Many in our churches suppose they are saved. They read the Bible, at least sometimes, they go to church, at least sometimes, they confess Jesus Christ as their savior, most of them acknowledge sin and try to live a Christian life as well as they can, they are baptized. But…
This is the third part of the series. It has been very clear to me these last years, I never understood it before, but our churches are full of people that only have a confession, but too few are really transformed, and renewed and conformed to the image of the…
There exists a lie in contemporary Christianity that they serve everyone that wants to listen: you can be saved through your own decision to believe in Jesus Christ, and without transformation. Come as you are and continue to be as you are. No one will ever tell you how to…
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…