Lately, I have been thinking a lot about things I have heard said about Scripture. Last Lord’s Day (end of February) the pastor in the Pentecostal congregation preached about that the Bible is God’s Word, so that was good. Then he started to say if they had been Christians for…
In Swedish Christianity there exist a certain naivety, if you come and says that you believe in Jesus, then are you a brother or sister. In one sense this childlike trust is beautiful, in another sense it scares me. Because we are living in a time when what we confess…
Definitions by BDAG: εὐδοκέω: 1. to consider someth. as good and therefore worthy of choice, consent, determine, resolve. 2. to take pleasure or find satisfaction in someth., be well pleased, take delight. εὐδοκία: 1. state or condition of being kindly disposed, good will. 2. state or condition of being favored,…
I guess that my upbringing in the Swedish Pentecostal church is of little interest, but I have found an urge to tell someone about it. You know, Sweden is one of the most secular countries in the world and that has impacted the Christian life in many ways. We also…
The LORD says: “Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices” (Isa. 29:1). Very clearly is this woe directed at Jerusalem, because it says that David dwelt there, and in verse 9 it says: “It shall even be as…
This is the preface to the book The Forsaken God: Woe of the Prophet. Recently I travelled to London, a city that has so much to explore that a week is too short to see everything that you want. Britain also had lost their most impressive and beloved queen a…