vineri, 13 septembrie 2019 Premieră: CEDO condamnă Norvegia pentru copiii luați de lângă familii. Barnevernetul, acuzat că încalcă drepturile mamei Cea mai importantă instanță din domeniul drepturilor omului din Europa a decis marți că Barnevernet, controversata agenție norvegiană de servicii… Read More ›
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Suie-te aici! – Încă un pas în Apocalipsa
Știam că cea mai grea trecere este de la primele 3 capitole la capitolele 4 și 5 ale cărții. Nu știam însă ca va fi așa de frumos! Așa de fascinant! Așa de înălțător! Nu îndrăznesc să cred că voi… Read More ›
Să cumpere toată țara!!! Așa vor ajunge toți românii să trăiască în Anglia!
SI TOTUSI, CE JOCURI FACE PRINTUL CHARLES IN PADURILE DIN ROMANIA? 30 comentarii / 173126 vizualizări / 28 iulie 2015 Sunt doar niște miliardari interesați de sănătatea planetei? Ori în spatele filantropiei lor se ascund interese financiare pe termen lung, care scapă,… Read More ›
Sorin Sabou – un articol pentru păstori
Stimați colegi, Vă trimit mai jos un link despre un material pentru care sunt recunoscător lui Dumnezeu. Sper să vă fie și vouă de folos! Binecuvântări tuturor! Sorin Sabou https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2019/august-web-exclusives/bonhoeffer-convinced-me-to-abandon-my-dream.html
The Second Great Awakening in America
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800, and after 1820 membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. It was past its peak by the 1840s. It has been described as a reaction against skepticism, deism, and rational Christianity, although why those forces became pressing enough at the time to spark revivals is not fully understood.[1] It enrolled millions of new members in existing evangelical denominations and led to the formation of new denominations. Many converts believed that the Awakening heralded a new millennial age. The Second Great Awakening stimulated the establishment of many reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society before the anticipated Second Coming of Jesus Christ.[2] People at the time talked about the Awakening; historians named the Second Great Awakening in the context of the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and ’40s and of the Third Great Awakening of the late 1850s to early 1900s. During the Second Great Awakening, the number of local churches rose sharply.[3] Spread of revivals Background The second Great Awakening occurred in several episodes and over different denominations, however the revivals were very similar.[4] As the most effective form of evangelizing during this period revival meetings cut across geographical boundaries,[5] and the movement quickly spread throughout Kentucky, Tennessee and southern Ohio. Each denomination had assets that allowed it to thrive on the frontier. The Methodists had an efficient organization that depended on itinerant ministers, known as circuit riders, who sought out people in remote frontier locations. The circuit riders came from among the common people, which helped them establish rapport with the frontier families they hoped to convert. Theology The underlying theology, which dominated American Protestantism in the first half of the 19th century was Postmillennialism. It is the belief that Christ will return to earth after the millennium ( either a literal 1000 years or a figurative “long period” of peace and happiness). It is the duty of the Christian to purify society in preparation for that return. Randall et al. argue, “The belief that a religious revival and the resulting improvement in human faith and morals would eventually usher in a thousand years of peace and justice antecedent to the Second Coming of Christ was an impetus to the promotion of Progressive reforms, as historians have frequently pointed out.” [6] During the Second Great Awakening of the 1830s, some divines expected the millennium to arrive in a few years. By the 1840s, however, the great day had receded to the distant future, and post-millennialism became the religious dimension of the broader American middle-class ideology of steady moral and material progress.[6] Burned-over district In the early nineteenth century, upstate New York was called the “burned-over district” because of the numerous revivals that crisscrossed the region.[7][8] Charles Finney, a leading revivalist active in the area, coined the term. West and Tidewater South On the American Frontier, evangelical denominations sent missionary preachers and exhorters out to the people in the backcountry, which supported the growth of membership among Methodists and Baptists. Revivalists’ techniques were based on the camp meeting, with its Scottish Presbyterian roots. Most of the Scots-Irish immigrants before the American Revolutionary War settled in the backcountry of Pennsylvania and down the spine of the Appalachian Mountains.[9] These denominations were based on an interpretation of man’s spiritual equality before God, which led them to recruit members and preachers from a wide range of classes and all races. Baptists and Methodist revivals were successful in some parts of the Tidewater in the South, where an increasing number of common planters, plain folk, and slaves were converted. West In the newly settled frontier regions, the revival was implemented through camp meetings. These often provided the first encounter for some settlers with organized religion, and they were important as social venues. The camp meeting was a religious service of several days’ length with multiple preachers. Settlers in thinly populated areas gathered at the camp meeting for fellowship as well as worship. The sheer exhilaration of participating in a religious revival with crowds of hundreds and perhaps thousands of people inspired the dancing, shouting, and singing associated with these events. The revivals followed an arc of great emotional power, with an emphasis of the individual’s sins and need to turn to Christ, restored by a sense of personal salvation. Upon their return home, most converts joined or created small local churches, which grew rapidly.[10] One of the early camp meetings took place in July 1800 at Gasper River Church in southwestern Kentucky. A much larger gathering was held at Cane Ridge, Kentucky in 1801, attracting perhaps as many as 20,000 people. Numerous Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist ministers participated in the services. Thanks to such leaders as Barton W. Stone (1772–1844) and Alexander Campbell (1788–1866), the camp meeting revival became a major mode of church expansion for the Methodists and Baptists.[11]… Read More ›
Horia-Roman Patapievici: România este în cea mai bună situaţie istorică din ultimii 500 de ani – ILD
Raluca Ion, Gândul: Aţi lansat la Humanitas un volum, scris împreună cu Andrei Pleşu şi Gabriel Liiceanu, „O idee care ne suceşte minţile”. Care este această idee? Ideea care suceşte minţile este comunismul şi problema ideii care suceşte minţile nu… Read More ›
Primul interviu al Asiei Bibi după ce a părăsit Pakistanul
by Poteraș Ionuț Asia Bibi, o creştină pakistaneză care a stat în închisoare aproape un deceniu aşteptându-şi execuţia, după ce a fost condamnată pentru blasfemie, a vorbit pentru prima dată de când a părăsit Pakistanul şi a primit azil în Canada…. Read More ›