'De wereld zegt,
'Er is niet zoiets als een gratis lunch. Quid pro quo.' God zegt: 'Kom! Geen kosten!'
"Komt allen die dorst hebben, komt tot de wateren." Isaiah 55:1
(Uit God's little book of Grace' by David Marshall)
Looked at by Marcus Ampe from a Christian viewpoint.
De wereld bekeken vanuit een Christelijke visie door Marcus Ampe
Free lunch as served in the 1st class aboard a Thalys train. 22x20px|border Français: Déjeuner offert dans la 1ère classe des trains Thalys. 22x20px|border Deutsch: Mittagssnack, wie er in der ersten Klasse der Thalys-Züge kostenfrei angeboten wird. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The Resurrection of Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Christmas.But in the early centuries of the church, first they remembered the Last Supper and the gathering for the remembrance of the exodus out of Egypt. In later years several Christians started to put the accent on the day of the resurrection, finding that more important than the Egyptian exodus.
From its earliest days, the church annually celebrated the anniversary of Jesus' resurrection, often calling the holiday the Christian Passover. (The Greek name for Passover was Pasch, so Easter is sometimes called Paschal; Easter is an English word... Read Morebut that was not at all the case. Eostre feast or Easter was the pagan Spring festival, very popular in the West of Israel, and the Roman Empire.
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Congressman (now U.S. Senator) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Congressman (now U.S. Senator) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |