Francis – the Charismatic Hippie Pope
Pope Francis, in a Brazilian favela Who would have thought that a Jesus freak would become pope? The main focus of this blog has always been that signs and wonders need to be combined with peace and...
View ArticleBook Release: A Living Alternative
I am a MennoNerd, and we MennoNerds have just published a book! It’s called A Living Alternative and is about Anabaptist Christianity in a Post-Christendom world. Listen to what Christian activist...
View ArticleCheck Out the New Holy Spirit Activism YouTube Channel!
I’ve had YouTube for five years now, during which I have uploaded 400 videos that have been viewed 130 000 times. In total, people have watched 6800 hours of footage from my YouTube channel, which is...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Popular Posts on Holy Spirit Activism in 2014
Possibly a new logo for Holy Spirit Activism. Tell me if you like it! As always, the WordPress “stats monkeys” has produced a summary of the past blog year that you can find here. I thank God that the...
View ArticleMalala + Holy Spirit Revival = Pandita Ramabai
Ramabai on an Indian post stamp One of my favourite Pentecostal saints of all times is Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922), Indian activist, evangelist and holy roller. Over a hundred years before Malala she...
View ArticleWhy You Cannot Be Cessationist and Claim to Restore the Biblical Church at...
In this video, I present my chapter “Charismatic Anabaptism: Combining Signs and Wonders with Peace and Justice”, which is included in the new anthology A Living Alternative. In the chapter I argue...
View ArticleUlf Ekman’s Multiple Conversions
Ulf Ekman. Photo by Josefin Casteryd I live in the same city as the world’s arguably most famous living Swedish Christian, namely Ulf Ekman. The founder and long-term leader of the Scandinavian Word of...
View ArticleSurprise Sithole: Food Multiplication
I’ve written several times about Surprise Sithole, the South African apostle who has raised several people from the dead in the power of the Holy Spirit and that has heard the external, audible voice...
View ArticleWhy Both Conservative and Liberal Churches are Decreasing
Rachel Held Evans (photo from Wikipedia) Evangelical blogger and author Rachel Held Evans is no longer evangelical; she has joined the Episcopalian church which, in the US, is not very theologically...
View ArticleSalvation, Miracles and Activism: A New Form of Church Conference
Right now I’m at a Christian conference called Salvation, Miracles and Activism in my hometown of Uppsala, and I’m one of the organisers. It’s not a conference in a big auditorium; but just like my...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Become Pentecostals for Real!
Happy Pentecost! I don’t know how it is in your country, but here in Sweden Pentecost is hardly celebrated at all – we’re must more eager to celebrate National Cinnamon Bun Day or Waffle Day (yeah, we...
View ArticleSummer Plans
Yesterday I defended my paper on the Isreli-Palestinian conflict and since it seems to have gone pretty well, this means that I know can graduate with a bachelor’s degree in peace and development...
View ArticleSeven Reasons I Love the Jesus Army
Happy Jesus people at London Jesus Day Right now I’m on a train with my friend Hillevi, heading for Copenhagen. Tomorrow we will go through Germany and the Netherlands and finally arrive in the United...
View ArticleLecture: Signs, Wonders and Social Justice
You know what’s awesome? Miracles! You know what’s also awesome? Social justice! Let’s combine the two, like Jesus did. The Spiritual gifts that God has equipped His church with are supposed to be...
View ArticleProgressives and Prosperity-Preachers Make the Same Errors
Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, fans of prosperity preaching You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged for a week; that’s because I’m spending much time nowadays finishing my first book! It’s about how...
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