
It’s natural to feel good on a lovely day, surrounded by beauty, and to feel not-so-good on a dreary day. Which ought to make us pause, because what comes “naturally” generally comes from the flesh and we should consider it suspect. The seasons change, everything in creation changes with them. But the Creator who originated […]

Event U.S. President Joe Biden said for the first time on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amounts to genocide, a significant escalation of the president’s rhetoric. Biden used the term genocide in a speech at an ethanol plant in Iowa and later stood by the description as he prepared to board Air Force One. […]

In de lezingen van gisteren en eergisteren konden we zien hoe de apostelen zichzelf in de problemen brachten door over Jezus te spreken en wonderen te doen in de naam van God. In de lezing van gisteren (Handelingen 6) lezen we hoe de religieuze leiders valse getuigen opriepen om de volgelingen van Christus te kunnen […]

Als wij rondom ons kijken zien wij hoe veel mensen weg komen met verkeerde dingen die zij verrichten. Zij die spreken over God en gebod worden vaak weggelachen. Ook zullen velen er op toe zien dat ze maar iets zullen kunnen vinden om aan te merken op een Christen zodat zij hem voor schut kunnen […]
Normally in the Northern Hemisphere at least, this is a time of spring, renewal and hope, a timely reminder of the coming of God’s kingdom and the restoration of all things. But this year just seems a little different. The very comfortable world which many of us inhabit, with its freedom to worship and the […]