Category: Contemplations

A while ago, I talked to someone who thought it was really dumb that God made all these rules. “That’s totally unnecessary, right? Those rules just get in the way—how is that real freedom?”… Lees meer.

A few days ago, we visited “De Voorhof”—a small, Bible-believing church in Apeldoorn. Before the service (where we got to give a short presentation about God’s work in Schwerin), I briefly talked with the… Lees meer.

I had this song from “Jovink and the fodder beetles” as an “alarm clock” on my cell phone for a while. A “nice” song to wake up to, and you can bet that you… Lees meer.

In all the conversations we have, it often comes up that people are disappointed in God, or even worse – have said goodbye to God – because someone spoke a prophecy over them that… Lees meer.

Today is May 5th in the Netherlands: Liberation Day. The day on which the end of World War II in the Netherlands is commemorated. On May 5, 1945, the German troops in the Netherlands… Lees meer.

In 1 Timothy 5, we see that Paul’s friend Timothy is often sick. It literally says about Timothy: For the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments (1 Timothy 5:23a) Paul had the… Lees meer.

Martin is quite passionate about trains. Whenever we travel and spot a train, we have to go check it out. If there’s a (model) railway event or anything train-related in the city, there’s no… Lees meer.

Some time ago, I spoke with someone (or distantly, through a Christian platform) who said that she had died in 2006 and now felt her body burning, heard screams, and felt how she was… Lees meer.

I was watching a soccer game the other day, and a few things stood out to me: No player was just waiting to see if a chance would come—they were all actively involved in… Lees meer.

Jesus is God. And God can do anything. And yet… pay attention. Jesus was called Rabbi in the Bible. (Matthew 26:25, 49; Mark 9:5, 11:21, 14:45; John 1:38, 49, 2:2, 4:31, 6:25, 9:2, 11:8)… Lees meer.