
At the End of the Old Year
Just a few more moments, and this year will be behind us. Where have all the hours, the days, and months gone?They have fled by as a shadow which passes over a wall. They will never return, and we will never be able to repeat them. They are past and, then, forever. Wh ...

Without Me, Ye Can Do Nothing
When a person becomes older, he frequently lives in the past. Wonderful memories then usually drift to the top. I recall one of my teachers saying, “A person can make the past sound as nice as he wants it to be, for there is no one who can verify if it is the truth.” Even in those days ...

Kerkhervorming
Kleine dingen, ach wie let er op? We zijn zo geneigd om naar het grote te kijken. En van de grote dingen is de wereld vol. We staan verbaasd en voor het grote van de mens vergeten wij het kleine wat God doet. En daar gaat het nu over in onze tekst; De dag van de kleine dingen. Ge moet ...

Awake, O North Wind; and Come, Thou South
They lived at the foot of the dike. It was just a simple family: father, mother, and their children. Father was kept busy in his business, selling flour. The mother was well known as a mother in Israel. The father was known as one of the quiet ones in the land, but when he began to tal ...

No Place
Rev. E. Venema (1922-2003) How shall I greet Thee?” How emotional we can become when we hear the singing of this song so close to the days of Christmas. Oh, then it would seem that the doors of our hearts are standing wide open to receive th ...

A Student in the School of Prayer
Rev. E. Venema (1922-2006) Translated from Op de Leer school van het Gebed, 1975 A look into the heart of Christ Once more we enter into the house of Simon. The meal stands untouc ...

A Student in the School of Prayer
Rev. E. Venema (1922-2006) Translated from Op de Leer school van het Gebed, 1975 A look into the heart of Simon Simon is amazed at what is taking place in his home. He knows her; ...

A Student in the School of Prayer
Rev. E. Venema (1922-2006) Translated from Op de Leerschool van het Gebed, 1975In this morning hour our thoughts go to one of the most moving moments in the life of Christ during His sojourn here upon earth. It ...

Een brief voor een onnut mens apart
Voor ons ligt een zeer kleine brief, maar van grote waarde. In het bijzonder voor een onnut mens, een die nergens voor deugt.Ginds in de gevangenis, in de wereldstad Rome, buigt de apostel Paulus zich over zijn perkament om een brief te schrijven voor zijn geestelijke zoon Onesimus. Hij mo ...