You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? An autobiography for a church sounds weird. Though, certain churches can use some history exposure. Throughout history, there have been many groups of people who tried to form a community or religious group where they wanted to worship the Divine Creator of heaven and earth. Like there… Read More How the autobiography of the Belgian Christadelphian community would look like
In Abberley Hall in the north-west of the county of Worcestershire (Postcode: WR6 6DD), since 1916 occupied by Abberley Hall School the 2020 Whit Camp shall take place. This year the theme is ‘Iconoclast’. Throughout history, humans have made icons for themselves. These are physical or mental objects built to worship and put trust in. Often… Read More Iconoclast in the picture
Sometimes we have the impression that God wants to keep still, but He always has an eye and ear for those who want to come to Him. In today’s psalm of Asaph [C a Levitical musician, a descendant of Gershon, at the time of David; 1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 2 Chr. 5:12] we find the writer… Read More Today’s thought “No silence so that everyone will know that there is only one Supreme Ruler all over the earth” (February 17)
The 21st of February we read Psalm 90 in our Daily Bible Readings, but in our service this week it has also been a reading we took at heart. This time to remember us that there is only One Eternal Being or God and that people should not forget that Jesus was not eternal. Jehovah… Read More Today’s thought “On the eternity of God” (December 17)
In the previous chapter we shed already a light on some other teachings which entered already in the first century in the different groups which claimed to follow Jesus. The apostles warned already for the false teaching which were introduced by people who loved to be the leader of a group they started to call… Read More The Development of Differences
From the days of Jeshua (Christ Jesus) there were people who wanted to follow that master teacher, whilst others were interested in some points but did not like other points and as such preferred to keep to other teachings and traditions also. Jeshua had asked those who he had chosen to become his disciples, what… Read More Different wineskins
Dave Burke asks: Why is our local preaching so unsuccessful while our overseas evangelism rises from strength to strength? It’s not that we don’t know how to evangelise, or that preaching the Gospel isn’t important to us. Instead I believe it’s because overseas mission work is largely unfettered by the restrictions of the pervading culture… Read More Evangelisation, local preaching opposite overseas evangelism
Vorig seizoen hebben wij een ogenblik getracht om menselijke bijstand te verkrijgen en onze ecclesiae te laten verbinden met de gemeenschappen van een andere vereniging Christadelphians. Dit is echter niet gelukt en daarbij hebben wij tot onze schaamte ook moeten ondervinden dat het veel beter is om op God te vertrouwen en in alle rust… Read More Omgaan met zorgen in ons leven
And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Yehuḏah,{1} the Root of Dawiḏ,{2} overcame to open the scroll and to loosen its seven seals.” {Footnotes: 1Heb. 7:14 2Isa. 11:1 & 10. } (Revelation 5:5 The Scriptures 1998+) Thus said יהוה, “Hold back your voice from… Read More Song of Praise for the Elohim Set-Apart
God’s judgements And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and marvellous: seven messengers having the seven last plagues,1 for the wrath of Elohim was ended in them. Footnote: 1See 21:9. And I saw like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those overcoming the beast and his image and his mark and… Read More Kingdom Visions of God’s judgements and Marriage of the Lamb
Often you hear people calling non-trinitarians heathen and heretics, members of a cult. Becoming a member or Getting in and out Normally you would consider a group as being a cult when it is easy to get in but very difficult to get out. Most of the non-trinitarian groups are not so easy to become… Read More Follower of Jesus part of a cult or a Christian
The Anointed begotten Son of God 1. Jesus and Christians All Christians think they do know Christ Jesus. We as Christians can only do hope that those who want to become a Christian and those who call themselves Christian sincerely would be willing to investigate who that Jesus from Nazareth, who was called the Messiah,… Read More Jesus begotten Son of God #1 Christmas and Christians
What is the ecclesia and why use this word EC-CLE-SI-A, n.; [L. ecclesia; Gr. ekklesia, an assembly of the people, from ekkletos, summoned; ekkaleom, to summon, call out.] The political assembly in the ancient Greek states, at which all free citizens could vote. The early Greek and Latin name for the church; a congregation (This… Read More What and why Ecclesia
Belgian Ecclesia Brussel - Leuven 