By the indigenous peoples of the Americas we can find also several myths of a great deluge. The K’iche’ and Maya peoples in Mesoamerica having the best well-known folk tales. One of the Maya peoples, the K’iche’ (or in previous Spanish spelling: Quiché, associated with the ancient Maya civilization, reached the peak of their power… Read More The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 7 North America
Today’s thought “When in need of encouragement” (May 18) Yesterday we could see in his letter to the Thessalonians that Paul could find encouragement by the believers there of which he had many positive things to say, rather in contrast to the Corinthians. Though it appeared that there were also those in Thessalonica who were… Read More Today’s thought “When in need of encouragement” (May 18)
Today’s thought “Death by being taken captive” (May 15) In the previous posting we looked at a “death” and spoke about Saul of Tarsus seeing the stoning of apostle Stephen. At the beginning of this contemporary time table, we find several people who were willing to face death by stoning, like Stephen, or in the… Read More Today’s thought “Death by being taken captive” (May 15)
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Death Acts 7:55-8:1 But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” But…
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Leading with Fear: Gathering or Scattering? Jeremiah 23:1-81 Restoration after Exile Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered…
Today’s thought “Ability to assemble” (May 14) Yesterday in the reading of the Acts of the apostles (28:4) we could see how barbarous man could be and when watching television we still can see the cruelty of the human being which often acts worse than an animal would do. In that verse the attitude of… Read More Today’s thought “Ability to assemble” (May 14)
Today’s thought “Circumcise your heart” (May 12) 6 The Lord, your God, will circumcise your hearts[a] and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being, in order that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6 New American Bible Revised Edition) 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskins… Read More Today’s thought “Ability to circumcise your heart” (May 13)
Today’s thought “Ability that comes from God” (May 11) When you read this article it means first of all that you exist and as such have the abilityto live and that you are able to read, think and understand. Being able to live we are confronted with choices in our life we have to make.… Read More Today’s thought “Ability to receive ableness from God” (May 11)
Today’s thought “keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law ” (May 10) In 2Kings 8:4-6 we can find a direct example of how God works the circumstances for those that love Him. It is a direct example of the truth of the words in Proverbs 16:7,… Read More Thought for those who think it is not necessary to do any works any more
Today there are still too many people who call themselves Christian and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on the pagan holiday for the god of Spring, instead of remembering it on the day Jesus really died, April 9.… Read More Wednesday 5 April – Sunday 9 April 30 CE Pesach or Passover versus Easter
In this world we may find as much craziness perhaps as Paul could find by the Galatians, him even wondering if someone put a hex on them and if they had perhaps lost their senses. Today we may find lots of Christians who put on an attitude totally against the teachings of rabbi Jeshua. They… Read More Lost senses or a clear focus on the one at the stake
In a few days we shall have a special meeting to remember that Last Supper Jesus had with his disciple. He knew what was coming though they did not. They all thought they had prepared themselves for 15-22 Nisan, the Passover week festival. They all knew that God had asked His people to always remember… Read More Preparation for Passover
In the preceding articles we looked at the reasons why it is not so goo to have one person to be in isolation. We also argued that the person or persons living in isolation should know and feel they are not on their own. In a way it might be the task for those who… Read More Being in isolation #7 Mission work
Jesus also warned his followers it would not be easy. We as followers of the Nazarene rabbi should know that our life will not be as everything in the garden would be lovely. It’s not all roses there. Christ told us not to be of the world but to stand strong in that world which… Read More Being in isolation #6 to Hear Call from God and breaking isolation
A demographic isolation is what comes not only to the Belgian Christadelphians but to many of this faith group because there are just not enough Christadelphians all over the world. That is a fact we do have to live with. The small numbers of areas in which Christadelphians are located with congregations and the movement… Read More Being in isolation #5 Isolated Biblical figures and Confessional isolation
We are all weak human beings, damaged by the given string of DNA from our ancestors in the line of Adam and Eve. By their own choice they came to have knowledge of Good and Evil. We too are caught by that knowledge but also by our willingness to know more and to have more.… Read More Being in isolation #4 Man’s greediness, slackness, internet, friends and social contacts
Overview Whether we like it or not we are all influenced by the thinking of the world around us. The way we were brought up by our parents, our education and the media around us, all affect the way we decide what is true. It’s important to remember that man’s ways of thinking always challenge… Read More The challenges from the World
In this darkened world there is not much interest in God, but we must be honest that there are some Christians, though they have taken Jesus as their god, there is a sincere love for God. Those trinitarian Christians still have to grow and have to find out that Jesus is the Way to God… Read More Germinating small seeds, pebble-stones, small and mega churches and faith
Lots of people do have many questions. Looking for answers on vital life questions and matters around faith we would like to recommend to have a look at Questiontime, a new website that poses lots of intriguing questions and tries to offer you an insight in the possible answers. Post Phos Productions wants also to… Read More Questions on the Bible and Crossword Books
A new DVD has been produced by WCF, entitled Faith in the face of adversity. It is aimed mainly at brothers and sisters, rather than being for preaching purposes. The DVD is a series of case studies of brothers and sisters who have faced great adversity in their lives, and explores how they have coped,… Read More WCF DVD Faith in the face of adversity
