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Over the past year it has become increasingly challenging for me to observe how evangelicals are way too busy with their own little church activities while being perfectly equipped to help the world tackling the climate crisis. This lecture, taught at Communitas virtual Europe conference in 2021, is an attempt of connecting classical free church […]
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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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Before my annual missiology lectures begin next week, I don’t just have to update my lessons and presentations this week. I also need to sort my thoughts on what happened last week, and my blog is a great place to do so. On Thursdays, when I usually work for ALT* a maximum of four people […]
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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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Recently I’ve started to immerse myself a little more academically into the subject of future studies. Some might consider this subject as odd as laying Tarot cards, reckoning the whole future thing a pseudo science. And yet we all have to admit that man’s desire for a better understanding of the future is as old […]
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(de/en [page 2]) Jahrelang trieb ich mich in diversen OP-Sälen herum, wohnte Gefälligkeiten wie Schädelöffnungen oder Amputationen bei. Obwohl ich wusste, wie die Luft eines OPs verteilt und gefiltert werden muss, um den Saal so sicher und keimfrei wie möglich zu halten, trugen alle im OP ein Ding im Gesicht, das uns alle gleichmachte: Einen […]
(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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(se) Tro & tvivel podcast Säsong 2 Avsnitt 5.
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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 […]
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG The student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle is one of the greatest Greek philosophers. But allowing him to become a main theologian was a huge mistake. It’s the cause of many problems and soon it could even end in death. My first approaches to girls happened during […]
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG No, I’m not talking about the band. I’m talking about our present state of development, our way of life, our condition, shape. A dirty cunning lad, this Status Quo. He tells us the tale of eternal growth, new opportunities, valuable increases in sales or breasts. He promises updates […]
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG Christians are called to be “in this world” yet “not of this world”. That is what Jesus prayed the fateful night before his execution. And yet, Christians have been tempted by some mysterious forces to be more “of this world,” but not really “in this world.” One of […]
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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In March 2019 the first European Future Church Symposium ever took place in Amsterdam. The second out of three plenary talks presents God as the one who constantly challenges us to look into the future by using our imagination – as opposed to constantly looking into the past what many churches usually do. (Speaker: Marcus […]
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In March 2019 the first European Future Church Symposium ever took place in Amsterdam. The first out of three plenary talks gives an overview of current changes in the world and what this means for the future of the church. (Speaker: Marcus Fritsch, Gothenburg)
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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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Bruxy is a Canadian theologian and was our guest at Faith and Doubt (tro och tvivel) in Sweden. The first 90 seconds are in Swedish. Hold on!
Read out allKelli Gotthardt, California: Why the church continues to silence victims and a small step forward.
Read out allOle Fritsch, Sweden: We are free to eat what we want. But are we supposed to?
Read out allChris McKenzie, Scotland: Don’t limit yourself to your own little cell!
Read out allJon Ritner, Hollywood: Three summers ago I moved from Brussels to Hollywood, CA where i am part of a community that gets to tell the story of Jesus to the city that tells stories to the world. Ironically in the city of great stories, there is seemingly less interest than ever in the Jesus Story. […]
Read out allThe 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.
Read out allWo die Einsamkeit das Regiment übernimmt, da ist auch die Eskorte nicht fern: Verzweiflung, Depression, Betäubung. Mein Post von Samstag über einen erschreckenden Anstieg der Anzahl total vereinsamter Menschen wurde diese Woche von einer Pressemeldung indirekt bestätigt: Im Jahre 2016 ist die Menge beschlagnahmter Drogen durch den Zoll um 1100% (eintausendeinhundert) gestiegen. Das wird mit […]
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