I have to confess: I don’t like Christmas series. The stories are known. The points are quite the same. Nearly always. But it got me thinking about Christmass: What is it? It’s like easter: Something that is true the whole year, but we focus on it in a special time. Easter is: God died and rose for you. His […]
Summer of Psalms | Psalm 8
We are worshipers. And if we don’t worship God, we will worship something else. We humans are natural born worshipers. The question is never “IF” we will worship. It is „WHO” or „WHAT” we will worship. Worship means to give worth to something. So we humans will always talk about what we like, talk about what we […]
Summer of Psalms | Psalm 1
In this series, Summer of Psalms, we want to discover practical ways to worship. What is Worship, beyond singing songs? Worship is a choice. It’s saying Yes and saying No: 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; Here it talks about 3 postures: Walking, standing, sitting. As far as I understand the meaning of these words in that context it […]
Love in Action | love compels
2 Cor 5:14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died. Our decisions have different triggers and motivational drives behind it. So if Paul says, that Love compels him, how does it look like, when Love is the driving force behind […]
IN Him | hidden
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. […]
IN HIM | The hope of glory
Some years ago at the end of the conference the preacher stood up after the last song. He was deeply moved. He said: Wouldn’t you want it to go on and on for ever? I thought: No. He said: So get ready for heaven. Because that was just a foretaste for heaven. I thought: If heaven […]
