They That Seek The Lord Shall Not Want (Psa. 34:10)
WE are not to seek God for selfish ends, but in the self-effacing power of divine love. But the glorious paradox is that the more we selflessly seek God’s pleasure and glory, and the less we seek our own, the more inevitably and inexorably will pleasure and glory pursue us, and force themselves upon us.
Bro Growcott – Search Me O God
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There’s been some interesting discussion recently on ThinkNet on the age-old debate on the relationship between theology and philosophy. For the uninitiated, ThinkNet is a mailing list of people from various disciplines interested in the reformational school of Christian philosophy (often identified by the shorthand — for good…
Toestand van de doden De gedachten over de toestand van de doden, zoals we die vinden in het Oude Testament, komen velen erg deprimerend over. Het valt echter niet te ontkennen dat God de mens, na zijn zonde, de toegang heeft ontzegd tot eeuwig leven. Dat vertelt God ons ten minste in het boek Genesis. […]
We gaan verder in op de vraag of er wel bewijzen kunnen gevonden worden dat er één God of meerdere goden zijn die hebben ingestaan voor het ontstaan van het universum. Het is maar in latere jaren, toen de wetenschap vorderde dat mensen zijn gaan twijfelen aan het bestaan van goden en of Één Ware Schepper God.
“U hebt uw schatkamers gevuld, hoewel de tijd ten einde loopt”(Jac.5:3) De geest van Nimrod Nimrod was de eerste machthebber op aarde … De kern van zijn rijk werd gevormd door Babel, Uruk, Akkad en Kalne, in Sinear. Vanuit dat land trok hij naar Assyrië, waar hij Nineve, Rechobot–Ir en Kalach bouwde, en ook de […]
Present day reality of computerisation and the many applications, a repeating loop of “verse of the day” Bible balm.
Geschapen mens God heeft de mens geschapen naar Zijn beeld en als Zijn gelijkenis. Maar hij werd niet zo geprogrammeerd, dat hij alleen maar kon doen wat God wilde. De mens werd geschapen met een vrije wil en heeft dus keuzevrijheid. God stelt ons door middel van Zijn opvoedingsproces voor keuzes. Uit wat wij kiezen, […]
Vervolg van Bijbel en Wetenschap – Geloof en onderzoek een wetenschappelijke benadering Het bewijs van Gods bestaan 1. De weg van veel goden naar geen God 2. De weg van de filosofie Bij de discussie over de vraag of je Gods bestaan wel of niet kunt bewijzen, of zelfs maar zou moeten bewijzen, moet je […]
Vragen naar het goede Nu kwam er iemand naar Jezus toe met de vraag: ‘Meester,wat voor goed moet ik doen om het eeuwige leven te verwerven?’ Hij antwoordde: ‘Waarom vraag je me naar het goede? Er is er maar één die goed is. Als je het leven wilt binnengaan, houd je dan aan zijn geboden’. […]
“Many in the church have turned their back on serious study, and have embraced an anti-intellectualism which refuses to learn anything from scholarship at all lest it corrupt their pure faith. It is time to end this stand-off, and to re-establish a hermeneutic of trust (itself a sign of the gospel!) in place of the […]
Many who call themselves Christian do like to follow Augustine, even more than Christ. they do agree with him that reading the Bible is no longer necessary once God had fully cultivated faith, hope, and love in us (On Christian Doctrine, 1.39). In other words, according to them, once we are mature in Christ, the […]
On March 13 Belgium came in lockdown after already some weeks of limited possibilities to work or to move around. Being retired one would think the restrictions for people going or not going to work and having to stay at home (in your own place) would not change much for that person. I must say […]
Though it has been said so many times, this weekend in several cities, parks and streets it looked like many had not heard about safety and social distancing measures. Let us all help such people to remind that all can help to shorten the lockdown by taking a short pain instead of going on for […]
Social distancing – isolation and mouth masks Too many people ignoring Health and Safety measures. It is a real shame to see several Easter people ignore the Corona measures and the lockdown. We may not forget that the health measures taken now are to avoid what happened some hundreds of years ago. We do not […]
A look in the time: Health advice from the government a few decades ago.
Soon it shall be the most important day of the year. It shall not be to remember that on the 8th of April is the Blessed Night of Bara’a. The night before 15 Shab’aan which is called Lailat-ul-Baraat. According to some believers in the Almighty, Allah determines on this night who will die in the […]
Coronavirus has been spreading rapidly across the world, affecting more than 177 countries and claiming more than 36,200 lives. The virus emerged in China in December 2019 and around 3,300 people there have died from the infection – but both Italy and Spain now have much higher death tolls. The coronavirus outbreak was declared a […]
Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof is a doctor living in Paris. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, and is the great-granddaughter of the creator of Esperanto, Luis Lazaro Zamenhof, and the daughter of her grandson Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof. She knows many languages (Polish, French, English, German and Russian, as well as Esperanto) She, interviewed by Katalin Kovats, tells in […]
Today’s Thought “Trained by constant practice” (May 31) How thought challenging is the letter to the Hebrews; the above quotation particularly challenged us this morning! Paul (?) is telling his Hebrew readers, with their upbringing in ‘knowing’ God’s word that “by this time you ought to be teachers” (5:12) – yet it seems clear they […]
Today’s Thought “Let us then with confidence” (May 30) In reading the letter to the Hebrews we uncover a rich mine of thoughts that challenge and stimulate our thinking. It is packed full of encouragement for those whose aim is to genuinely follow in the footsteps of Christ! But we must take care not to […]
Today’s Thought “Refresh my heart in Christ” (May 29) Paul, in writing to Philemon whom he has converted to Christ some time earlier, describes himself as “a prisoner for Christ Jesus” (verse 1). He says to him “brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ” (verse 20). Paul […]
Today’s thought “Having the appearance of godliness” (May 27) Today we completed reading Paul’s inspiring – and challenging – letters to Timothy: there are so many lessons we can (and should) take for ourselves from the advice Paul gave him. “Flee youthful passions” Paul told him – not just avoid them! The younger generation today […]
Today’s thought “If we endure” (May 26) 2 Timothy 2 We continue reading the very personal final letter of Paul to Timothy, his “beloved child” in the faith. He says to him (and can we imagine this being to us?) “my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you […]
Tonight let us remember the bad and the good that came over our people and be grateful for the way the Elohim is helping us day in day out.
Time of distress should never be an excuse to not follow the mitzvah of our God. As such now in a time of lockdown, being isolated we should still have a Memorial Meal.
One Passover tradition asks that if people can afford to, they provide those less fortunate with foods that are eaten during the holiday, like matzah, eggs, chicken or wine.
Before the Israelites escaped Egypt they solemnly prepared themselves for their escape and had the seder in their closed circle, what we shall have to do in 2020 as well.
Israeli parents did their best that their children could enjoy a normal Purim. Medical face-masks make a big appearance at holiday events. 39+ Israelis have coronavirus. President Rivlin expected to give first mandate to Benny Gantz.
Een zalig Pesach toegewenst! – Blessed Passover!
De opdracht van Godswege omtrent het doorvertellen van Gods daden moeten wij ook tijdens de isolatiemaatregelen rond het coronavirus opvolgen.
Wegens het Coronavirus zal er in 2020 geen mogelijkheid zijn om gezamelijk de Shemoth te herdenken en zal eenieder alleen in de huiskring 14 Nisan kunnen vieren.
Ook vandaag lopen velen in de wereld met een masker op, zij het om schoonheid te herinneren maar ook om hun eigen te verstoppen voor de ander.
Vanuit de geschiedenis van Esther zijn veel parallellen te trekken naar de huidige situatie in het Midden-Oosten. In Perzië, het huidige Iran, is niet veel veranderd als het gaat om Jodenhaat en anti-Israël retoriek.
Ook al is Purim of Poerim voor ons geen Bijbels hoogtijdfeest zoals het ietsje later komende Pesach of Pascha op 14 Nisan en verdere hoogdagen dit jaar van 8-16 April, laten wij het toch niet na om er een hele gezellige boel van te maken in de familiekring zo wel als in de gemeenschap.
woensdag (tussen twee counselling sessies) is daar iemand by die hek hallo ma ek kom nie kuier nie ek is hier vir ‘n ruiltransaksie sy skuif haar masker eenkant toe gee vir my ‘n toegeknoopte sak ek is hier vir ma se naaimasjien só kan ek nie meer sukkel nie ek haal my […]
Dit het weereens ‘n ruk gevat om hier te kom. Eintlik het dit ‘n landswye lock-down geneem om my tot stilte te kry. Ek het baie verander, die manier hoe ek oor goed dink het ‘n nuwe vorm aangeneem. Ek bevraagteken myself steeds, ek bevraagteken my koers… maar vandag was vir my mooi. Elke keer […]
