Tag: Bible
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Israel Trip: Jerusalem to Be’ersheva
Read More: Israel Trip: Jerusalem to Be’ershevaJERUSALEM DAY I – Sunday November 17 We woke up early this morning. We had a quick breakfast and left the hotel at 5:45 a.m. The reason we left early was that we wanted to be in Jerusalem before 8:45 a.m., as we hoped to attend the outdoor church service in the garden tomb. In…
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Israel Trip: Joppa to Mount Hermon
Read More: Israel Trip: Joppa to Mount HermonOUR FIRST EXPEDITION JOPPA AND TEL AVIV – Wednesday, November 13 After this second lecture we had a good dinner and around one p.m., we left for our first bus tour. We drove south, back to Tel Aviv, crossing the Yarkon River. First, we drove through Tel Aviv to get some impressions of Israel’s largest…
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Israel Trip: Preparations & Impressions
Read More: Israel Trip: Preparations & ImpressionsWHAT WE SAW AND LEARNED IN ISRAEL – Monday, November 11 After some exciting weeks of planning, reading and dreaming about Israel, packing and completing last minute jobs, Monday November 11, 1991 finally arrived. It was a dull cool day. We had drizzle, mixed with wet snow and a North Easterly wind. The snow from…
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Israel Trip: 1991
Read More: Israel Trip: 1991OUR TRIP TO ISRAEL INTRODUCTION – November 11-22, 1991 I never imagined that we would ever have the opportunity to go to Israel; to see for ourselves the country and the places where Jesus walked and taught; where He lived and died; where He was resurrected and taken up to heaven. Israel is also the…
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Give it a Rest
Read More: Give it a RestIt was a good winter for hunkering down. The steady state of snow and cold gave me permission to hibernate in my computer den. Even the Winter Olympics and the puzzle table failed to lure me away.
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Sabbath: Seal of the Covenant
Read More: Sabbath: Seal of the Covenantby: Henry James de JongMay, 1981Institute for Christian StudiesToronto, Ontariofor: Dr. George Vandervelde 1. Introduction. There is, perhaps, no single facet of the Judaeo-Christian tradition that comes closer to the heart of Christian living than does the sabbath. Yet the reality of the sabbath seems largely to have been lost outside of the Jewish tradition.…
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Oma Says
Read More: Oma SaysThe Collected Sayings of Oma Brouwer (1899 – 1984) These sayings were written down by Mina Brouwer in a ledger, as she thought of them, and typed out later by one of her descendants. The text recognition and translations come courtesy of Google Lens
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Memories
Read More: MemoriesChapter 12 The Ramblings of Ineke Pennings-Brouwer What is a Brouwer? This is the Brouwer book. Have you ever wondered what the first Brouwer was like? Brouwer comes from the brewer industry, someone who brews beer. Did he pick his name from his business or because he loved brewed beer. I think he was a…
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Our Story
Read More: Our StoryTo all family and friends and communities of Herman and Stiny de Jong, and of son Henry, Wendy and Jovita we wish you a blessed Christmas in 2025, and offer to you some Christmas stories that were gifted to us by Herman and Stiny.
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Wietse, Sietse and Casey
Read More: Wietse, Sietse and CaseyThis story is about three daddies and their firstborn babies. It happened at the first AACS Conference held at Niagara Christian College. It is better not to mention names.