“Jesus never came with blatant propaganda”
Christian dialogue with those who think differently serves our own strength, maturity and credibility. Above all, however, it prevents the extinction of the European church. …
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Ash Wednesday 2022
It feels gloomy, despite the approaching spring. No matter who you talk to, there is always this uncertain something in the room, a latent restlessness, …
A Spark of Hope
Somehow I feel the need to remind ourselves again how insignificant and irrelevant theology is in the ruts of today’s everyday life. So uninteresting that …
ὁλόκαυστος
Painting by Paul Gauguin: The Devil Speaks (1894). If non-Germans ask me outside Germany about Hitler and the extermination of the Jews, I can take …
How does Climate Change Affect the Human Soul?
Over the past year it has become increasingly challenging for me to observe how evangelicals are way too busy with their own little church activities …
What the Hell?!
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci: Caricature of a man (1495) So there it is, the first part of the new, big IPCC report on the …
What if this was a war?
Actually, I shouldn’t be writing blog posts at all right now. I rather should be sitting in our garden, enjoying a glass of juice, or …
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 …
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 …
The Futures
Recently I’ve started to immerse myself a little more academically into the subject of future studies. Some might consider this subject as odd as laying …
Eine Theologie des Mundschutzes
(de/en [page 2]) Jahrelang trieb ich mich in diversen OP-Sälen herum, wohnte Gefälligkeiten wie Schädelöffnungen oder Amputationen bei. Obwohl ich wusste, wie die Luft eines …
Lessons for a World in Agony
(en) Every year or so we do a theology retreat named “Thinklings” where about 10 theologians and church planters present their reflections on an issue, …
Pandemic Prayer
(en) For several weeks our European Communitas* community have held Monday afternoon meetings for the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the unusual times …
Tro & Tvivel Podcast Säsong 2 Avsnitt 2-4
(se) Under Coronatiderna började vi inte bara spela in videopoddar, nu gör vi det också varje vecka. Här kommer del två till fyra – inklusive …
Christ & Climate (4): LOVE
(en/de) –deutsch: zur Seite 2 hier klicken Jesus makes the inscrutably complicated law simple and manageable again. We keep digging through the silver mine, desperately …
Christ & Climate (3): Heaven and Earth (en/de)
(deutsch: zur Seite 2 hier klicken) “Heaven and Earth” is a Rhineland dish made of apples (sky/heaven) and poaties (earth) that reminds me of my …
“Why would I want to go to heaven?” (en/de)
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG More and more people are worried that all life on earth could meet its maker in just a …
Treacherous friends (3): Plato (en/de)
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG The student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle is one of the greatest Greek philosophers. But allowing him …
Treacherous Friends (2): Status Quo (en/de)
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG No, I’m not talking about the band. I’m talking about our present state of development, our way of …
Treacherous Friends (1): Liberalism (en/de)
GERMAN TRANSLATION HERE / ZUR DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG Christians are called to be “in this world” yet “not of this world”. That is what Jesus prayed …
Kann man in diese Welt noch Kinder setzen?
Vor wenigen Tagen wurde der folgende, kurze Vortrag veröffentlicht und ich sah ihn mir zusammen mit meiner Tochter an: Meine Tochter, eine junge Frau im …
Leben wir in der Endzeit?!
Vor ungefähr einem halben Jahrhundert war es so populär, das Ende der Welt herbeizupredigen, dass eine ganz neue Gattung Redner entstand: Der Endzeitprophet, eine Nische …
Der Preis des Optimismus
Hast du dich schon mal gefragt, warum es zu wenig Bekehrungen gibt, um die Gemeinde im Westen wieder wachsen zu lassen? Neue Erkenntnisse geben eine …
Des Glaubens Abtritt von der Bühne
Quelle: Bundeskanzlerin.de Wohlstand ist etwas sehr Feines und Kostbares. Gott selbst verspricht seinem Volk ein Land, in dem Milch und Honig fließt, ein Land der …