Category: Contemplations

Our blogs are often in simple, plain language. Because our blogs… are not all read by people who come from a church, and some really don’t care for “church” at all. But precisely because… Lees meer.

A while ago I watched the Formula 1 races again (go Max!) and I was a bit disillusioned. Yes, Max Verstappen won, but still… As a little boy, I grew up with Niki Lauda… Lees meer.

Back in the day, when I was still a kid, I used to go to Sunday school / children’s church, of course. There’s nothing wrong with the goal of those services: During children’s church,… Lees meer.

John 3:16 is pretty well-known by anyone who hangs around a church. A hopeful verse: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him… Lees meer.

I spoke with someone today who was struggling with personal and spiritual issues that weren’t going well in his life. He said he was a Christian. I first tried to ask him some questions… Lees meer.

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.