WHO SERVE THE LORD WITH DIGNITY KNOW TO STEP ASIDE WITH DIGNITY!!!!!
WE PRAY GOD BLESS PASTOR MARK AND HIS FAMILY IN THIS CRUCIAL MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE…..
Author: cornelilioi
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City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons……
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!
The city of Houston has issued subpoenas demanding a group of pastors turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity or Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor. And those ministers who fail to comply could be held in contempt of court.
Among those slapped with a subpoena is Steve Riggle, the senior pastor of Grace Community Church. He was ordered to produce all speeches and sermons related to Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality and gender identity.
The mega-church pastor was also ordered to hand over “all communications with members of your congregation” regarding the non-discrimination law.
Now is the time for pastors and people of faith to take a stand. We must rise up and reject this despicable strong-arm attack on religious liberty. We cannot allow ministers to be intimidated by government thugs.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://tinyurl.com/TurnSermonsLaw
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DO YOU SEE ANY OF THESE SIGNS IN YOUR MARRIAGE?
In the summer of 1985, an engineer named Roger Boisjoly noticed a flaw in the solid rocket booster that helps launch the space shuttle. The rubber O-rings that seal the joints were experiencing erosion particularly in cold weather. When the joints wear away, the booster leaks exhaust gas causing a dangerous mixture with the liquid hydrogen from the external tank. Foreseeing that the problem would result in catastrophic failure, he sent a warning memo to decision makers at both his company and NASA. That warning and several more that followed were ignored……………
In the morning of January 28, 1986 ………..Challenger exploded taking the lives of seven people.
Are you and your wife experiencing these 4 signs of an unhealthy marriage?
1). Keeping Secrets…….
2). Leaving Things Unsaid……..
3). Overly Kid Focused………
4). Seeking Distractions or Time Away?…….
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://tinyurl.com/UnhealthyMarriage
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SHOULD I ATTEND A SAME-SEX WEDDING?
Probably sooner than later, every Christian must decide whether or not you will attend a same-sex wedding. Those of us who are pastors will also need to be ready to give advice to church members. I’ve chewed this one around, in my own thoughts, with my elder team, and with others. I offer these preliminary thoughts, in the form of Q&A, to help you make your own decision.
So should I attend a same-sex wedding?
There are two competing tensions to reconcile in answering this question:
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The fact that you love and care for the person getting “married” means the answer should be “yes.” It is difficult to see how not going to the ceremony demonstrates love and care for the person.
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The fact that this is not really a marriage at all means the answer should be “no.” It is difficult to see how going to the ceremony communicates anything other than your approval—so if you don’t approve but go anyway you act dishonestly or with hypocrisy.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/should-i-attend-a-same-sex-wedding
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When ELECTED Leaders APPOINT Dictators….
The judicial branch INTERPRETS the laws. Period. It does NOT MAKE laws and it does NOT ENFORCE laws.
Right now, up to date October 2014, US Courts spends much of the time on a task which is NOT DELEGATED by the Constitution: Hearing cases wherein the constitutionality of a law or regulation is challenged!!!
When the Courts exercises Judicial Review, it is acting unconstitutionally.Thomas Jefferson wrote, in 1823: “At the establishment of our constitution, the judiciary bodies were supposed to be the most helpless and harmless members of the government. Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous; that the insufficiency of the means provided for their removal gave them a freehold and irresponsibility in office; that their decisions, seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and unheeded by the public at large; that these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precedent, sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the constitution, and working its change by construction, before any one has perceived that that invisible and helpless worm has been busily employed in consuming its substance. In truth, man is not made to be trusted for life, if secured against all liability to account.”
The Judiciary branch was created as the weakest branch, controlled by both the Legislative and Executive branches. BUT TODAY, through JUDICIAL REVIEWS, makes the Judiciary master of both the Legislature and Executive, TELLING them both what that may and may not do.
It is the Constitution, not the lower Courts, the US Courts of Appeals or even the Supreme Court, the Supreme Law of this Country!
The Constitution was created by the states and any question as to the meaning of the Constitution is rightly settled by the states and the Judicial Review, per the tenth amendment, is granted to the States respectively, to the People!
WHY I DID THIS INTRODUCTION?
BECAUSE…..
I live in Arizona, Republican State, and Arizona’s definition of marriage was established in statute in 1996. The Arizona Court of Appeals in 2003 upheld that definition. Voters amended the Arizona Constitution to include the definition in 2008.By definition, Arizona (among other 31 states) PROHIBIT same-sex couples from marrying.
AND OUR STATE FATE IN THIS MATTER is in the hands of three judges (but the way, APPOINTED by three Democrat presidents, not ELECTED by our people) from US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco (most liberal Circuit in the Country located in the most liberal City in the Country)!!!!!
HOW COME Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Judge Marsha Berzon and Judge Ronald Gould CAN DICTATE OVER OUR CONSTITUTION, OVER OUR DEMOCRATIC VOTES and will TRY TO IMPOSE THEIR WISHES to our people AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY, because, based on their preferences, THEY WILL?
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO with cases filed in Hawaii, Idaho and Nevada?
I hope our Arizona State will found the Legal Way to protect Our Democracy, expressed by our VOTES!!!
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Sunt un pribeag – Sanctus Pro Deo
agnus dei – english + romanian blog
18-20 OCTOMBRIE SIBIU/DEVA/CLUJ NAPOCA
Rezervari bilete: http://www.singyoursong.sanctusprodeo.roArr – Laurentiu Muntean
Solist – Sorin Raica
Corul&Orchestra Sanctrus Pro DeoVIDEO by Sanctus Pro Deo
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Istoria (ne)înţelegerii (1): Pîntecele Duhului
Întîlnirea lui Nicodim cu Isus este o relatare relativ scurtă, dar de importanță capitală pentru teologia creștină.
Fragmentul din prima jumătate a capitolului 3 din Evanghelia lui Ioan conține multe elemente surprinzătoare, fiind de o densitate ideatică asemănătoare cu cea a prologului din capitolul prim sau a fragmentului despre lucrarea Mîngîietorului din capitolul 16.
Aici apare mult citatul Ioan 3:16, devenit mai degrabă obiect al grădiniței confesionale, decît subiect al teologiei pentru CREŞTINII MATURI.
Sînt cuvintele lui Isus adresate lui Nicodim?
David Pawson, în eseul său Este Ioan 3:16 nucleul Evangheliei?, mărturisește că, la fel ca majoritatea creștinilor, a înțeles cu totul greșit acest verset și face observația următoare:
“Cu siguranță, Isus a rostit versetele 14 și 15, dar 16? Aceasta este întrebarea. Ori de câte ori este în discuție un verset din Biblie, te întrebi: Cine a spus asta, cui i-a spus-o, de ce a spus-o? Ei bine…
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Wonderful Earth seen from sky………
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 19:1
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Ce se va scrie despre tine cand vei…pleca?
Photo Resurse CrestineLa microfon, pastorul se apropia de finalul predicii… În urechile a 3000 de tineri au răsunat următoarele cuvinte… “S-ar putea ca mulţi dintre voi nici să nu mai termine măcar liceul… S-ar putea ca de la această conferinţă să nu mai ajungi acasa… S-ar putea să mergi direct pe celălalt ţărm“…
După aproximativ 12 ore… pe străzile Clujului se auzea acel zgomot sumbru al sirenelor… 4 tineri erau transportaţi de urgenţă la spital, în stare gravă… A cincea, Ana Maria, era purtată de îngeri… nu mai avea nevoie de îngrijiri medicale…
În cartea de memorii, colega ei de bancă a scris: “Ana, a trebuit să mori tu, ca să mă pocăiesc eu!“…
Read full article: http://rodiagnusdei.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/cristi-boariu-la-18-ani-ana-maria-a-plecat-dincol-de-zare/
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Pastorul Florin Ianovici la Betania Arad, 5 Aprilie 2014….
RAZBOAIE LA CARE NU TE ASTEPTI DAR EXISTA !!!
Ajungi sa castigi razboiul cu Goliat numai daca nu te intimidezi si treci (psihologic) incredintat in Numele Domnului de….dispretul apropiatilor (Eliab), amagirea liderilor (Saul) si ocara dusmanilor (Goliat).
Dusmanul nu il birui cu armele si abilitatile tale ci cu armele dusmanului, dupa ce i le iei !!!
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ARE YOU A CULTURAL CHRISTIAN OR A BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN?
Are you a cultural Christian or a biblical Christian? (Lightstock)
Cultural Christianity means pursuing the God we want instead of the God who is. It is the tendency to be shallow in our understanding of God, wanting Him to be more of a gentle-grandfather type who spoils us and lets us have our own way. It is sensing a need for God, but on our own terms. It is wanting the God we have underlined in our Bibles without wanting the rest of Him too. It is God relative instead of God absolute.
A biblical Christian is a person who trusts in Christ, and Christ alone, for his salvation. As a result of his saving faith he desires to be obedient to God’s principles out of the overflow of a grateful heart (see Rom. 1:5). Obedience doesn’t save us; faith does. This explains why some men can be cultural Christians—they have a saving faith, but they have not obediently made Christ Lord over all their lives. They have not allowed the Holy Spirit to empower them.
The man in the mirror will never change until he is willing to see himself as he really is, and to commit to know God as He really is. This objectivity anchors a man; it gives him the clarity of thought he needs to be a biblical Christian.
Is the man looking back at you in the mirror a cultural Christian or a biblical Christian?
http://www.charismamag.com/life/men/21369-are-you-a-cultural-christian-or-a-biblical-christian
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Frozen sau despre două fete care se iubesc
Amenințare: textul conține detalii despre deznodământ!
Vă amintiți când ați văzut ultima oară un film de Hollywood în care două surori luptă una pentru binele celeilalte și amândouă pentru binele altora? Ei bine, în Frozen despre asta este vorba.
Elsa e o prințesă cu puteri magice – poate să creeze zăpadă și gheață –, iar acest fapt este un prilej de bucurie pentru ea și pentru sora ei mai mică Anna, până când survine un mic accident nefericit, iar Elsa realizează că ar putea face mult rău cu aceste abilități neobișnuite ale sale.
Consecința e că se izolează de toată lumea ca nu cumva să mai facă rău cuiva. Totuși, în ziua în care trebuie să ia locul tatălui ei pe tron, lucrurile iau o întorsătură nefericită și Elsa se refugiază într-un castel de gheață, pe care și-l ridică spectaculos în munți, nefiind însă conștientă că a înghețat…
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Spiritual Adultery and Fornication in the 21st-Century Church
The cross is not just about Jesus Christ dying for the sins of all mankind, but it was a death to purchase mankind. (Ben Parker/creationswap.com)
Back in the days of the early church, being in ministry leadership was the greatest sacrifice anyone could make and it reflected the message of the greatest sacrifice that was made—the cross. To be in ministry leadership today could be as easy as ordering an ordination certificate through the mail, taking a few Bible courses, polishing your sermon presentations, learning some leadership and church-growth principles, including how to win friends and influence people, and you’re in. I know this sounds a little sarcastic, but the point is made nonetheless.
In the early church’s purest form, the cross was the power of God and the center of Christianity, ruling the lives of the early believers. They had as their examples apostolic men who apprenticed under Jesus and who hazarded their lives for the sake of the gospel. There was no mistaking the pattern and the purpose of the lives of those first-day apostles. It is the reason they had power to make radical disciples who were distinct from the world. What they preached and what they practiced enabled them to transform the minds and hearts of so many. We have so little power to transform people’s lives today because we do not preach and live the cross……………………….
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world” (1 John 2:15-17).
Lest any professing Christian take this lightly or throw this off as some legalistic form of doctrine, or a turning back to the law, let me remind you that Jesus called it the depths of Satan.
“Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known thedepths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. But hold fast what you have till I come” (Rev. 2:24-25)………………………………………………………………
Beware of a cross-less Christianity that breeds spiritual adultery and fornication.
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Mergi Inainte cu Credinta!
de Florin Ianovici … 15 Septembrie 2014
Mergi înainte cu credință!
1 Petru 3:15 “Ci sfinţiţi în inimile voastre pe Hristos ca Domn.” Fiţi totdeauna gata să răspundeţi oricui vă cere socoteală de nădejdea care este în voi; dar cu blândeţe şi teamă,”
Uneori nu ai pe ce să îți spijini capul. Privirea nu mai e limpede din pricina lacrimilor iar durerea te clatină. Nu știi ce să faci și nu știi cum să reacționezi. La ce să te gândești când viața ridică un zid înaintea ta?
Gândește-te la moștenirea ta! Nu ce lași aici va conta ci ceea ce strângi cu Dumnezeu e esențial. Dacă nu strângi cu Hristos atunci totul este risipit. Niciodată să nu te dai bătut și niciodată să nu pui sabia jos. Oricât de mult ar conta opinia oamenilor, ea este doar vremelnică pe când judecata lui Dumnezeu este veșnică.
Când stai în mijlocul necazurilor, când înfrunți furtunile și vânturile năpraznice să îți aduci aminte de moștenirea ta. Nimeni nu ți-o poate lua și nimeni nu ți-o poate risipi afară de tine. Răspunde încercărilor în așa fel încât să birui răul prin bine ca să aduni cu Dumnezeu. Cel mai bun răspuns în fața neprietenilor e să rodești și să te pregătești de următorul drum în alergarea pentru Hristos!Gândește-te la cei ce te iubesc! Ei merită zâmbetul tău și cuvintele tale și dragostea ta. Ei sunt dați de Dumnezeu ca leac pentru durerile tale. Atâția oameni și-au pierdut prietenii pentru că s-au ocupat prea mult de neprieteni. Când te întrebi printre suspine unde este Dumnezeu, să te uiți spre familie, prieteni și acolo îl vei vedea pe Dumnezeu care te privește. De dragul lor să îți stergi lacrimile, să îți sufleci mânecile și să mergi înainte cu credință.
Gândește-te la trecutul și viitorul tău! Nu tot ce ai făcut e drept! Sunt amintiri care dor și ne smeresc! Cântarul de sine trebuie să fie drept și cinstit. Au fost situații când nu ai fost pocăit. De aceea e bine să taci și să aștepți în tăcere ajutorul Domnului. Să nu uiți că Dumnezeu croiește ziua de mâine. El schimbă vremurile și împrejurările. El înalță și El coboară pe oameni. Viitorul tău depinde de modul cum îți privești trecutul în ziua încercării. Dacă te smerești Dumnezeu te va înălța. E lege sfântă!
Când Pablo Casals a împlinit 95 de ani, un reporter l-a întrebat: “Domnule Casals, aveți 95 de ani și sunteți unul dintre cei mai mari violocenliști din toate timpurile. De ce încă mai exersati 6 ore pe zi?” Casals i-a raspuns: “Pentru că încă cred ca fac progrese.”
Mergi înainte cu credință…!
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The FATHERLESS Generation…..
Photo: http://www.givealittle.co.nz
– 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average.
– 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average.
– 85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Center for Disease Control)
– 80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average. (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
– 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report)
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Do Good for Your Own Self………..(REALLY ???)
Maybe this is the reason why Paul (the Apostle) said: “…..the woman should keep silence in the church.”
Victoria Olseen: “…do good for your own self’ because obedience, the church and worship are not for God as much as for self-happiness.”
