Vaasan Raamattu Puhuu seurakunta järjestää teologista opetusta seminaarissa, jonka teemana Seurakunta ja tulevaisuus. Seminaarin ajankohta on 31.10 - 3.11.2013.
Teemaseminaari on laadittu kahden tärkeän opin ympärille, oppi seurakunnasta ja oppi viimeisistä tapahtumista. Nämä opit liittyvät toisiinsa oleellisesti. Erityisesti nämä teemat kytkeytyvät yhteen nykyaikana, koska monet ajan merkit viittaavat Kristuksen pikaiseen paluuseen.
Jos kiinnoistuit, lue lisää ja ilmoittaudu mukaan seminaarisivuillamme osoitteessa ggwo.fi/seminaari/.
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Vaasa Greater Grace Church will host theological education in themed seminar. The theme of the seminar is The Church and the Future. Seminar will be held 31.10 - 3.11.2013.
This themed seminar is built around two important doctrines, the doctrine of the church and the doctrine of the end times. These doctrines are essentially associated with each other. They are especially connected together in these times, because many signs of the times indicate that Christ will be returning soon.
Please read more and register at ggwo.fi/seminaari/
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Greetings from Guntur, India.
Hope you are doing well. Thank you for your prayers and your love.
We are glad that the Lord has given us the wonderful opportunity of serving Him. Last week on April 22nd and 23rd we had the privilege of doing a gospel outreach in four villages. We went as a team of six members from Guntur and four people were added to our team in the village of Batluru. A former student from the orphanage by the name ‘Sivaiah’ and his wife hosted us in the village of Batluru. Sivaiah is working as a registered medical practitioner in this village.
Totally ten of us went from house to house distributing the tracts and verbally explaining the gospel to the people. We printed a new tract in Telugu which is especially targeted to people from Hindu religion, and it appeals to them, challenges their belief system and presents Jesus Christ as the answer to the problem of sin and eternal punishment.
The first day was spent wholly in the village of Batluru and we had a gospel meeting in the night in the same village. There was heavy rain in the morning and we thought that it would be a hindrance to visit every house. But God turned it into a blessing, as the people who had gone to work in the fields around the village came back to their houses and stayed there the whole day because they were unable to work when it was raining. So we had more people than usual, and we took the opportunity and did not stop visiting the houses even in the rain.
We met many people who showed an interest in Jesus Christ, many of the them responded positively. There were a few arguments with some. But overall we were glad with the experience. Some of us learnt some new things as to how to present the gospel to different people.
A person came to us and said that he wanted us to pray for him as he was suffering from a physical infirmity. We counseled him and told him that getting healed from ‘spiritual sickness’ was more important than physical healing and taught the gospel to him. In Andhra Pradesh there is a lot of emphasis on healing and miracles rather than the Truth about Jesus Christ.
After the night gospel meeting, we were invited by a higher-caste Hindu (Brahmin) family to speak in their house. About 15 people gathered in that house. They had some superstitious ideas about Jesus Christ and we corrected them and told them the true reason why Jesus had come into this world.
On the second day 23rd April we visited three villages namely ‘Gorantla’, ‘Kumparlapadu’ and ‘Rentapaalla’. This day was really hot. We went from house to house sharing the Gospel. We encountered some opposition. Some people said “We are not proclaiming our gods to you, then why are you proclaiming your God to us?” They returned back some of the tracts that we had given to them.
We thank you for letting us share our ministry experiences. We also thank you for your support and prayers and we hope that the Lord will use us together increasingly for His purposes in future.
Please pray for the ministry in Andhra Pradesh in which about 84 million people live.
66.5% of the total population (about 56 million) still lives in rural areas (villages). There are about 28,000 villages in our state. Our desire is to reach every village in the state of Andhra Pradesh with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thanking you,
In Jesus Christ,
Brother Philip Samuel.
Pastor Philip Samuel visited our church 2008. You can read about his visit in Finnish here and what he wrote then about his work in English here.
Yhteenveto suomeksi: Uutiskirje pastori Philip Samuelilta Intiasta. Pastori Philip Samuel vieraili seurakunnassamme 2008. Voit lukea hänen vierailustaan suomeksi täältä sekä täältä englanniksi mitä hän silloin kirjoitti työstään.
-Ari-
His Steps course starting Friday 26th of April
On 26th of April 7 PM we will kick off His Steps course. In this course we will go through basic and important issues of our faith and about God by discussing in groups lead by a table leader. The discussion will take place in English. The idea is to get know each other and to get know God together!
His Steps course will run four weeks on Fridays from 26.4 to 17.5.
Fri 26.4 - 7 PM - Salvation
Fri 3.5 - 7 PM- Spiritual life
Fri 10.5 - 7 PM - The Church
Fri 17.5 - 7 PM - God's call
Bible College - Philosophical Theology 17.-24.4.
Why Philosophy? Christianity is living in intellectual bankrupt. The West has turn from post-Christian secularism to postmodernism. We are living in the time of experience and in the mosaic of worldviews. Let’s build up together a Christian worldview. Let’s reason to together. It is time for tough questions and honest answers?
Course description: What is real? What is truth? What can we know? What should we believe? What should we do and why? Is there a God? Can we know him? Do Christian doctrines make sense? Can we believe without losing reason? Do I have a smart faith or have I just taken leap of the faith? These are fundamental questions that any mature Christian wants answers. These are questions that philosophical theology addresses.
Credits; 3 credits can be counted towards Bible College degree or Theology Program of Norden’s Theological Seminary.’
Teachers: Phil Norman, Tero Fredriksson
About Phil Norman: Phil Norman is an ordained pastor who has taught philosophy of religion in the Maryland Bible College and Seminary. He is one of the deep thinkers among evangelical leaders. He can be described as a no nonsense pastor because he is always ready to give honest answers to the life’s tough questions.
Textbook: Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview; J. P. Moreland, (p.368-626) or Valveilla; William Lane Craig.
17th April
17.45 – 18.30 Existence of God 1
19.00 – 20.00 Existence of God 2
19th April
17.45 – 18.30 The Scientific Method and Biblical Christianity 1
20th April
10.00 – 11.00 The Scientific Method and Biblical Christianity 2
11.00 – 12.00 What are the Fundamental Premises of the Christian Faith and How do They Compare to Other Worldviews?
12.00 – 13.00 Existence of God 3
Break
17.45 Are Naturalistic, Materialistic, Mechanistic Abiogenesis and Evolution Sufficient to Explain the Diversity and Complexity of Life? 1
19.00 Are Naturalistic, Materialistic, Mechanistic Abiogenesis and Evolution Sufficient to Explain the Diversity and Complexity of Life? 2
21st April (Ling’s restaurant)
10.00 – 11.00 Should We Believe in Miracles? How Can We Account for Divine Action in the Physical World?
11.00 – 12.00 How Can Light Travel Billions of Light Years in a Universe that is Only Thousands of Years Old?
12.00 – 13.00 Existence of God 4
22nd April
17.45 – 18.30 Existence of God 5
18.45 – 19.30 Geology and Fossilization
19.45 – 20.30 Questions and Comments
24th April
17.45 – 18.30 Christian Ethics
19.00 – 20.00 Christian Pluralism
-Ari-
Yhteenveto suomeksi:
Filosofisen teologian kurssi raamattukoulussa 17.-24.4
Pääsiäisseminaari *2013* Easter Conference 29 - 31.3.2013
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...täydellinen rakkaus karkoittaa pelon (1. Joh 4:18)
*Lataa Esite * Download Booklet (PDF)*Kristuksen täydellinen rakkaus
Pääsiäinen lähestyy, ja odotamme seminaariamme innokkaasti. Sen teemana on Kristuksen täydellinen rakkaus. Me rakastamme, sillä Hän on ensin rakastanut meitä. Täydellinen rakkaus karkoittaa meistä pelon (1.Joh 4:17-19).
Maailmantalouden heikot näkymät tuovat tullessaan epävarmoja aikoja. Poliittinen tilanne lähi-idässä on luomassa suursodan uhan. Me voimme kuitenkin luoda luottavaisen katseen kohti tulevaisuutta, koska Kristuksen rakkaus on muuttumaton. Hän on ensin rakastanut meitä, eikä Hänen rakkautensa meitä kohtaan koskaan vähene.
Pääpuhujamme on pastori Jason Moore. Hänen vastuullaan on in-reach Baltimoren seurakunnassa. In-reachin tavoite työmuotona on pitää huolta seurakuntalaisista, erityisesti uusista seurakuntalaisista. Siksi se on rakkautta käytännöllisellä tasolla. Koska meitä on rakastettu paljon, mekin voimme rakkaudella voittaa ihmisiä mukaan seurakuntaan.
Tervetuloa kuulemaan Kristuksen täydellisestä rakkaudesta kaikkia ihmisiä kohtaan.
Nähdään Vaasassa! Tervetuloa viettämään pääsiäistä Vaasaan!
Tero Fredriksson, pastori
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