This will be a series of four pieces. This is the first, we can call it a preface. It will show how society has changed; the rest of the pieces will show how the church and Christianity has changed with it. The time is passing amazingly fast but maybe thirty…
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,…