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Der schwingungslose Homo Deus
Hartmut Rosas "Resonanz" und Hararis "Homo Deus" helfen mir, den Jahreswechsel besser einzuordnen.
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Longing, despair, SOS: Advent.
Advent, Advent, not a candle, the whole world is burning.
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“Jesus never came with blatant propaganda”
Christian dialogue with those who think differently serves our own strength, maturity and credibility. Above all, however, it prevents the extinction of the European church. “I agree with atheists on a lot, basically almost everything, except that God doesn’t exist,” says Czech priest Tomáš Halík. I found this statement so beneficial that I keep picking […]
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On Certain Prophecies / Om vissa profetior
Because of a more or less public discussion I’ve been involved in after the outbreak of Putins war in Ukraine and a number of discussions I’ve had personally with several people I have decided to make my personal essay about it available here. The whole thing is about a debated prophesy from Norway in the […]
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ὁλόκαυστος
Painting by Paul Gauguin: The Devil Speaks (1894). If non-Germans ask me outside Germany about Hitler and the extermination of the Jews, I can take it as a personal honor: They obviously feel safe enough to discuss this dark chapter of German history with me (others prefer to avoid the topic in the presence of […]
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What the Hell?!
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci: Caricature of a man (1495) So there it is, the first part of the new, big IPCC report on the state of the climate. Published a few days ago, the remaining parts of the report will follow in the next few months. With it comes a new, interactive world atlas […]
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Ekklesia – Heavenly Politics In this World yet Not Of this World
It was the German lawyer, politician and revolutionary Friedrich Franz Karl Hecker who came up with a quote that can be pretty disturbing. He emigrated to the USA – twice. He fought diligently for the improvement of the political systems of Prussia but he also ran into some frustration. It was after his second journey […]
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Thinklings
I’m very proud to announce that we’re having a second round of Thinklings this year, starting today. This is our guiding topic: How do we give order, meaning, and resilience to Christ-communities under what are likely to be increasingly stressful circumstances? How shall the church maintain the integrity of our witness to the living God […]
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Lessons for a World in Agony
(en) Every year or so we do a theology retreat named “Thinklings” where about 10 theologians and church planters present their reflections on an issue, an opportunity, or a hot potato they have run into. This year’s Thinklings was held virtually for obvious reasons, but I need to tell you, we had a blast. Unfortunately […]
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Let’s get serious! (en)
From a missiological point of view the time has come for the Wesern church to be a much more convincing witness. In the West, Christians are losing increasingly more ground. We simply could deny that fact, we also could mourn it, or we can see it as an opportunity. Personally I’m regarding it as an […]
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Love the Church of the Future (en)
In March 2019 the first European Future Church Symposium ever took place in Amsterdam. The third and last plenary talk tackles some implications of talk one and two: What if the church would really move to reflect the God of the Future? (Speaker: Marcus Fritsch, Gothenburg)
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Tro & Tvivel Podcast Avsnitt 3: Dumma Dante (se)
I avsnitt 3 pratar vi om helvetet och vad vi har för syn på det. Finns det? Vad är det för någonting? Tro & Tvivel är en nätverkskyrka för folk som av olika anledningar söker ett annat forum för samtal om tro, än den traditionella kyrkan.En dialog om Tro & Tvivel.Här pratar vi om Tro […]
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Christian Food Choices
Ole Fritsch, Sweden: We are free to eat what we want. But are we supposed to?
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Give Europe a Soul!
The socalled “Gospel” involves much more than only individual salvation. It can even change entire continents for the better. Let’s be bold again and spice up the contemporary political lameness with some heavenly hope in truly threatening times.
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