Building Bridges.....

For some years now I have read books by the famous new testament scholar and professor N.T Wright. I have done some classes online and even met him when he last were here in Sweden in 2013. His new perspective on Paul is both interesting, refreshing and in one way confusing. The Bible is a living book, the more you read and study it, more and more you discover and it is great that you get help on the way doing so by the many theologians out there. But, I've discovered that when you do so, study the Bible, change perspectives, writing about it, speaking about it, you will get followers but even opponents. I would say it is very normal, but when it comes to Christianity it very often gets dirty. ( there are other areas where that happen as well) N.T Wright have been accused for not being a Christian, for not being biblical, for being totally wrong, even dangerous. He is told being deliberately disruptive and divisive. Pastors have told churches not to invite him or po...

Some Days ago we were in Lund, a university city close to where we live. In Lund there is a big cathedral from the 10th Century. There are many tourists and others visiting and especially at this time since it was a cultural day in all of Lund. Many special happenings in the cathedral such as music, prayers and story tellings for the children. As I entered the Church one father said to his young daughter: " Oh look what a big house this is". His daughter replied, " It is not a house dad, its a church" Further in a mother was walking with her two children, they grabbed her hand and said: " hurry up mum, we want to see Jesus". Matthew 18:1-4English Standard Version (ESV) Who Is the Greatest? "18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will...

In Sweden we just had an election to the Church! In this election you can vote for many different organisations and political parties that later on will dictate what kind of Church the Swedish Lutheran Church will be like. Strange since the state and Church was separated years ago. In the secular society we have here today, politicians have for many years neglected the Church. Some politicians have even back talked the Church. But the Church is a good platform to be seen and heard so politicians want to use the Church for their own agendas, they want to control it. Yesterday there was a debate between politicians about this election, many of them are not regular churchgoers, some are not believers or even Christians, but they are seeking for power and influence of the Church. When you read what the different political initiatives want to do with the Church there are ideas such as: "that the Church should be more green, solar panels on the roofs, or " the Church ...