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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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This is a Sinful Blog Post

Finally! We managed to build sinless societies, surprisingly without the need of any redeemer. Sin is gone! Even churches don’t like to talk about it anymore. Today, however, I was asked about “the definition of sin” and I thought: Hm…, there is no quick answer to it. Maybe it’s time for a sinful blog post. […]

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Faith and Doubt

What is Freedom? -Featuring Bruxy Cavey, Canada (se/en)

Tro & Tvivel (Faith & Doubt) podcast 5 This episode is a liverecording from the Faith & Doubt Event in August 2018. The Canadian theologian and Pastor Bruxy Cavey shares thoughts and answers to questions about what freedom is, among other subjects. Introduction in Swedish.

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Love the God of the Future! (en)

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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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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