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lørdag 1. juni 2019

What is The Salvation Army about?

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The answer will depend on how much the person answering knows about the organization. One would say: “It is my favourite store!” – with ...
lørdag 25. mai 2019

The greatest challenge of our time?

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The Salvation Army’s international mission statement declares that our mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and ‘to meet human...
lørdag 18. mai 2019

Is ‘the name of Jesus’ a kind of mantra?

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"Mantra" is a sound associated with Hinduism and Buddhism. The sound is used to realize a thought or purpose.  The word has se...
lørdag 11. mai 2019

What does ‘Respect’ mean?

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I do not need to spend many minutes reading messages and comments on social media before I start to wonder if some people have forgotten ...
lørdag 4. mai 2019

I am included

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At the end of June, I will go to Norway and be part of the congress. This will be a ‘different’ congress, and I look forward to it. ...
lørdag 27. april 2019

The loser takes it all! *

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ABBA put music to the statement “The winner takes it all!” .  Sometimes it feels like that, and from a secular perspective, it s...
lørdag 20. april 2019

The weakest team!

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“Which is the best team?” , my dad asked one of his grandsons. Of course, the 10-year-old immediately replied ‘Viking’ – the home-team. ...
lørdag 13. april 2019

Where have all the ‘great ones’ gone?

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Hjørdis was not my ‘aunt’ in terms of being a relative. All the same, the children who attended the nursery-class at the Sunday school in...
lørdag 6. april 2019

Bringing transformation

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The Gospel is not just bringing life, it brings transformation. This is because the life it brings, is ‘new’ life. A person who accepts s...
lørdag 30. mars 2019

Bringing life

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When General Brian Peddle calls The Salvation Army to ‘confidence in the gospel’ ( 1) , it could also be a call to all believers in the ...
lørdag 23. mars 2019

What is relevant worship?

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If we look at churches that are experiencing growth – one of the qualities is that people attend because they find the worship relevant ...
lørdag 16. mars 2019

Engaged for others

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The last ten weeks I have focused on the call to  ‘Be Ready’ , which is the first part of General Brian Peddle’s ‘Call to Mission’  (1) ....
lørdag 9. mars 2019

Hope in hell!

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Many years ago I met Willy for the first time. He was evangelizing on the street during the day time and handing out food-parcels to people...
lørdag 2. mars 2019

Did care influence God’s ‘Now’?

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When I was a cadet in the “Overcomers Session” 1974-76 in London, the campaign “For God’s sake CARE” had still a strong focus in the pro...
lørdag 23. februar 2019

Did some Greeks influence God’s ‘NOW’?

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If you have read my blogs over the past weeks , you know that I believe the answer is ‘YES’. Before I explain why, I believe that everyth...
lørdag 16. februar 2019

Did curiosity influence God’s ‘NOW’?

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In the series of reflections on God’s ‘NOW’, I have come to the second time Jesus said: “my time has not yet come” . It was said in respo...
lørdag 9. februar 2019

Did the Samaritan woman influence God’s ‘NOW’?

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Last week (1) I asked the same question related to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Today I visit Jacob’s well near Sychar in Samaria and fol...
lørdag 2. februar 2019

Did Mary influence God’s ‘NOW’?

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I ask this question in the context of the call to be ‘battle-ready’ NOW (1) . There is no doubt that Mary played an important role as the...
lørdag 26. januar 2019

‘The art of waiting’ – an important strategy

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Part of being ‘battle-ready’* is to respond to the Spirit. Jesus started teaching about the Holy Spirit in the very beginning of the trai...
lørdag 19. januar 2019

Prayer is more than 'just' asking

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Last week I shared some thoughts about prayer and I included the message from General Brian Peddle with a call to prayer (1) . If you re...