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Month: January 2007

  • Christian leadership

    There is a discussion on leadership going on elsewhere on my blog on an article on apostolic leadership. It seems clear to me that many people have had some nasty encounters with so-called Christian leaders and leadership structures. Therefore they even reject the concept of leadership. They seem to feel that even all Biblical leadership terms are a power-language that we must avoid to use.

    I thank God for his goodness and faithfulness to me in allowing me to work with apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, elders, overseers, – Christian leaders who express the love and care of Jesus Christ in their leadership functions towards me and the covenant communities to which I am related. The many different leadership terms used in the Bible are not part of a power-language to me, but rather expressions of the good order of God. I am happy to follow my Leader, Master, and Lord Jesus Christ and all those leaders he sends to me to guide me and help me in my walk with the Lord. I thank God for the blessings these Christ-like leaders have brought to my life.

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  • Friend of traitors and sinners

    Yesterday we had a good time as the covenant community gathered to worship our Lord and fellowship together. There was a real sense of the presence of God among us. The assembly was alive in the Holy Spirit.

    I had the privilege of sharing the word of God with my brother and sisters. God had laid on my heart to share about Jesus – the friend people. To me, one the highest title of honour given to Jesus is the mocking words of his religious adversaries: Friend of traitors and sinners!

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  • It is great to be a father and a grandfather

    God has blessed me in many wonderful ways. I have been in love with the most wonderful woman in the world for 50 years, even though we have only been married 42 years. God blessed us with 6 wonderful children, – the best in the world. Now God is blessing us with grandchildren. So far we can include 11 wonderful girls and boys among them, and we wouldn’t be surprised if God blessed us with some more! Family life is joyful, dynamic and ever expanding into new families who reproduce themselves.

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  • Is the concept of leadership biblical?

    Some time ago I published an article by Mike Steele on "The Apostle Who Is A Father". I had some positive comments when it was published. Now, one of my friends from the time I lead evangelistic teams in the pentecostal movement, Are Karlsen, has started to comment on the article. It seems like we will have an interesting dialogue. Why not join us?

  • Winter has arrived

    Dscf3043 When we arrived back home in Bergen we were surprised to see snow covering everything. Around Christmas time experts and common people alike were worried about the Norwegian winter. Some people seemed to believe that they would never see snow again in Bergen because of the global warming. Praise God the snow is here!

  • Wonderful time with grandchildren

    Dscf2976 I am back home after a wonderful time with our grandchildren in England. We enjoyed the beautiful but windy weather as we were able to see the sun every day. In Bergen we have had 84 days of continuous raining. However, the grandchildren are more beautiful than the sun, even after 84 days of rain.

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  • Faktorar til endring

    Vi er på mange måtar midt inne i eit paradigmeskifte. Det inneber endra tenkjemåte og grunnsyn slik at utfordringar og vanskar vert løyste på nye måtar. Vi vender tilbake til det grunnleggjande i kristenlivet. Vi går tilbake til røtene våre og vi finn ny meining i det Gud viste oss då vi starta Kristent Fellesskap.

    Alt veksande liv er i endring. Alle levande organismar er i endring og må leva i fornying, elles døyr dei. Alle kristne treng å leva i stadig forfrisking i trua og fornying i kristenlivet.

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  • Tankar frå Jesajaboka

    Dei fyrste fem kapittel fungerer som ei innleiing kor den dåverande katastrofale stoda vert sett opp mot den herlege framtida til Guds folk.

    Det som er kjernepunktet i Jesajaboka er konflikten mellom Gud som dommar og frelsar, mellom rettferd og miskunn og truskap. Fordi Israel ikkje levde i samsvar med pakta dei hadde gjort med Gud var straffa for paktsbrot ikkje til å unngå. Jesaja forkynner at dommen kjem som ein reinsande eld som fører frelse med seg. 1,21-28; 4,2-6

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  • Visiting grandchildren in England

    This evening Solveig and I go to England to visit our daughter Hanna, her husband Daljinder and their wonderful children, Taj Kristian, Jai Ruben and Sunniva Isha. Spending time with the grandchildren is the highlight of our visit. It is always a great joy to see the grandchildren after several months. Our grandchildren are scattered around the "world" and some of them we don’t see very regularly. It is a great joy to be grandparents and to be able to spend time with them.

  • Guds bodberarar

    Profetane var Guds bodberarar til paktsfolket og til nasjonane. Dei var kalla til å gjera Guds vilje kjend, ved å undervisa folk i Guds ord og lov, ved å bera fram domsord over folk og nasjonar som hadde gjort opprør mot Gud, ved å tala tilrettes både folk og leiarar for synd og ugjerning dei hadde gjort, og ved å gjera det som til kvar tid trongst for å fremja Guds vilje mellom folket. Profetane var med andre ord kalla til å læra, undervisa, rettleia og irettesetja folk, leiarar og nasjonar, så vel som å forkynna komande hendingar.

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