contemplation | About God and gods

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 ...

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 diverse traditions," there was a little article in yesterday's RD about Andrew Dyck's doctorate at the VU University of Amsterdam on Sept. 5. Without the entire article here ...

Christian meditation

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

In many churches and circles, courses in "Christian meditation" are offered. In one of these, for example, in four evenings, the Lectio Divina, Ignatian prayer, contemplative prayer and image meditation[1] are mainly discussed. When someone addresses the pastor about this, he writes ...

It just goes on…

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

Two things came to me again this week that reflect that idolatry is going on and on in Christendom and sometimes is already much further than you realize. The first is from the charismatic corner and the ...

Esau the unholy one

On 30 July 2017 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Biblestudy, Spirituality and Mysticism

It occurs several times in the Bible: two brothers who go a different way in life and make different choices. With one it works out and with the other it doesn't. For starters, consider Cain ...