Mary Magdalene

Discrediting Jesus had a child

Twenty years ago there was a lot to do about discussions brought forward by the speculation that Jesus would have fallen in love with Mary Magdalene and would have had children by her. In the previous posting you could read that after his third novel, Deception Point (2001), Dan Brown returned to Langdon with The […]

20 years ago: the Da Vinci Code

Twenty years ago a novel saw light in a world where already more people were coming up against the Catholic Church, but this time also telling a lot of historical lies.

Decrease in church attendance not only a recent feature #5 Necessity of attendance

By lots of people is faith about trust and can be seen that they do not have any trust in institutions like churches. Everywhere can be found empty churches or churches made into libraries or shops and even discotheques.
In the West it often looks like we have come in a Post-Christian world.

Conclusion of the synod of bishops for seeing the family in the light of the Gospel and church tradition

For Pope Francis I the Synod of bishops which came to an end last Saturday, was not about settling all the issues having to do with the family, but rather attempting to see them in the light of the Gospel and the Church’s tradition and two-thousand-year history. If it could bring the joy of hope, […]

Synod of Bishops concerning minors

From October 4 until the 25th , 2015 the Roman Catholic church fathers are discussing the vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world. For sure that is a subject which most Christian denominations should take under the loop. At the beginning of the 21st century we can find […]

Growing rift between observant parents and their children

Our Western capitalist world may have many problems and the youngsters may be the ping-pong ball in the game between parents and social media. Everywhere in the Northern hemisphere we can see that youngsters may be tempted by lots of gadgets and lots of ‘video’s’ or films which lure them away from more serious thoughts […]

Three years ago and look back at several decennials ago

From Word Press I received the notice Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com! You registered on WordPress.com 3 years ago! Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging! 144 postings were placed, which is not much and there was not such a regularity, but on other Christadelphian sites people could find enough material to think […]

To remove the whitewash of the Jehovah Witnesses as being the only true Bible Students and Bible Researchers

To be recognised witnessing people When we go out on the streets often people take us to be Jehovah Witnesses. This probably because they find us openly talking about the Name of God and Witnessing not only about Jehovah but also about His Word, using like the JW’s the Bible, which we consider the infallible […]

Objects around the birth and death of Jesus

At the end of the year people do like the many traditions. Often they do not think about the value of their actions and such feasts. From September onwards in the shops they try to bring people into temptation buying things for the many celebrations, like Halloween, Saint-Nicholas, Christmas and New Year. In certain supermarkets […]