Gustaf Henriksson

Evangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry. This is what idol worship looks like.

Överstelöjtnant Ella Waweya är arabiskspråkig presstalesperson för IDF. Kvinna. Arab. Muslim. En existens som i sig punkterar hela den förenklade världsbild som vissa så krampaktigt håller fast vid.

I share this post in earnest and (what may prove a naive) hope that a few people caught in the situation I’m about to describe will hear instead of rushing to the usual tropes, criticisms and caricatures. For what it’s worth, I offer this in good faith. Between 2016 and 2022, I faced a test of the genuineness of my faith so large and consequential, I’m almost at a loss to think of the right adjectives to describe it. It might not have been so big to someone else but it involved so much of my Christian identity, it was all but existential. Well more than that. It was a dying. It is this test that helps me understand why people who seem deeply devoted to the Lord Jesus and hold the scriptures in highest esteem also hold to a system, institution or leader no matter what they do and defend a side or individual to a degree that is baffling. I can tell you why because I had to face every bit of it. Identity, community, camaraderie, what we’ve known and loved, what part of it we still love, the people we loved, the people we still love, reputation, what people will think, how you will be judged and condemned and thrown over to the other side who doesn’t want you either. And to whom you also do not align and would not belong. Friendships. How you will be misunderstood and misrepresented. How adrift and alone you will feel. How disliked. And then there’s this and it would be a mistake to minimize it: your JOB. Your source of income. Your vocation. This is the part of the crisis I most write these words to convey because I think they are most in play for many right now, whether in media, ministry or politics. Let me try to put this in the words that were constantly resonant in my spirit in those years. And to this day. Though you have no other place to go, Beth, and no place to fit and it not only MAY have financial repercussions but WILL have financial repercussions to the ministry and to your family and will also make them targets and none of it will ever look the same or be the same, will you choose what you believe to be right and put everything else in your vocational life at risk? This is what is at risk for many people whose professional reputations and positions are tied up with leaders, institutions and political parties. Mine was, too. The cost is enormous and the options are often untenable. And so there we are. Having to cast ourselves on the mercy of God. Not for a third way. But as THE ONLY WAY. The only truth. The only life. I’ve made multiple errors in judgment. Jumped too quickly to condemn. Spoken wrongly. Remained silent wrongly and confusingly. I never get it completely together. But what I will tell you is that I believe we are meant first and foremost to call out our own house, our own side, and our own identity group for its mind-boggling hypocrisy. These were my people. Evangelicals. Conservatives. Claim what you will but I know who I am: I am pro life from conception to casket. I am pro small government. I am pro godliness and the pursuit of a holy life. I am pro marriage and family and pro-those God calls to remain single and sanctified and I’m deeply thankful for them. I am pro traditional sexual ethics. I am pro love of God and love of neighbor and the dignity of every person as an image bearer of Christ. I am pro love all. I am pro church. I believe in the community of the saints. I am pro Bible study to the death and believe the aim of all discipleship is to know and love and follow and emulate Jesus Christ. I am pro gospel. Dear God in heaven, I am pro gospel. I believe there is one name by whom we must be saved. Jesus. What I am not is pro Trump. Wasn’t pro Clinton. Wasn’t pro Biden. But those were not the candidates many in the world that I loved so much were cheering on. I accept that Donald Trump is my president. I pray for him on a regular basis. I’m a law abiding citizen and pay my taxes. But I believe Trump fosters something in people that makes them lose their way.

Message from Iran: This is Marvdasht. People are in the streets. The Islamic Republic is brutally cracking down. With every young person the Islamic Republic kills, our anger grows stronger. We must win, otherwise Khamenei will slaughter us all and hang us. Let the world hear our voice. They have slowed down the internet and may cut it off completely, so they can kill us more easily. Friday, January 2nd, 2026 #Iran

Varför gräver medierna sin egen grav på det här viset?

🇸🇩 Darfur, Sudan: 460 massacred in maternity hospital 2,000 executed earlier this week 460,000 people trapped 🇺🇳 Reaction by U.N. Human Rights Council: 0 resolutions 0 urgent sessions 0 commissions of inquiry

Mr. President, Ukraine did not “start” this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.🇺🇸🇺🇦 “Russia Invades Ukraine in Largest European Attack Since WWII” @FoxNews (February 24, 2022) foxnews.com/world/russian-…

Detta kommer ni givetvis inte att rapportera - eller hur? @dagensnyheter @SvD @svtnyheter @sverigesradio ???

@MiroslavVolf Appreciated the time at YCFC. Keep up the good work. Blessings.

@joelsh ”Nästan fint”, det var ordet.

Fox: "Berätta om din Gudsrelation och hur du ber?" Trump: "Jättemånga evangelikala röstar på mig." Alltså vad ska man säga? 😆 Det finns nåt nästan fint i att han inte ens kan fejka fromhet – men jag tror inte det är av uppriktighet utan för att han inte förstår grejen.

Makt och pengar är drivmedel i stora delar av vårt moderna samhälle. Därför måste vi i kyrkan ständigt arbeta för att dessa inte sätter agendan.

Church is about community, which is fundamentally rooted in the Trinity. On this planet, that means learning costly love.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a sturdy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it. ~ Carl Jung

You have given all to me. To you Lord I return it. Everything is yours. Do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me. Amen.

Vi lägger fram inför Gud det som är inom oss, inte det som borde vara inom oss.

@joelsh Tveksamt om Anselm var SÅHÄR rolig.

Skolastiskt gudsbevis på Anselm av Canterbury-nivå!

Det finns en klassisk bön att be i #advent. Den har aldrig känts mer aktuell om du frågar mig, i ljuset av AI-hot, klimatkris, krig och polarisering: Kom herre Jesus!

Agenda i SVT ikväll. Från att ha vidarebefordrat Hamaspropagandan om att Israel bombat ett sjukhus och dödat 500 civila har @svtnyheter nu nått punkten där Iran ”anklagar” och Israel ”tillbakavisar” trots att det sedan flera dagar står klart att Israel inte var inblandat.

Peace in the Face of War renovare.org/articles/peace… via @renovare