Worship in spirit and truth has first and foremost to do with the heart and what is in it and rises up before God the Father. It is a spiritual activity in which the Holy Spirit is active. The truth is in Christ the Crucified.
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About the vine, love and hate
Christ teaches His disciples about the Christian life when He is no longer with them. It's about the vine, love and hate.
Read more ...Differences of opinion?
Accepting each other is the task especially when you disagree on certain topics - like vaccination.
Read more ...The Father's House
Until we dwell in the heavenly Father's house, heaven will come to dwell with us!
Read more ...Know the Lord
Een tijdje geleden kwam er op een bijbelstudieconferentie een tekst voorbij waarvan een bepaalde term nogal bij me bleef haken. Het was de uitdrukking ‘de Here kennen’ uit Hebreeën 8:11 “En zij zullen beslist niet ieder zijn naaste en ieder zijn broeder onderwijzen en zeggen: Ken de Heere. Want zij …
Read more ...The Church According to Luke
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 ...
Read more ...An uneven yoke
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 ...
Read more ...truth and love
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 ...
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