Kees looked into the audience with a wrinkled face and half-bald head. Despite his old age, he did not have the experience to prepare a good sermon. A profession as a minister was nothing for him, but as a volunteer church helper in the church church church of De Oase. But now it had come to speak in front of a large audience.

In his former youth he had visited the church every Sunday, the rules were dictated by his parents. Only for twenty years he had moved away from that tight image. He found this Pentecost church much freer with singing and sermons without the church rules. It covered a long period, during which, of course, his married wife and child played a role. What drove him to visit the church every Sunday, he wanted to tell the public.

In Luke 7 verses 36 to 39 he joined the opinion of the Pharisee who did not consider Jesus a prophet, despite the fact that the woman Jesus had anointed feet with oil. That the woman had taken the guts not to ask Jesus first said enough for him. If Jesus had been a prophet, he would have looked further ahead and said it to the woman.

Whatever moved Kees to remain a believer were the sins that are filled in the O.T. with animal and human sacrifices. In order to pay a price, you will have to sacrifice something first. The example character Jacob who killed his own son for this reason thought Kees was a wrong choice.

Kees wanted to end his sermon with what every Christian knows and does not end up talking about: the kingdom of God. After his death, bad influences from this earth were not allowed to be taken into the afterlife. The positive self-image consists of the desire for a resounding applause from people when entering the kingdom, and especially the cheering of Jesus must not be missed. Having said this, he gave the floor to the leader of the service.

Believing for 50 years