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Tag Archives: truth
Webtuiste vul ‘n leemte
Views: 6ZF, London Julle webwerf is ‘n absolute lig van waarheid in ‘n baie donker wêreld vol van verdraaide en korrupte informasie. Ek wens ek kon vir julle beskryf wat dit vir my persoonlik beteken het, ek oordryf nie as ek sê dit het my op ‘n pad gebring waar ek in die hand van … Continue reading
Waar begin ‘n mens?
Views: 14HS, Worcester So lank deursoek ek die internet na die waarheid. Ek en my eggenote is al meer as 18 jaar gelede gedoop in n sogenaamde vernuwingskerk,(albei in die NGK en in baie christelike huise grootgeword) maar al meer en meer agtergekom dat daar meer moet wees as wat ons geleer word. Ons behoort … Continue reading
DIE VERMOË OM TE KAN SIEN
Views: 59Die naam van die voorgestelde leesstuk van hierdie week (Deut 11:26 – 16:17) is “Re-éh” – afgelei van die woord “ra-áh”, die Hebreeuse woord wat beteken “om te kan sien”. Die eerste drie verse van hierdie lees-eenheid klink só: “Kyk (of “sien”; Engels: “behold”), ek hou julle vandag seën en vloek voor – die … Continue reading
ASPEKTE VAN DIE WAARHEID 2
Views: 15Luk 16:10 Hy wat getrou is in die minste, is ook in die grote getrou; en hy wat onregverdig is in die minste, is ook in die grote onregverdig. “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” ― Albert Einstein (Selfs wanneer dit kom by die persoon … Continue reading
ASPEKTE VAN DIE WAARHEID 1
Views: 9Spr 23:23 Koop waarheid en verkoop dit nie, ook wysheid en tug en verstand. “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” ― Henry David Thoreau (Amerikaanse skrywer, digter en filosoof; Bekend vir sy boek “Civil Disobedience” waarin hy hom uitspreek téén lojaliteit teenoor ‘n onregverdige regering; Sommige van sy idees het … Continue reading
DIE STRYD RONDOM DIE WAARHEID
Views: 60Ons het verlede week inleidend na die aspek van waarheid gekyk en aangesluit by die Hebreeuse begrip “tamiem” wat dikwels met “sonder gebrek” vertaal word, maar in wese met WAARHEID te make het en dus ook as “sonder valsheid” vertaal kon word. Skriftuurlik gesproke is mense wat “tamiem” is, mense wat hulle streng hou … Continue reading
DIE SOEKE NA WAARHEID
Views: 20Party mense het ʼn verstaanbare ongemak en kriewelrigheid wanneer hulle sommige gedeeltes van die Skrif lees. Hulle beswaar is dat daar ʼn standaard of ʼn kerf gestel word wat te moeilik is om by te kom. En hulle verweer is dat ons almal net doodgewone, aardse, sondige mense is en dat niemand dit ooit … Continue reading
IN GEES EN IN WAARHEID
Views: 29Die Torah leesrooster wat ons volg, stel voor dat die Messiaanse gedeelte Joh 2-4 hierdie week saam met die Torah porsie van Gen 37 tot 40 gelees word. Gen 37 tot 40 kan beskou word as die inleiding tot die lewe van Yosef en beskryf hoe dit gebeur het dat Yosef se broers in … Continue reading
GEBOOIE VAN MENSE
Views: 92Mense wat die Skrif bestudeer, het ʼn onverklaarbare voorliefde om opdragte wat in die Skrif voorkom, te verdraai sodat dit by hulle eie idees inpas, of om opdragte as onbelangrik en nie-bindend af te maak omdat hulle die Skrif met ʼn sekere soort bril benader, of om opdragte by die Skrif by te voeg … Continue reading
BALANCING THE NEW AND THE OLD
Views: 14I was involved in an email conversation this week with someone who was concerned about the fact that Woord en Getuienis has left out a complete verse from the text of Matthew chapter 18. The verse in question is verse 11 and it reads: “For the Son of man (Son of Adam) is come … Continue reading
OLIMPIESE TYDSGEES
Views: 24Met die aanbreek van die Olimpiese Spele kom ‘n mens opnuut onder die indruk van hoe ver ons wêreld en die leefstyl in hierdie wêreld verwyder is van die ontwerp wat Yahweh van die begin af vir ons as mense in gedagte gehad het. My bedoeling is nie vandag om op ‘n afstand te … Continue reading
THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
Views: 36 What do people consider to be the essence of life? This question proves to be quite interesting. The word “essence” is defined by dictionaries as “the basic and true nature of something” or “the most distinctive element of something” or “the innermost being of someone or something”. A search of the internet will … Continue reading
DIE STRYD RONDOM DIE WOORD
Views: 26Daar is die laaste tyd ‘n hernude stryd rondom die betroubaarheid en die integriteit van die Woord van Yahweh. ‘n Nuwe vertaling van die Skrif (slegs die Nuwe Verbond of Nuwe Testament) het verlede jaar die lig gesien en iemand het vir my ‘n kopie as geskenk gegee en gevra dat ek moet sê … Continue reading
LIVING BY THE LIVING WORD
Views: 20There is an increasing number of people lately who have chosen to follow Scriptures more accurately than what the Church has done over many centuries. Every now and then these people are confronted with a so called “truth” or “revelation”, or perhaps just a statement by someone in a position of authority, that comes … Continue reading
