Biserica baptistă din Atlanta, Georgia, împlineşte în acest an trei decenii de existenţă

„Încă de la început, grupului de români i s-a deschis uşa la Biserica First Baptist Church of Atlanta, păstorită de Charles Stanley; Capela bisericii, de o frumuseţe şi eleganţă neobişnuită, a fost pusă la dispoziţia românilor. Acest lucru a avut un efect pozitiv, încurajator asupra micului grup, care la început se aduna într-o parte a capelei, pe două, trei bănci”. În  timpul care a urmat, numărul membrilor a crescut într-o asemenea măsură, încât după aproximativ doi ani, capela a devenit neîncăpătoare. Având în vedere cerinţele tot mai mari în continuarea activităţii în toate planurile, la cererea întregii comunităţi, în luna august 1985, fratele Titi Cocian, fost pastor la biserica Bethleem din Chicago, împreună cu familia, s-a mutat în Atlanta. În scurt timp a fost ales al doilea pastor al bisericii……

Citeste articolul in intregime: http://www.ziarulactualitatea.ro/eveniment/biserica-baptista-din-atlanta-georgia-implineste-in-acest-an-trei-decenii-de-existenta/

HILLSONG……worship music…

Amazing Christian Music…..real Christian Music…..God Bless!!!!!

If you don’t hear crying, the church is dying…

To You Who Bring Small Children to Church

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There you are sitting in worship or Bible study. Your child, or toddler, is restless. Perhaps they’re even a little boisterous. You try to silence them, and nothing. You try to pacify them with food or toys, and nothing. Eventually, you resort to the last thing you wanted to do: you pick them up, and before a watching audience, you make the march out of the auditorium. All the while, you’re a little embarrassed. Maybe you’re a little frustrated too. You might even think to yourself, “There’s no point in coming to church. I get nothing out of it because I have to constantly care for my kid.”………

Read full article: http://veritasvenator.com/2013/09/25/to-you-who-bring-small-children-to-church/

Scariest Lies in Our World Today…..

Short video-message by Francis Chan…..

ROMANIA – The Garden of Europe…..

by Charlie Ottley (Travel Channel)

7 STEPS TO REBOOT CHRISTIAN TELEVISION

Lee Grady believes the time for preaching styles like TBN's Paul Crouch (center) has passed.

Lee Grady believes the time for preaching styles like TBN’s Paul Crouch (center) has passed. (TBN/Facebook)

1. Support it with advertising, not donations. Who said Christian programming has to be donor-funded? I’d rather watch ads for steak knives or dietary supplements than endure two hours of begging—especially when the slick-haired evangelist running the telethon reminds you of a used-car salesman.

2. Prosperity preaching shouldn’t be allowed. Networks need to declare a moratorium on sermons that promise magical monetary benefits to people who “call now” to give a credit card donation. This type of merchandising of the anointing of the Holy Spirit grieves God and drags Christian TV down to the level of scam artists.

3. Preachers—and their doctrines—should be more carefully screened. Christian networks should not air programs by ministers who have questionable morals. If we wouldn’t allow that person in our church’s pulpit, why would we let them preach in front of millions on the air?

4. Donors should never be manipulated. If there is an appeal for donations, there should be no hanky-panky allowed. Don’t tell people that if they give tonight, God will give them a house. Don’t promise that God will heal their bodies if they sow a “$1,000 seed.” And don’t tell viewers that if they give in this special “Day of Atonement offering,” God will forgive their sins. This is witchcraft! Shame on any broadcaster who has allowed this garbage to deceive audiences.

5. Money should never be misused. TBN makes millions in donations every year—and the network has donated some of the funds to charitable causes. But why is it that broadcasters like Paul and Jan Crouch had to purchase lavish homes, a private jet and an enormous trailer for their dogs? Donors should demand more accountability for financial contributions.

6. It should be relevant to today’s culture. Young Christians today care about justice, world poverty and community transformation. They also want teaching on relationships, sexuality and practical discipleship. Christian TV must move beyond the talking-head style of the 1980s. If we want to appeal to young viewers, the false eyelashes, pink fright wigs and “Granny hootenanny” music will have to go.

7. Network owners should not set up broadcasting kingdoms. Some leaders in the past generation believed that ministries are like dynasties—that God expects the founder’s son to run it when he dies. But there is nothing in Scripture that even hints at ministries being passed down through family lines. God entrusts His work to faithful people—and He expects us to manage ministries with integrity, humility and accountability. Many of the disasters we have seen in American televangelism occurred because men thought they could take ownership of the work of God.

READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.charismamag.com/blogs/fire-in-my-bones/19293-it-s-time-to-reboot-christian-television

Christianity is ‘most persecuted religion’…..

“…one Christian is killed every 11 minutes!”

The Bishop Moussa Coptic Church in Minya was destroyted by pro-Morsi supporters in Egypt, many of whom blamed Christians for his overthrow.

Photo: David Degner, Getty Images

The plight of Christians around the world was discussed in a three-hour debate at the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday.

Members of the House of Commons were told that the persecution of Christians is increasing, that one Christian is killed around every 11 minutes around the world, and that Christianity is the “most persecuted religion globally”.

A long list of countries in which life as a Christian is most difficult was discussed, including Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, Nigeria, Iraq and Egypt.

MP Jim Shannon said the persecution of Christians is “the biggest story in the world that has never been told”.

He said that although the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there are many countries in which these rights are not given.

Shannon alleged that 200 million Christians will be persecuted for their faith this year, while he said that 500 million live in “dangerous neighbourhoods”.

READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2013/11/2859955/

LA MULTI ANI, ROMANIA…..!

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…….Pe Burebista l-au trădat oamenii de lângă el, pe Vlad  Țepeș l-a bătut Ștefan cel Mare (și l-am făcut sfânt pentru asta), pe Mihai Viteazul l-am trădat și nici nu l-am îngropat după ce i-am tăiat capul. Au făcut-o niște sârbi cucernici. Pe Horea, Cloșca și Crișan i-au trădat țăranii frumoși ai lui Coșbuc pentru 300 de lei. Apoi s-au dus să vadă cum îi ciopârțesc cu securile. Și pe Brâncoveanu l-am vândut la Istanbul.

Avem și istorie. Sabia lui Ștefan e la turci, tezaurul la Moscova, bogățiile bisericii la muntele Athos și intelectualii în America……..

…..Pe noi nu ne-a bătut nimeni, niciodată. Ne-am bătut singuri……

CITITI ARTICOLUL IN INTREGIME: http://www.ciresarii.ro/index.php/la-multi-ani-romania-vladimir-pustan/

Pastor Commits Suicide While Congregation Waits for Him to Preach

Pastor Commits Suicide While Congregation Waits for Him to Preach

Rev. Teddy Parker, 42, of Macon, Ga., died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the driveway of his home while his 800-member church and his family waited for him to show up to preach on Sunday morning. Parker was pastor at Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church in Macon and a father of two.

“It’s hard to be honest. It’s difficult for some preachers to be honest. Every pastor needs a pastor to kind of lead and guide them. But it’s hard for us to really find that relationship because often pastors are trying to compete with or cremate you. And so it’s difficult to find camaraderie.”

READ FULL ARTICLE: http://tinyurl.com/mfmn2rl 

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LUPTA CU INERTIA…..de Nicolae Geanta

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“Trăim într-o societate în care prea mulţi nu sfârşesc cu happy-end. Unde, foarte, foarte mulţi se dau bătuţi. Familii tinere eşuate, avorturi, divorţuri, suicid, biserici care se închid. La început scântei, flăcări, dinamism. Apoi, tăcere…  O lume înfrântă. A oamenilor cu capul plecat. Şi cu spinarea cocoşată. Preoţi ce fac slujbe în biserici goale. Pastori puşi în ţarc de către comitete de soţii, de biserici, de fraţi. Creştini ce nu-L mai vestesc pe Isus, pentru că de ani întregi nu s-a mai pocăit nimeni. Biserici fără seri de evanghelizare, cu predici sterpe şi cântări pe trei beregăţi. Oameni ce nu se mai roagă pentru bolnavi, nu-şi mai binecuvântează copiii. Şi unii nu mai cred în darurile Duhului Sfânt. Creştini ce-au lăsat armele-n rastel. Neutilizate, sunt pline de rugină… Cum să mai tragă, cum să mai ocheşti cu ele?

”Pământul nu-i numai un câmp de luptă între bine şi rău, între Dumnezeu şi satana, ci şi între somn şi nesomn, între întinsul pe saltele comode şi întinsul pe crucea Golgotei”, scria Dani Surducan. Creştinii au de luptat pe toate fronturile. De la est la vest, din nord în sud, duc un „război nevăzut”, cum spune Sfântul Nicodim Aghioritul. ”Nu cu carnea, ci cu domniile, cu căpeteniile, cu stăpânitorii întunericului”, cum zice Sfântul Apostol Pavel. Cu diavolii, cu plăcerile, cu ispitele, cu secularismul, cu ateii. Cu mândria, cu egoismul, cu ura, cu nepotismul, cu predicile searbăde, ”cu capetele-nguste şi inimile seci”, vorba lui Eminescu.

Nelegiuirea nu a ieşit la paradă cu papuci de casă şi nici legată cu sorţ în faţă, ca o baby-sitter. Ci, cu panzere ce trec prin zid şi sârmă ghimpată. Avem de luptat cu moda, dar şi cu nesmerenia, cu necititul Bibliei, dar şi cu Internetul, cu lenea, dar şi cu lăcomia, cu Moş Crăciun, dar şi cu Iepurele de Paşti, cu minciuna dar și cu nepăsarea, cu mândria dar şi cu ruşinea, cu cei ce moţăie-n strana bisericii dar şi cu cei ce se-mpotrivesc (cu contriştii, cu cusurgii prin vocaţie), cu falsa performanţă dar şi cu falsa cultură…

Biserica nu poate îmbrăca liniştită pijamalele apoi să tragă jaluzelele şi cu perna sub cap să cadă-n contemplare, în timp ce dracu’ îşi face de cap afară, zvârlind în tineri cu etnobotanice, seringi, ţuică, bere gratis, manele, reviste porno, vopsele, blugi rupţi, Halloween şi Valentine’s day. Dacă va aţâpi pe perna cu miresme de rai fals, trezirea din somn va fi asemeni experienţei unui candidat la Cotroceni, care s-a culcat preşedinte şi s-a sculat prostănac. ”Somnul raţiunii naşte monştrii”, spunea Goya.

Sinospsis-ul de faţă, nu îşi propune să arunce gloanţe savante şi ghiulule intelectuale, căci cu ciocanul logicii nu poţi fărâma inimile de piatră. Am scris cu dragoste, am scris cu pasiune, am scris c-o niagară de mânie sfântă, deoarece, din spatele tranşeelor, văd cum pe mijlocul străzii, geniile nefaste ale „lumii fără Dumnezeu” suflă ameninţare. „Luptaţi să nu ajungeţi în mână la vrăjmaş / Şi-ajunge, nu-i daţi sprijin în lupta lui vicleană, / Păstraţi-vă şi scutul şi spada de ostaş / ’nălţând solia sfântă, şi-n tabăra duşmană!” (Traian Dorz).

Biserica să coboare din paturi. Lupta se dă în arene!”

 

 “Aştept o biserică în care fraţii să nu mai stea unul aici, şi altul… hăt-colo, învăluiţi în dragoste de arici. Fiindcă aricii, şi când se iubesc, tot se înţeapă.

Aştept o biserică în care credincioşii să nu se mai ghideze după cum le dictează spiritul epocii, căci moravurile se domesticesc, însă desprind declinul spiritului ecleziastic.
Aştept o biserică în care Comitetele să nu mai fie „asociaţii familiale”, fiindcă Dumnezeu în cer strigă la catalog doar fiii, nu şi nepoţi.
Aştept o biserică fără Hopa-Mitică. Altfel, unii vor trage sforile, ceilalţi vor dansa.
Aştept o biserică în care copilul săracului să nu mai vină cu teneşii rupţi şi tricoul ciuruit la liturghii, în timp ce garderobele surorilor „cu mână”, se schimbă în fiecare sabat.
Aştept o biserică în care la sfârşitul predicii fraţii să n-o mai taie ghiulea la maşini. Pentru că parcarea nu-i costă nimic. Dar nici zâmbetele ce-ar putea să le ofere.
Aştept o biserică în care, după program, fraţii să se-mbrăţişeze, să-şi strângă mâinile să se sărute, să se mărturisească. Căci confesionalul de azi a ajuns treptat ca ghilotina de descărcare a conştiinţei în faţa unui funcţionar ce nu înţelege dramele ce-i ajung la urechi.
Aştept o biserică în care fraţii să nu se mai certe dacă Masa Domnului se ia cu pâine dospită sau nedospită. Pentru că nu compoziţia pâinii o are în vedere Dumnezeu la Cină, ci curăţia cugetelor ce vin să se-mpărtăşească împreună cu El.
Aştept o biserică în care fraţii din dispora să-şi neglijeze mai puţin adunările natale. Pentru ca atunci când se vor întoarce, să nu mai fie întâmpinaţi cu preşuri, sobe care scot fum, scaune care scârţâie şi becuri chioare, iar dânşilor să nu le mai placă.
Aştept o biserică în care pocăiţii să nu mai migreze, deoarece tradiţiile impuse de cei ce conduc slujbele au uscat atmosfera sfântă,
Aştept o biserică în care fraţii să nu se mai ostenească în lucrări telurice, ci la rugăciuni. Fiindcă pe diavol nu-l sperie transpiraţia noastră, ci rugăciunea.
Aştept o biserică în care să nu mai fiu „ars” ori pălmuit de fraţi. Pentru că oricât de groşi aş avea obrajii, asprimea loviturii îmi zdruncină rărunchii. Şi (poate), credinţa.”

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS…….

Each of us has etched in our minds a very personal picture of where we want to be at age 30, 40, 50, 60. Our images are drawn with the greatest of expectations. However, sometimes our plans and expectations fall short of picture perfect. How do we construct and adopt realistic, yet GREAT, expectations? 

In this series, we’ll take an in-depth look at expectations in marriage, friendships, the marketplace, and our communities.

1). Great Expectations: MARRIAGE

Dr. Don Wilson  on 03 November 2013

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2). Great Expectations: FRIENDSHIP

Dr. Mark Moore on 10 November 2013

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When no more “Fight” is left in you, just…Stand!!!

Wonderful message delivered by Pastor Loran Livingston on October 27, 2013.

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HOW THE BIBLE IS MISINTERPRETED…..

“When I walked away from the church into the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community, it was because I felt like they offered a more appealing, better-tasting, longer-lasting love. At church, I couldn’t wrestle with my sexual identity because of the shame and fear of rejection.

But the LGBT community offered something different.” (????????….)

READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.foursquare.org/news/article/showing_gods_love_to_the_lgbt_community_stephanie_singer

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3 SIMPLE STEPS TO HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD…

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One word from God will change your life forever! God desires to speak to us. The real issue is whether or not we have learned to hear Him when He speaks.

The Bible is filled with stories of people just like you and me who heard God speak to them, and their lives were changed. Remember how God spoke to Joseph through a dream, to Moses as a friend, to Balaam through a donkey, to Esther through her cousin, and to Paul through a vision?…….

These three focuses also apply to hearing the voice of God.

1 – The Foundation

The foundation of listening to God is obeying the Scriptures. …..

2 – Inside

God also speaks to us on the inside…….

3 – Outside

God also speaks to us from outside of ourselves….. 

When God spoke to me yesterday through the prophet, I immediately made sure it aligned with the three lighthouses: the Scriptures, God speaking inside, and God speaking outside. I had peace inside and the prophecy lined up with the scriptures so I can “take it to the bank!” And so can you as you follow these three simple steps to hearing His voice!

READ FULL ARTICLEhttp://www.dcfi.org/2013/10/3-simple-steps-to-hearing-the-voice-of-god/

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THE TOMORROW PROJECT…

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13

“Right now, everywhere you look the RFID microchip is calling the shots. Obviously, your car is filled with them, but did you also know that washers and dryerscoffee makerslampsdoorknobs and nearly everything run on electricity are now RFID enabled? This is being done to create a system that can include you, or lock you out. Participation in this exclusive club will require you willingly recieve the Mark of the Beast. Neutrality will not be allowed….”

READ FULL ARTICLE: http://beforeitsnews.com/science-and-technology/2013/10/intel-labs-creating-implantable-mark-of-the-beast-mind-control-processor-chip-2648564.html

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40TH ANNIVERSARY – PHILADELPHIA ROMANIAN CHURCH CHICAGO

PROGRAMUL ZILELOR DE SARBATOARE

Vineri, Octombrie 25 @7:00PM:

Participa: Corul de Fete Elim, Fanfara Biserica Golgotha, Corul Barbatesc Betania

Cuvant de Salut: Rev. Costica Hrisca, Rev. David Magdut, Rev. Sorin Puha, Rev. Marinel Cornea

Mesaj: Pastor Deliu Ionut, Biserica Baptista

Mesaj: Pastor Cristian Ionescu, Biserica Elim

Sambata Seara, Octombrie 26 

Worship: 7:38 Band

Corul de Tineri Mesaj: Pastor Dr. Tony Lane, Administrative Bishop COGRTO

Duminica, Octombrie 27

Dimineata 9:30AM

Mesaj: Pastor Dr. John Tipei, Nashville, TN

Mesaj Pastor Dr. Moise Gaode, Sacramento, CA

Masa de Dragoste

Seara 6:00PM

Participa: Oficialitati – Consul, Guvernator Illinois

Mesaj: Pastor Petrica Lascau, Phoenix, AZ

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Distinguish between the sweat of the flesh and the dew of heaven…

Fire in My Bones, by J. Lee Grady

Do you trust the Holy Spirit to work in you, or do you lean on the flesh? Do you have the precious dew of His miraculous anointing on your life, or have you manufactured a cheap form of human moisture to do the job?

As I have prayed for more anointing in my life, I’ve realized that we often mistake fake anointing for the real thing. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:

 

The anointing isn’t in numbers….

The anointing isn’t in eloquence….

The anointing isn’t in looks….

The anointing isn’t in technology….

The anointing isn’t in emotionalism.

The anointing isn’t in contrived manifestations….

 

http://www.charismamag.com/blogs/fire-in-my-bones/14207-dont-settle-for-a-fake-anointing

 

 

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Children: Between Life and Death

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As a father of three young children I shutter when I read things like this in the Bible.

“They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.”  Jer 7:31

“And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?”  Ez 16:20-21

“And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.”  2 Kings 17:17

So great was the idolatry of Israel that they have resorted to child sacrifices to appease Molek and other gods…

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Save the Princess

Fighting for our loved one will save the kingdom!!!

addarnell's avatarAaron Darnell

I love movies.

I especially love classic, Disney cartoons. I love sharing those films with younger generations. I introduced my 2 year old nephew to “Dumbo” and now he’s hooked. Despite the lack of computer animation, the stories touch the heart and give the viewer a strong dose of faith and hope.

My absolute favorite Disney movie of all time is Sleeping Beauty. I love the story, the artwork, the music, and the adventure.

I’ve come to appreciate it even more as I’ve grown older.

I will never face a dragon. I will most likely never chop my way through a thorny forest to save a princess. I will never wear a princely cape.

But I will face insurmountable odds. I will have to rescue and protect the people I love.

Sometimes, we forget that the battle is real because its disguised as ordinary, every day life.

The dragon may…

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“Abomination of Desolation…” Beware Of False Prophets !!! PART II

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New Light Christian Church | I.V. Hilliard Prosperity Gospel Word of Faith Apostasy

…… church members were also warned:

(Don’t be afraid to give cash, that’s why we put it at the top of the list and if you’re giving a designer handbag, no knock-offs. Pastor Bridget deserves genuine Gucci. We’ll be checking for authenticity and we wouldn’t want to embarrass you in front of all the other church members).

 
If for some reason you are unable to attend you are welcome to mail your gift to:
Dr. (honorary) Bridget E. Hilliard
—-address removed—-
P.O. Box 306
Spring, Texas 77373
Her birthday is March 12th which is a Sunday so be sure to get your gift in the mail in plenty of time for it to arrive by Saturday March 11th.

 
We look forward to seeing you (or your gift) at the event! 

New Light Christian Church | Helicopter Seed Money Prosperity Gospel Word of Faith Apostasy

http://beginningandend.com/millionaire-pastor-i-v-hilliard-asks-church-for-52-favor-seed-to-upgrade-helicopter/

I JUST RECEIVED FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS THIS LINK:

http://blogs.christianpost.com/ridiculous-reads/10-crazy-quotes-from-televangelists-17444/

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