• A man deliberately makes a choice. A man’s religion should never be a Sunday religion, or a death-bed religion. It should not be the kind of sentiment that depends upon tragedy; that is melted by the sun or blown away by the breezes of the mountain top. It should be a matter… Read More Deliberately making choices
Intro Last year, for the Newbury ecclesia, I gave a bible class about our Belgian situation of isolation. From the beginning of our existence we could not count on many members and can we not say we had many contacts and exchanges with worldwide members and other ecclesiae. We every year where happy to receive… Read More Being in isolation #1 Baptists making an important choice
Lots of people wait and wait before making a decision. Concerning the choice of faith many procrastinate. They want to postpone their decision to which faith they want to belong, because they consider it not so important or not necessary to show others soon enough their choice for some faith. After having prorogued for some… Read More Shame some people made their good choice just a few years before their death
The world may be in unbalance and lots of people not knowing where to look at for finding peace in their heart. Many may be taken by the fear of what is going on now, but not knowing yet what for terrible things shall be coming unto mankind soon. They shall not be prepared because… Read More Man’s own fault and the choice to flee from fear
Work First mention of work? Gen 2:1-3 God worked therefore a good thing, as is rest. Next? Gen 2:15 Doesn’t sound like work, satisfying and enjoyable. But… Gen3:17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You… Read More Bible Time on “Work”
Know that God will lead you in the best way possible because you might be sure that God loves you and will lead you correctly during times of trouble and difficulties. … Read More Thought for February 02: Psalm 60:11 Seeking God’s Help
Today we see there are lots of problems and fighting going on in the state of Israel. But we may not forget it shall still be part of God’s Plan.… Read More We may not forget that Israel shall fit in God’s Purpose
Because of the justice and fairness of the Nazarene Jew Jeshua (the master teacher Jesus Christ), the sent one and anointed of God, we are able to receive grace and peace in full measure through our knowledge of God and of his son Jesus our Lord. (2 Peter 1:1-2) The Divine Creator Jehovah God has… Read More Today’s thought “God’s Word and great and valuable promises given” (December 14)
03 December 2023 looking back at 130 years of history of the Newbury church and the many baptisms that came out of it.… Read More 2023 December 3 A Day in two ways important
Real Christians should separate themselves from the world like God’s Chosen People also separated itself. The Hebrew people in the time of Ezra separated itself from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding, and joined with their brothers, their nobles,… Read More Today’s thought “Joining with their brothers” (November 22)
Continuation of: Israel – land of unwalled villages, a wall and a coming war #1 Israel – full of contradictions! A wall is built And so Israel’s leaders decided to build a wall. A wall that snaked through the centre of Israel and around Jerusalem. A 436 mile long wall! The wall is the largest… Read More Israel – land of unwalled villages, a wall and a coming war #2 A wall is built
Event Daily Telegraph, October 10, 2023 Hamas killed babies and children in a massacre discovered by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday in one of the last villages to be recaptured from the terrorist group. Dozens of dead civilians were found in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza on Tuesday, with soldiers at the scene comparing the murders to the… Read More Hamas slaughtered babies and children in kibbutz massacre
Continuation of Fear of God beginning of knowledge, based on an article by Wendy Widder In several denominations, the preachers make the congregants afraid of God. It’s common for Bible teachers to say that “fearing the Lord” and “being afraid of the Lord” are two very different things. But this overstates the case. The Bible’s… Read More Does fearing the Lord mean to be afraid of him?
The most positive change in my life was the choice I made to emulate the One True God.… Read More The most positive change I made
In our lives, there is a time for everything. When we come into the world, we are not aware of anything and just experience things, while it is our parents who are allowed to live their time joyfully when having a child. That child must be brought up by them, where there are moments that… Read More Time for this and that
Will God Ever End Suffering? This is the whole point that is so often missed. The assumption is made that God is to blame for suffering (which, as we have seen, He is not); that all suffering is bad (which is wrong); that if God allows suffering He therefore does not love us (when it… Read More Suffering and the God of Love #5 Will God Ever End Suffering?
Mark 8 During his public life, Jesus played it clear to get whole crowds behind him. Many of them came to see his miracle works but also to hear him tell, for them he seemed like a master. Today’s lecture tells us that those listeners sometimes forgot to bring food and drink, so they looked… Read More Denying yourself and doing God’s Will while following Jesus
Today’s thought “Putting on the robe of compassion, kindness, humility and meekness” (November 15) How many in this world say they are a Christian but do not worship the God of Christ nor act as a follower of Christ is supposed to act? As a Christian do you find you belong to the chosen or… Read More Today’s thought “Putting on the robe of compassion, kindness, humility and meekness” (November 15)
The Divine Creator Who made man in His image provided them with ‘spiritual nutrients’ which can be absorbed most efficiently at the start of each day by taking up the Book of books, the Bible, the infallible Word of God. To stay alive we have to eat regularly and have to eat healthy food to… Read More Today’s thought “Nutritional spiritual food” (November 14)
Black skin with its splendour, though not considered by many to be as beautiful as white in human eyes, was never created by God to be inferior or less glorious. In fact Adam was earthy and there’s scientific evidence that those who are considered white today had very dark ancestors.… Read More A white very handsome Roman/Italian/European Jesus with blue eyes and long hairs or a polished bronze or dark skin coloured Jesus
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