 2021 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Spirituality and Mysticism

A brief assessment of contemplation versus the biblical way of serving God.

Homo Deus - the image that gets a mind

On 24 March 2021 By Teun de Jager In Topical, End time, Spirituality and Mysticism

Revelation 13 is an interesting chapter that has (and continues to) lead to all sorts of differing views and discussions among Christians. In this blog we are going to try to understand that an image of the first beast ...

Judas Iscariot and the 'betreason'

On 10 November 2020 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Biblestudy, Spirituality and Mysticism

You're probably wondering what a 'betrayal' might be. After all, we know about the betrayal of Judas, but a 'betrayal'? Now, it's not an existing word, nor was it made up to draw attention ...