l’Abri Nederland Lezingen

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture June 21st 2025
Speaker: Robb Ludwick

The questions and emotions that arise during a midlife crisis are unsettling and disorienting. It feels like something has to change now, otherwise... While it may sometimes seem cliché and even irrational, there's often a kernel of truth behind this unrest, and timing is often crucial.
How can I give the right attention to this crossroads without causing unnecessary derailment? What support and freedoms do a biblical view of humanity and the gospel offer? This isn't just for the over-40s; everyone is welcome to share their thoughts!

Spring 2025 Ascension Art Weekend Lecture May 30th 2025
Speaker: Klazina Staat

Thinking about the role of art in this world, for people created in the image of the Creator.
Dr. Klazina Staat is a lecturer in Art, Culture, History and Antiquity at the VU University Amsterdam.

Spring 2025 Ascension Art Weekend Lecture May 29th 2025
Speaker: Henk Reitsema

Thinking about the role of art in this world, for people created in the image of the Creator.

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture March 1st 2025
Speaker: Henk Reitsema

A paradoxical development is occurring, with many contemporary thinkers abolishing the distinction between nature and culture. This leads to everything we do being called nature, and no normative guideline seems to be distilled from the nature of things.
Noah Yuval Harari is an example of this kind of thinking. Even though he expresses concern about technological development in his new book, Nexus, it remains unclear where he, as an atheist and an evolutionist, derives his morality.

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture June 29th 2024
Speaker: Henk Reitsema

The political developments in the West today resemble the thirties of the previous century. What is going on in our society, why is there so much dissatisfaction about the prevailing order and how can a Christian act constructively in these turbulent times?
In this lecture we will analyse with a wide view and reflect on what our calling might be in these developments.

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture June 8th 2024
Speaker: Robb Ludwick

Increasing loneliness is regarded as one of the most concerning developments in our society. More community and less individualism seems to be the required antidote.
But isn't there also much to learn about how to be alone in a healthy and wholesome way? Aided by some biblical examples and some wisdom from thinkers through the ages we ask the question: what is the art of solitude?

l'Abri Zaterdagochtendlezing 30 maart 2024
Spreker: Christa Ludwick-Rietkerk

Op stille zaterdag willen we stilstaan bij de vraag waarom Jezus eigenlijk moest sterven. En waarom dit zo centraal is in het christelijk geloof. Vaak zijn we geraakt in het geloof als we horen hoe God van ons houdt, en hoe het geloof een weg is naar heel-wording en groei. Is het sterven en opstaan van Jezus daarvoor per se nodig? Hebben wij dat ook per se nodig? Deze vragen wil ik vanuit bijbels perspectief, toegepast op onszelf, gaan bekijken.

l'Abri Zaterdagochtendlezing 17 februari 2024
Spreker: Robb Ludwick

Doelgerichtheid - het hebben van ‘meaning and purpose’ - is heel erg ‘in’. En het moet ook een goed doel zijn: het verbeteren van de wereld en van het leven. Vooral de jongere generatie maakt keuzes voor werk en hobbies, politieke en maatschappelijke betrokkenheid, vereniging of kerk, op basis van de duidelijke zin daarvan.
Een goed voorbeeld! Volgens de bijbel hebben wij zo’n drijfweer als beelddragers van God. Maar lopen we zo dan geen gevaar voor anxiety en burnout als het doorslaat tot een ‘evangelie’, met te hoge verwachtingen? Wat geeft ons hoop als sterke maar ook beperkte mensen?

l'Abri Saturday morning lecture March 2nd 2024
Speaker: Arthur Metz

What we expect from the future guides our present decisions, and since Jesus ascended to the heavens, promising to return and bring His Kingdom, Christians have anticipated, imagined, and lived this future.
However, the Christian faith is not the sole producer of future expectations. All kinds of utopias and desperate visions for the future also play a role in today’s society and can sometimes influence the Christian perspective itself.
What does the way we live the present reveal about our future hopes?
How can our current relationship with God, His creation, and others help us understand where our hopes lie?
And how can Christian hope for the future contribute to living a fulfilling and fruitful life in a troubled world?

l'Abri Saturday morning lecture February 3rd, 2024
Speaker: Henk Reitsema

The Bible has a surprising amount to say about this special category that to an extent faces the same difficulties as people in our time who struggle with their identity. God sees the eunuch and is awake particularly concerned with his dilemma.