The tempting of Johan is much easier than the tempting of Jesus. I'm not even sure if I can use the word 'easier' here. By the way, the easiness of the tempting is not the issue. It's the reaction that is often very different.We can read the following in Hebrews 4:5This High Priest of ours... Continue Reading →

A recipe, why not, I mean, the name of the blog made me do it. What I will write now is actually on my menu for tomorrow, so I can let you know afterwards if this is a good one. I normally don't cook with recipes, I like to just go shopping and see what... Continue Reading →

Life takes you by surprise. I was watching the film 'The Bucket List' with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. It's a film about two guys in their sixties. Both have cancer and hear they have only one year to live. Instead of moping and slowly saying goodbye, they decide to live their lives to the... Continue Reading →

Small heroes can cause big changes. You may immediately think of David and Goliath when I talk about small heroes. And if you didn't, you are now. 🙂 But no, not David today. Today it's Nataliya. One day around election time, Nataliya was at work. She worked in communications. Her superiors had decided on a... Continue Reading →

'Be gracious to yourself.' 'Be kind to yourself.' 'God forgives you, so you should forgive you!' I've heard these words quite a few times. Mostly they are spoken by friends that love me and want me to stop fretting about confession, forgiveness and sanctification and to move on, trusting and continuing. I believe in confession.... Continue Reading →

What are you known as? Are you ‘the '...' guy’ or ’the '…' girl’?Here is a list of some people you may have heard of. I won’t tell you what they have in common, I’ll let you guess. Please make your guess in the comments. Oh, and don't google, that makes you 'the 'cheating' guy'.... Continue Reading →

Jesus wants to be near us. That's something I believe. When I start the day, or when I'm in the car with my friend, about to go somewhere, there's this thing we ask in prayer... "Jesus be with us today, or on the road, or..." And I'm always reminded that He already ís with us.... Continue Reading →

Dear friends, I would like to introduce you to a fundraising-effort. I will explain further, but for those who might not want to read the whole text: the final goal is to ship 500 Bibles to Uganda. My friends Greg and Kilby Helms work as missionaries in the Arua District in Uganda, where they share... Continue Reading →

Imagine yourself, or whatever, imagine myself!Sitting on a balcony, waiting for the sunrise. On the left, I see a mountain-range, on the right, I see the Mediterranean Sea. Actually, there's a tree-line between me and the sea. And right in the middle, there is a lower tree. Because of this, I can see one patch of Mediterranean... Continue Reading →

Not just hope, also recipes... Pannekoeken, not pancakes, not crepes, pannekoeken. They have the size of your biggest frying pan and the thickness of 2 crepes.  Not sure if I want to give you a recipe, but I will say that you need flour, eggs, milk, butter and salt, also make sure today is a... Continue Reading →