Textul de mai jos a fost publicat în numărul 110, din 15 iulie 2001 al revistei SSJ.

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Inauguram in acest numar al jurnalului nostru un serial in care vom aduce inaintea cititorilor nostri, multi dintre ei tineri si fara amintiri prea clare despre conditia crestinului sub comunism, un set de documente si marturii despre acea vreme de trista amintire, dar si de eroism veritabil.

“Explorări în tradiţia biblică românească” Citeşte mai departe…

Emanuel Contac anunta pe blogul sau cea mai recenta initiativa a

Centrului de Studii Biblico-Filologice „Monumenta linguae Dacoromanorum” (MLD)

din cadrul Universitatii Al. I Cuza din Iasi, initiat si condus de Profesorul Eugen Munteanu. Este vorba de seminarul cu titlul

Brian McLaren, the unofficial spokesperson of the emergent movement is launching tomorrow, 9 February 2009, his new book A New Kind of Christianity. Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith. (I presented above the cover of the American version, that I like better than the British one).

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air.

Florin Paladie studied theology at Emanuel University in Oradea. He lives now in the States, He has an interest in philosophical theology and holds a blog, Theological perspective (I would call it rather ‘perspectives’) where he publishes every week a text that tries to stimulate reflection and interaction on rather uncomfortable themes.

Pitt Popovici si Pavel Nicolescu la Oradea
(fotografie preluata de pe blogul Dezvaluiri al lui Daniel Branzai)

L-am cunoscut pe Pavel Nicolescu în contextul mişcărilor revendicative ale baptiştilor legate de libertatea religioasă la mijlocul anilor 1970. Mi-a plăcut enorm de mult mintea lui strălucită, pasiunea lui pentru Cristos şi, de ce să nu spun, radicalismul lui politic, foarte diferit de angajarea foarte calculată a lui Iosif Ţon, pe care cu toţii, inclusiv Pavel, îl consideram atunci mentorul nostru. De asemenea, veneam amândoi din mediul creştin după Evanghelie.

In May 2009 we were launching in Cluj the Romanian translation of Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism. in the presence of one of the authors, my friend Dr. Bradley Nassif, Professor at North Park University in Chicago. To my joy, the 500 copies we have printed have been sold out in less than four months and we are now discussing about a new print run and a revised edition. It was the fulfilment of part of my dream to create the conditions for initiating a theological dialogue between Evangelicals and the Orthodox in Romania.

As I was explaining on a previous post on this blog, during that visit in Romania, Dr. Nassif told me for the first time about The Way, an Orthodox adult catechism that was reinventing for the eastern context the approach of the Alpha Course, that was so successful in Protestant and Catholic contexts.

Genovieva Sfatcu in 1976

Acest text a aparut pentru prima data in numarul 130, din 1 aprilie 2002 al SSJ.

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Documentul prezentat mai jos se refera la unul dintre momentele dificile din viata Bisericii baptiste din Iasi, in perioada dictaturii comuniste.

Dr. Roman Soloviy is President of the Lviv Theological Seminary, an Evangelical school in Ukraine.

Two years ago, Dr Soloviy initiated a research project entitled ”The Church in a Postmodern World: Urban Missions in the Post-Soviet Context’. I think this is a very relevant topic also for Romania. That is why I want to give below a few details about it.

István Kallós, redactor la Radio Timisoara, realizeaza saptaminal emisiunea ‘Tableta spirituala‘. Acum emisiunea are propriul ei site internet, unde pot fi ascultate toate cele 137 de editii inregistrate pina in prezent.

Iata cum este descris acest proiect de catre realizatorul sau:

Josephine Elizabeth Butler

Described by contemporaries as “touched with genius” and “the most distinguished woman of the Nineteenth Century,” Josephine Butler launched the first international anti-trafficking movement on behalf of prostituted women. Born into the prominent family of John Grey, a slavery abolitionist and cousin to a prime minister, Josephine was raised in a household that was politically influential, deeply religious, and characterized by a sense of social responsibility and “fiery hatred of injustice.” In 1852 she married George Butler, a respected scholar and cleric. The death of their only daughter, Eva, in 1863, led Butler to seek solace by ministering to people with pain greater than her own.

Textul de mai jos a fost publicat in numarul 128, din 5 martie 2002 si numarul 129, din 19 martie, 2002 al SSJ.

Documentul pe care il dam acum pentru prima data publicitatii a aparut la Iasi in toamna anului 1978. El a fost conceput de catre Danut Manastireanu si a fost trimis Uniunii Baptiste, insotit de o lista cu citeva zeci de semnaturi, mai ales ale unor tineri, dar si ale altor membri ai Bisericii baptiste in Iasi.

Mark Galli is a Christian author, former Presbyterian minister and managing editor at Christianity Today. He holds there a biweekly online column called SoulWork. His latest book is titled Jesus Mean and Wild: The Unexpected Love of an Untamable God.

Marks writing is crisp and often surprising. He always has an edge, like any good prophet.

Un preot catolic, un pastor reformat si un rabin vor sa afle care e cel mai bun īn meseria sa. Se duc īn padure, īsi aleg cāte un urs si īncearca sa-l converteasca.
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