Marcus Ampe
Some personal thoughts and reactions by Marcus Ampe.
Enkele persoonlijke gedachten en reacties van Marcus Ampe.
Giving hands – Working together – Fighting for the Future
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- Life Without A Computer: A Glimpse Into Simplicity
- Grootste wijsheid wordt verkregen door het geduldig verdragen van pijn en verdriet
- Greatest wisdom is gained by patiently enduring pain and sorrow
- There is a nobility in compassion…
- A Journey Back in Time: Remembering Life Before the Internet
- Do you remember life before the internet? Ofcuz i can remember a few.
- Fear for Erdoğan
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Marcus Ampe
- De laatste dagen voor de verkiezingen van 2024
- As expected: Donald Trump insisted he is “a very innocent man”
- Donald J. Trump found guilty
- A look at the terrible American bluff
- Goodness of having a pet
- All my certificates (accidentally) given with the paper collection
- Al mijn certificaten (per ongeluk) met de papierophaling mee gegeven
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Marcus Ampe presenting: Some View on the World
International Criminal Court accuses Israel of war crimes
The death toll in Gaza has exceeded 36,000, according to Hamas, and international pressure is becoming impossible to ignore, with orders from the International Court of Justice ordering the operation in Rafah stop immediately.
2024 a mega election year: reason to defend our democracies
2024 is a mega election year and the EU elections are taking place this week. This is the 2nd largest election in the world – around 350 million people are eligible to vote. Just like the elections in India and the USA this year – this one is very important for coexistence on our planet. […]
A month for a long despised community
Any gender variation outside of the male-female binary and any sexual practices and behaviours other than the culturally accepted relations between men and women were long considered deviant. But at the end of the 1960s some changes were caused by riots.
Could Trump go to prison
Now that a Manhattan jury has convicted Donald Trump on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush-money case, the immediate next question is: what punishment should the former US president receive? The crimes Trump has been found guilty of, falsifying business records in the first degree, are class E felonies in New […]
For the first time in U.S. history a former president found guilty of inadmissible offences
After less than two days of deliberations, the 12-member jury for the first time in U.S. history, unanimously concluded on Thursday that a former president is guilty on all 34 felony charges relating to his attempts to “conceal damaging information and unlawful activity” while a candidate in the 2016 presidential election. The case detailed hush-money […]
Find different writers on two sites founded by me
Recent Posts: From guestwriters
Pinky clothes and parking spaces
In the mid-19th century, pastel colours for baby clothing — including blue and pink — were introduced and they didn’t become sex-specific colours until the 20th century. Back before pastels were popular for babies, most parents dressed their kids in white dresses until they were about six. Historian Jo B. Paoletti says this outfit was […]
Beautiful faces and bodies
° A beautiful face will age at some point, a beautiful body will change, but a beautiful soul will always remain a beautiful soul. °
Mooie gezichten en lijven
Een mooi gezicht zal op een gegeven moment gaan verouderen, een mooi lijf zal gaan veranderen, maar een mooie ziel zal altijd een mooie ziel blijven. °
Why is June Gay Pride month?
It took such a long time before people of all sorts of sexual feelings could freely express themselves, and because acceptance of the differences is not yet generally accepted, that the month of June is chosen to bring this more to the attention.
Redheads and anaesthesia
Redheads, like my wife, have always fascinated me. Some can also be said to be strong and bold, not easily brought down. For those who want to grab redheads or stun them, they will have to use a bit more ‘anaesthetic’ than anyone else. Redheads require about 20 percent more anaesthesia than people with other […]
Being okay with other people’s opinions
° Learn to be okay with other people’s opinions. Even if this one isn’t yours. °
Oké zijn met andermans mening
° Leer om oké te zijn met andermans mening. Ook als deze niet de jouwe is. °
Bewaartips voor de perfecte koelkast
Binnenkort komen er warmere dagen aan. In de wintermaanden bewaarde u misschien sommige producten buiten de koelkast, in een koele kamer of zelfs buiten. Maar nu het warmer gaat worden zal u sommige producten toch beter in de koelkast gaan bewaren. Probeer wel uit te kijken in welke mate oudere voedingswaren al of niet nog […]
Opportunities to bring good to you
° Do the good and the good will come to you. And even if you don’t believe in this, do what is right and be surprised. °
Kansen om het goede naar je toe te laten komen
° Doe het goede en het goede zal naar je toe komen. En ook al geloof je hier niet in, doe toch wat goed is en laat je verrassen. °
Recent Posts: Stepping Toes
Putin: Russia’s modern-day tsar sworn in for fifth term
BBC, May 8, 2024 Event For the fifth time, Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew’s Throne Hall. There he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia’s president for a new six-year term. “We are a united and great people. Together we will […]
A multi-front war between Israel and her surrounding, nearby enemies
The Israeli military has established a new mountaineer unit tasked with carrying out operations across the country’s hostile borders with Lebanon and Syria amid worsening tensions over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. “We are in a multi-front war—Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza, and also farther away,” IDF Chief of the General […]
US strikes Houthi missiles in Yemen and Iran-backed militia in Iraq
The Times, January 24, 2024 Event Two cargo ships sailing close to the Gulf of Aden came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday night, the White House said — forcing the US navy to intervene as the Iran-backed militia intensified its maritime assault on commercial shipping. Houthi forces fired three anti-ship ballistic […]
Are we witnessing the opening salvos of World War 3?
The Independent, January 19, 2024 Event It is hard to escape the impression of a theatre of military conflict that is inexorably growing – to the east and the south, if not yet to the north and the west. And if you look backwards, rather than forwards, the Hamas massacres of Israelis on 7 October, and Israel’s all-out […]
Russia, Turkey, Iran Condemn Attack on Yemeni Houthis
VOA, January 12, 2024 Event Thursday’s retaliatory attacks by U.S. and British forces on Iranian-backed Houthis inside Yemen have prompted support and condemnation from the international community. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani “strongly slammed the military strikes by the U.S. and Britain,” in a statement, calling it “an arbitrary move” that “clearly breached Yemen’s […]
Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets
The Times, January 12, 2024 Event Explosions were heard across Yemen late on Thursday night as British and US forces launched strikes on Houthi targets, after the Iranian-backed group ignored warnings to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea. Rishi Sunak, who had authorised the military action hours earlier and briefed ministers in an emergency […]
Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas
Event Guardian, October 20, 2023 Joe Biden has drawn a direct, provocative link between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Hamas’s attack on Israel as he urged Americans not to walk away from their role as “a beacon to the world”. In only the second Oval Office address of his presidency, Biden said he would ask […]
Hezbollah praises Hamas, says attack is message to Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel
Hamas launched a surprise attack Saturday morning unprecedented in its scope and deadly impact. The phrase “It’s chaos” was heard repeatedly, from newsreaders, from families and occasionally from people caught in the raids, whispering desperately into their phones. Event The Times of Israel, October 7, 2023 Hezbollah praises the massive Hamas operation against Israel, and […]
The ‘winged lion’ that stands on the steps of the Creator’s throne
Roselis Von Sass (The Great Pyramid Reveals Its Secret) drawing inspiration from The Grail Message (In the Light of Truth) by Abdruschin
Relation between true self-knowledge and knowledge of the world
One can never reach true self-knowledge without having come to a knowledge of the world. We cannot come to a knowledge of the world without self-knowledge. Neither can we attain self-knowledge without a knowledge of the world. It is like the beating of a pendulum which must swing back and forth. […]
Recent Posts from my ecclesia: Belgian Ecclesia Brussel - Leuven
Foreign visitors to the Anderlecht ecclesia
Last Saturday, the Anderlecht ecclesia had a nice active day where they enjoyed the visit of two foreign guests. In our Belgian municipalities, this is great news to have foreign guests present during the service, before breaking the bread. In our ecclesia it has been a long time since we were allowed to have Australians […]
Visiteurs étrangers à l’église d’Anderlecht
Samedi dernier, l’ecclesia d’Anderlecht a passé une belle journée active où ils ont apprécié la visite de deux invités étrangers. Dans nos communes belges, c’est une excellente nouvelle d’avoir des invités étrangers présents pendant le service, avant de rompre le pain. Dans notre ecclésia, cela fait longtemps que nous n’avons pas été autorisés à avoir […]
Buitenlandse bezoekers in de Anderlechtse ecclesia
Vorige zaterdag mocht de Anderlechtse ecclesia een mooie actieve dag beleven waarbij ze het bezoek van twee buitenlandse gasten mochten genieten. In onze Belgische gemeenten is dit heugelijk nieuws om tijdens de dienst, voor het Breken van het Brood, nog eens buitenlandse gasten aanwezig te hebben. In onze ecclesia is het al een hele tijd […]
Prayer for today: Counting on the Loving-Kindness of God
Our God whom we praise highly, tonight the Sabbath goes back in, and we close again for a week. We are assured that your loving kindness is given to us for whole days, weeks and years. We trust in the abundance of your wealth, and seek shelter in your Harbor. No man […]
Gebed voor vandaag: rekenend op de Liefderijke goedheid van God
Onze God Die wij hoog prijzen, vanavond gaat de Sabbath weer in, en sluiten wij een week weer af. Wij zijn gerust dat Uw liefderijke goedheid aan ons gegeven is voor hele dagen, weken en jaren. Wij vertrouwen op de overvloed van Uw rijkdom, en zoeken beschutting in Uw haven. Geen […]
Recent Posts – Recente bijdragen op: Broeders in Christus
Leven in de verwachting van het Koninkrijk van God dat zal bestaan in eeuwigheid” (Daniël 2:44)
“De God van de hemel zal een koninkrijk oprichten – het Koninkrijk is bij u” Nog meer verzoekingen Na Jezus’ weigering een teken te geven, zijn de Joodse leiders woedend en proberen zij alles om een aanklacht tegen Jezus te vinden. Nadat hij hen eens behoorlijk heeft berispt, beginnen de Farizeeën hem heftig aan te […]
Fundamentele begrippen van het Kwaad: De satan in het Nieuwe Testament
De kwestie van het bovennatuurlijke Jezus Christus moest zijn werk doen onder een volk, dat behalve kennis van de wet allerlei ideeën en opvattingen had, die niet overeenkwamen met wat God hen had gezegd. Zo lezen we, bijvoorbeeld, zowel in de evangeliën als in Handelingen dat de partij van de Sadduceeën niet geloofde in de […]
Overtuigd worden door de Schriften
Over het algemeen wordt het Oude Testament onder christenen nogal verwaarloosd. Velen zien wat hierin geschreven staat slechts als geschiedenis die, omdat wij leven in het heden en gericht moeten zijn op de toekomst, heeft afgedaan sinds de komst van Jezus Christus. Alleen om bepaalde dogma’s te ‘bewijzen’ wordt het Oude Testament er nog […]
Putin tells the Middle East to pull back from a catastrophic clash
Reuters, April 16, 2024 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged all sides in the Middle East to refrain from action that would trigger a new confrontation which he warned would be fraught with catastrophic consequences for the region, the Kremlin said. Putin, who has forged much closer ties with the Islamic Republic since […]
Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”
Reuters, April 4, 2024 Event Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”, the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday. NATO‘s successive waves of eastern enlargement are a fixation of President Vladimir Putin, who went to war in Ukraine two years ago with the stated aim of preventing the […]
Vindt ook mijn Nederlandstalige site van de Broeders in Christus – A Dutch language site of the Belgian Brethren: Belgische Broeders In Christus
De komst van Elia #3 Komt Elia vóór de wederkomst?
Velen zaten met de vraag: Wie zou er eerst komen: Elia of de Messias; en was Johannes de doper misschien de teruggekeerde Elia?
De komst van Elia #2 De dag des Heren en Johannes de doper
Vervolg van De komst van Elia #1 de Gezonden profeet Elia De dag des Heren Elia zou komen “voordat de grote en geduchte dag van God komt”. De uitdrukking “de dag des HEREN” betekent een tijd wanneer Jehovah Zich in de wereld zal manifesteren, gewoonlijk met oordeel. Zij is dus niet van toepassing alleen op […]
De komst van Elia #1 de Gezonden profeet Elia
Elia wiens naam betekent ‘voor wie Jehovah God is’. In het Grieks en het Nieuwe Testament is de naam Elias. Hij was de grote profeet die door wonderen en tekenen geweldig ijverde voor de zaak van zijn Heer Jehovah Die hij aanzag als de Enige Ware God. Hij vertrouwde op de verhoring van zijn gebed en is een van de meest merkwaardige personen uit het Oude Testament.
Nieuwe hemelen en een nieuwe aarde
“Want zie, Ik schep een nieuwe hemel en een nieuwe aarde; aan wat vroeger was, zal niet gedacht worden. ” De eerste keer dat wij de uitdrukking “nieuwe hemelen en een nieuwe aarde” in het Nieuwe Testament tegenkomen is in de tweede brief van de apostel Petrus, waar hij waarschuwt voor het vergaan van “de […]
Betreft een nieuw huis en haar eerste familie
Gemeenschappen hebben ruimtes nodig om te vertoeven. Als men gezinsleden heeft gaan die uitbreiden en zijn meerdere huizen nodig. Ook voor geloofsgemeenschappen is het zo dat die best uitbreiden en aldus nieuwe plekken vormen om samen te komen. In 2023 werden er enkele mensen in de ecclesia Brussel-Leuven voorbereid om ook tot onze gemeenschap toe […]
Or find recent posts on my other English site: Messiah For All
Getting more people going to follow the real Messiah
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? Looking at the world, being sad, noticing that so many people are misled by big institutions that claim to be the only right church, whilst they do not follow at all the Bible teachings, nor Christ his teachings and do […]
Foretold Messiah 5 Old Testament pointing to John the Baptist and to Immanuel, Jeshua the Christ
Bible prophecies do not deal only with the ancient past. They also accurately foretell events that are taking place in our day. But at the moment we focus at numerous prophecies preserved in the Hebrew Scriptures (commonly called the Old Testament) which long before the man was born told about events which would happen in his time and around him, his betrayal, humiliation, torture, execution, death, and burial. From those writings of the Old and New Testament nobody should have doubts who that man is who is called Immanuel, the son of man and Messiah, born out of the root of Jess in the tribe of king David.
Foretold Messiah 4 From the seed of Noah and Abraham
In Scripture, all things are directed towards a man who was a servant of servants, in whom people should come to have faith. First we saw the connection with Eve and her seed, and in this article you may see the connection with Abraham.
Foretold Messiah 3 Bruised one to be taken into heaven as a servant and son of God
Already in the Old Testament we find the focus on a son of man who is called the son of God, who shall be the most pure set apart (holy) servant of God who was been told about in the Garden of Eden, to be the one bruised.
Foretold Messiah 2 a Voice giving The Word to His servants
Many Old Testament writers wrote about the prophet to come, about whom is spoke in the book of Moses and who shall be the special “Seed of a woman” given by God and who will bruise Satan’s head whilst his heel would be bruised with nails on the wooden stake.
Or for thouse who have doubts about certain religious groups. A site trying to make matters clear and debunking the sayings of those against worshippers of the Only One True God. Recent Posts: Unmasking anti Jehovah sites and people
Uncovering wrong sayings and unbiblical teachings
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? In Christendom there are lots of denominations but oh such a few, keep really to the biblical teachings. A lot of churches claim they are the only right church. In case they would follow all the teachings of Christ Jesus, […]
Those grafted in again
The apostle Paul wrote about the dispersion, the dispersed House of Israel. They had been “without covenant“, but Paul was sent out to recover them. So they were “grafted in again“ (Romans 11/23). Or, Grafted back in“. If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been […]
Cart ministry is back
Rob Mac wonders when the door to door will return? He wrote this a while back, and went sharing it again. Many Jehovah’s Witnesses hate the door to door ministry, although they won’t readily admit it. Many Jehovah’s Witnesses have developed ‘creative’ ways of counting their time doing this work, and many strategies for avoiding actually […]
Religion and believers #14 Church and state
Constantine wanted unity in his realm, and his call in 325 C.E. for a council of his bishops at Nicaea, located in the Eastern, Greek-speaking domain of his empire, across the Bosporus from the new city of Constantinople was in a certain way his goal to achieve some agreement by which many could live. Constantine […]
Religion and believers #13 Superstition, misunderstanding and hatred leading up to the Nicene Creed
Superstition, misunderstanding and hatred caused the Christians trouble for many generations, and governmental repression they had to suffer occasionally, as a result of popular disturbances. No systematic effort was made by the imperial authorities to put an end to the movement until the reign of the Roman emperor (249–251) who fought the Gothic invasion of […]
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Artikels die in mijn smaak vielen = Posts I Like
Tag Archives: Iraq War
A human drama set in Afghanistan
The American nation retreating Over the past few days, we here in the West have seen horrific images of unbelievably traumatic situations, which certainly cannot be ignored. The greatest American nation did as if they had to lose most of … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, Crisis, Economy, Education, History, News and Politics, Poverty, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged 1954, 1959, 1960, 1975, Afghan Transitional Administration, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, American soldier(s), Antiwar demonstration(s), Belgian Congo, Ben Wallace, Boris Johnson, Communism, Dien Bien Phu, European soldier(s), Europeans, Evacuation(s), Hamid Karzai, Hamid Karzai International Airport, Indochina, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Iraq War, Islamic terrorists, Joe Biden, Kabul, King Baudouin, NATO, Operation Frequent Wind, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Second Persian Gulf War, Sharia, Sharia law, Taliban, Taliban rule, Tan Son Nhat Airport, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vientamese evacuee(s), Viet Minh, Vietnam War, Vietnamese People's Air Force, Vo Nguyen Giap, Walter Cronkite, War on Terror
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Social media, sympathy & shocks
Sympathy In January last year we saw quickly arisen sympathetic reactions for what happened at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, which sparked three days of bloodshed in the French capital. After the subsequent shootout at the Bataclan theatre in November — … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, History, News and Politics, Poverty, Religion, Upbringing and Education, Warning, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged #Ikwilhelpen, #JeSuisCharlie, #openhouse, #PrayforBrussels, #PrayforParis, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Anti-terror specialists, Bataclan theatre, Belgian authorities, Belgian intelligence forces, Belgian Law, Belgian politicians, Belgistan, Brussels, Brussels attacks, Brussels Gewest, Brussels-Capital region, Bureaucracy, Centre for Analysis of Terrorism, Charlie Hebdo, Co-operation, Communication, Daesh (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL), Discrimination, Diversification, El Hajjaji, Espace Poincare, Europe, Federal forces, Federal Police, Fouad Belkacem, Francoise Schepmans, Gendarmerie, Global events, Hashtag, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, Incompetence, Integration, Intelligence officer, Intelligence official, Interrogation techniques, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Civil War, Islamic State (IS), Islamic State militants, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic terrorists, Islamophobia, Jan Jambon, Je suis Charlie, Je suis Paris, Jean-Charles Brisard, Jihadi fighters, Jihadi recruitment networks, Jihadist cells, Jihadist groups, Jihadist ideology, Jihadist radicalism, Jihadist terrorism, Jihadists, Khalid El Bakraoui, Koen Geens, Liesbeth Homans, Local Police, Lockdown, Loopholes, Margaret Coker, Matthew Dalton, Mayor, Molenbeek, Muslim community (Ummah), Muslim population, Najim Laachraoui, Paramilitary police force, Paris, Parliamentarians, Police accountability, Police force, Radicalisation, Radicalism, Raqqa, Recruiter, Regions, Salafist organisation, Salah Abdeslam, Secret services, Security agencies, Segregated areas, Sharia4Belgium, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Social media, Solidarity, Solidarity of citizens, State police, Stigmatisation, Suicide attack, Suicide attackers, Sven Mary, Syria, Terrorist attack, Terrorists, to give Shelter, Turkey, Turkish authorities
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Ron Paul blames Neocons
The third largest political party in the state of Texas, “The Libertarian Party of Texas”, looked also at the current refugee crisis gripping the European Union and was also confronted with the question if it is “all America’s fault”. Fox … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, Crisis, History, News and Politics
Tagged al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, America, Americans, Democracy, Fox Business Network, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Freedom of speech, Great Britain, Interventionists, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi government, Iraqi War, Islamist rebels, Libertarian Party of Texas, Middle East, Middle East Policy, Neoconservatives, Republican presidential debate, Ron Paul, Sunnis, Syria, United States of America, US foreign policy, US government
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