Anti-Semitism is growing too fast. Several governments in Europe are taking action against anti-Jewish behaviour. They come amid severe incidents against Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam.

Yes, the state was afraid for the church. But no, living as a Christian was not impossible in the Socialist Eastern Germany. “From my father, I have never heard bitter things about other people.”

In Norway, 36 Christian organisations published a joint statement this week against the modern gender understanding. The statement says this ideology is problematic, confusing, and destructive. However, the government of Norway showed its distaste for the declaration.

This column is about something that happened 500 years earlier – no problem if you have forgotten about it. On 9 October 1524, Martin Luther ascended the pulpit in regular, civilian clothes, no longer in a monk’s habit. Without this act, the revolution he unleashed seven years ago would not be complete. Even today, it is good to reflect upon this.

Francis Schaeffer looked like the hippies he debated with. But that was style, not content, says an expert forty years after his death. Schaeffer said that everybody had a belief, even an atheist.

The Norwegian government has tabled a bill for a new abortion law. In that proposal, the word “woman” is replaced by “the pregnant one”. And it is unclear about sex-selective abortions. The bill in six questions.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International had hoped more from the German court case against pastor Olaf Latzel.

For Thomas Aquinas, sin was not important enough to discuss at the beginning of his works. You must read for a long time before hearing him speak about sin. Still, Thomas is a theologian whom no one can ignore.

Anti-Semitism works against God’s plan to evangelise the nations. “It is satanic”, Avi Snyder says. “If the Jews could be destroyed now, Jesus is not coming back.”

Andrei Ptashnikov and his wife were generous and sowed their money out. But they came short. “We had to learn to trust God and sow it wisely.”