7 He having ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him conquering I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the pleasure garden of God. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (J. E. Smith,… Read More Thought for today “Hear what the Spirit says” (December 21)
Nearly 2 millennia ago a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ wrote letters to his fellow brethren and sisters in Christ. He wrote to them, who were living further away, to share the same precious faith they had. He talked about a faith which was given to them because of the justice and fairness of… Read More Today’s thought “Qualities and feasts of people” (December 14)
Today’s thought “Foreboding of what is coming on the world” (March 29) Foreboding is not a word we use much these days, the dictionary says it means – ‘have a premonition of something evil or harmful’. Jesus used it (as translated by the ESV) in our reading today (Luke 21:26) in forecasting, just before he… Read More Today’s thought “Foreboding of what is coming on the world” (March 29)
In these days lots of people are convinced they have enough wisdom, whilst others think wisdom can be found at the social media. Over there we see the groups or pages do get more attention than lots of serious websites and interesting printed magazines, which are loosing readers. Many think they also best go to… Read More Today’s thought “When looking for wisdom” (December 21)
Everyday we do have to face our self. In this world we encounter so many people who are not happy with their looks, their work, their politicians, their “this and that”! When not happy with the own body many look for aesthetic corrections. The Coffeeshop rabbi writes Often we adopt a resolution because there is… Read More Do we need to learn to accept ourselves as we are?
The Gospels are not the only place to find ‘the mind which was in Christ’’. The books of poetry and prophecy in the Old Testament often give us an insight into his attitude and thinking. David’s words in the Psalms are often seen as a foreshadowing of the actual thoughts and feelings of Christ in… Read More the Bible – God’s guide for life #9 Gospels not only place to find ‘the mind which was in Christ’
In Joshua we read of the people crossing the Jordan into the promised land at the time when there were enough rain-showers to provide harvest time floods and when “the Jordan overflows all its banks”. (chapter 3 v.15) Because of the Name of יהוה {Jehovah} the Elohim of the Israelites the Ḥiwwites had heard the… Read More The Right One to follow and to worship
In our Sunday service we continued discussing the matter of the day before concerning the insight and/or wisdom which people may receive. We also reflected on the reading of some days before (John chapter 8). the last few weeks we have been under attack and had loads of letters telling us we are haters of… Read More Blindness in the Christian world
When we do start hearing and feeling in ourselves something special, which brings us to look for the Special Element behind creation we shall come to hear more. When we come to more hearing through reading we shall receive more insight. but when we come to see more things and come to understand that there… Read More At the end of your life
Having days of preparation for the most important day of the year we have all the more reason to think about the reasons of following the Nazarene Jew Jeshua, Jesus Christ, and why such followers should unite to share the love of Christ. Already in his short public life Jeshua advised his pupils to check… Read More Hearing words to accept
For those who want to know more about the Christadelphians and Brothers in Christ two new encyclopaedic articles have been placed on the net. Today the media use many words very careless. There exist a slipshod when they are talking about religion. Often they say “the Christians are doing this or are saying that” and… Read More Two new encyclopaedic articles
In reply to the nice article by T.V. Antony Raj: “The Archangel Gabriel” on “Impressions ~ of what comes to my mind.” I wanted to react and place this reaction also on our ecclesia site, because we encounter many Christians who do not understand Muslims and many Muslims who think that all Christians adhere a Three-Godhead and… Read More Prophets making excuses
We can imagine that people get scared when they hear certain preachers talking as the three friends of Job. As the wife of a Southern Baptist pastor writes in her blog that one pastor saying that all the troubles which befell Job were his fault because he spoke forth fear into his life. That alleviated some… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #5: chapters 32-37
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