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  Johan Oscar Smith and Sanctification 

  Johan Oscar Smith was radically gripped by God in the early 1900s. Together with his brother Aksel, he began publishing the magazine Skjulte Skatter (Hidden Treasures) in 1912 to promote the doctrine of sanctification. What can their radical and life-changing Christianity teach us today? 

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  Give Your Whole Life to Jesus! What Does It Mean to Let Jesus Guide You?

  “Give your whole life to Jesus; He’ll guide you every day.” This is not just a beautiful line in an old song—it is a concrete invitation! An invitation to give Jesus real authority over your everyday life: your thoughts, your choices, and your battles. In this article, we will take a closer look at what the song “Give your whole life to Jesus” actually says about living as a disciple of Jesus, and why this is closely connected with what the Bible calls sanctification.

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  The Apostolic Fathers: Clement of Rome

  The Apostolic fathers plays a crucial role as a binding agent between the Apostles and the Christians that came after them. They preserved the message of the Apostles, but they also wrote their own texts, that are important testimonies of their reverence and devotion. One of the most defining texts from this period is Clement of Romes letter to the Church in Corinth.

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  The Authors of Sanctification: Reuben Archer Torrey

  Reuben Archer Torrey was active as a preacher, theologian, and author in the period before the First World War. The era was characterized by great optimism about the future, and also by major Christian revivals. Among Christians, there was at the same time a growing trend toward liberalization, and a central dogma that was being challenged was the authority of the Bible as the Word of God. Torrey became known as a defender of the authority of the Bible, and wrote extensively on this subject. Why was this in particular so important to him?

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