Patrik Olterman
Insurrection
Read more: InsurrectionInsurrection: To Believe Is Human, To Doubt Is Divine by Peter Rollins My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you have been following Peter Rollins four a while you will find nothing new in this latest release, it is simply all those messages, thoughts, parables and stories woven together in a beautiful but very disruptive…
Willing sacrifice
Read more: Willing sacrificeThe old ram trotted past the weird couple walking ahead. An old man and his adolescent son, fear and angst reeking of the uprights, making their way up the old mountain path. The ram didn’t worry, he was to old. And certainly to old to care. He new it was his time, but each time…
And the angels held their breath
Read more: And the angels held their breathBonsai Christians
Read more: Bonsai ChristiansI was in the middle of conversation at Street Church during the Malmö festival that the thought struck me. The word just popped into my head and fit so nicely on the tongue. Bonsai Christians. For those of you who are confused, Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing a plant in a tray (Bon…
Will the real sodomite please stand up.
Read more: Will the real sodomite please stand up.We are talking about homosexuality, grace, church at the corps right now. It is astounding to note how much bad theology and how sloppy exegesis we have let become the foundation of our stance on the issue of homosexuality. It is scary to realise that we have let a handful obscure (hard to translate with…
Sacramentally branded
Read more: Sacramentally brandedA few days ago I was talking to a friend who was showing of a beautiful griffon inked on her arm, I let slip that next time we’d see each other I would be branded, she looked at me nonplussed and said “you have always been branded”. I was stunned into silence by the truth…
Patrik Olterman reading from the first chapter of called to be me.
Read more: Patrik Olterman reading from the first chapter of called to be me.Listen! View at audioboo.fm
Is the evangelical church going to toss out C.S. Lewis?
Read more: Is the evangelical church going to toss out C.S. Lewis?He is definitely one of the great, author, theologian, thinker, philosopher. Lewis is mostly known for the Chronicles of Narnia but in the protestant church many have read Mere Christianity and a handful have ventured into his great discourses on theology like The Problem of Pain and The Great Divorce. My personal favourites are his…
Confrontation or Conversation
Read more: Confrontation or ConversationHad I known that this was going to be such a dissenting issue I might have stayed away, I say might because I do not know that in the end I could have stayed silent on such an important issue as Gods grace and love. Our corps (which is still in it’s infancy as a…
Yet another post related to Rob Bell's Love Wins
Read more: Yet another post related to Rob Bell's Love WinsSo I am having a Conversation with Peter Baranowsky on Facebook about Love Wins and I am getting duly frustrated. I am probably not frustrated with Peter (whom I respect and love) but more so with the position that Peter and many of his fellow evangelicals have taken against … Against Rob Bell, against Emergent…
Love Wins
Read more: Love WinsHere are my chapter by chapter reviews of Bells book Love Wins. Chapter 1: So far Bell is asking all the right questions. The questions we have all asked or wanted to ask, or perhaps been told not to ask depending on our particular church culture. They are uncomfortable questions, that will fill you with…
I love my kindle
Read more: I love my kindleHave you ever loaned a book to someone who take ages to return the book? Have you ever loaned a book to someone who never returned it? Have you ever had someone you don’t really know ask to borrow a book and you hesitated to loan it in case you wouldn’t get it back? Enter…
Love Wins and Naked Spirituality
Read more: Love Wins and Naked SpiritualityWhat a brilliant day! When I logged in to my mail account I see that my preorder of Rob Bell’s much disputed book “[amazon_link id=”006204964X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Love Wins[/amazon_link]” and lo and behold Brian Mclaren’s new book “[amazon_link id=”0061854018″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Naked Spirituality[/amazon_link]” was autodelivered to my [amazon_link id=”B002FQJT3Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]kindle[/amazon_link].…
Loosing my religion
Read more: Loosing my religionI used to love the song: “loosing my religion”, I don’t know the words, I guess I never really heard the lyrics apart from the actual title. I like the idea though, I like the idea of loosing or giving up my religious views in search of what is real, what makes sense and what…
Recycling books
Read more: Recycling booksIt all started with me reading Gaunt’s Ghosts and the omnibus being to big to hold comfortably in one hand. That combined with the fact that Hanna does not like me to read in bed (the light disturbs her) made me get Stanza for the iphone. I didn’t think I would like to read electronically…
Done with Jesus …
Read more: Done with Jesus …We have just finished a three week deep study of Jesus (The historical Jesus, Jesus’ personality, Jesus’ message). It has been a profound experience as we have been allowed to re-examine and question some of the foundations of our beliefs, only to find a Jesus that can still surprise and unsettle us, no matter how…
Your grace is new every morning …
Read more: Your grace is new every morning …Walking down the street with Angelina, we are talking about life. I say to her: Did you know that creativity is a gift from God. Angelina smiles and replies: Cool, that means I get new gifts from God every day….
What kind of grace …..
Read more: What kind of grace …..I am starting to understand grace, I don’t mean that I understand grace like a scientist can map and explain an H2O molecule but I am starting to grasp the concept of grace like someone who has dipped his toes in the ocean and started to wonder what it would be like to swim. It…
Ransomed heart resources
Read more: Ransomed heart resourcesHere is the resources talk by John Eldredge from Advanced Bootcamp at Frontier Ranch 2010. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18191876[/vimeo] Find the books here
Aftermath
Read more: AftermathI am home now, the “old normal” is fighting to take over the “new normal” the memories are fading and it seems very far of all the important things that happened long time ago (yesterday) in a galaxy far far away (well a remote corner of another continent anyways). No new agreements have snuck in,…
Warrior princess
Read more: Warrior princessJesus is not good at just doing his job. At the wedding in Canaan he doesn’t just make a few bottles of wine, he miraculously produces 600 litres. When feeding the five thousand with a boys lunchbox he also goes the extra mile and there are 12 baskets of left overs afterwards. So I am…
Victorious Battle Brother
Read more: Victorious Battle BrotherI wake up Sunday morning, close my eyes in prayer and see a beautiful lake at the foot of a beautiful mountain with snow covered peaks piercing the clouds. My vision is back! I can feel peace and a quiet strength inside as I walk to the last session of the weekend. We worship and…
Battle ground
Read more: Battle groundWhat started as a nice, calm trip into the mountains (with a great stop at Dorothy’s for hot tamales) and a great first meeting on the thursday night quickly turned into a nightmare. I don’t know why it surprised me. I should have been more than ready for this to be a battle of epic proportions.…
Advanced Bootcamp 2010
Read more: Advanced Bootcamp 2010I look at the calendar, it’s the first of December!? Really? You have got to be kidding me! Where did the time go? I am on my way to Colorado for Advanced. Yet again I feel rushed, not ready. I was going to prepare, read some books, pray, ask God for advance words. Instead I…
Jesus came to save that which was lost
Read more: Jesus came to save that which was lostThe question is, do you know what you have lost? Have you like me settled for what is? Yesterday in the stress of coming home, getting ready, and (for me) getting ready for a trans-continental trip. Tempers flared as the kids acted up testing our patience and our love. After a long silence I found…
