About this site

The reason

Circumstances prompted me years ago to start reading the Bible intensively. In doing so, I discovered that the Bible defines "idolatry" quite differently than I had always thought. That was shocking, because it means that the Bible calls many things we put under the heading of "serving God" as "idolatry. Such an observation does not make you happy, so to speak.

On the other hand, this made me wonder what it means to "serve the true God. We usually think of rules and standards or believe that you have to make an effort for God with all kinds of good activities. But in the Bible it is always about 'Christ the Crucified' (1 Corinthians 1:23). Then in your personal Christian life and in life as a Christian community it is only about Him! Fortunately, that is much simpler than what we humans have made of it. But also much more beautiful!

The purpose of the site

There is much ambiguity on both topics, which is why this site was created. Its purpose is to get Christians to think about where they stand so that they can make an informed response to the call "Choose ... today whom you will serve"  (Joshua 24:15). So that we heartilyserve the living and true God ” (1 Thessalonicenzen 1:9).

The set-up

The most important part - about serving God and idolatry - can be found in the menu under the pages "Idolatry" and "Serving God". There are several pages there that expand on these themes. Do read them in the order in which they are listed below, or you will miss the common thread.

The same information can also be found on the download page, where you can find the same thing in book form. Incidentally, the material is often described in more detail there. There you will also find articles related to the themes of this site.

What should not be missing are pages about

Finally, we will now and then write an article in response to current events or a Bible passage that has to do with the themes on this site. If you subscribe you will be notified of new content.

About the near future

A third theme added later relates to the times in which we live and the things to come. The Bible is not only the book of the beginning, but also the book of the end. Rather, it is the Word of the God who knows both the beginning and the end! We will try to find out the main things about it here. You will find it at Expecting Jesus!