Month: July 2018

Rain and flooding

Rain and flooding

Christian
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During the course fo last week there has been heavy rain especially in the western parts of Japan. The rains lead to flooding, mudslides in many areas. In our area the rain has not been much more than You would expect from a usual “Tsuyu”-month, but the western and southern regions have been hit by unusually heavy rains. In many areas there has been flooding, many people died, many are still unaccounted for.

 

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Please pray for the families, who lost everything due to flooding and have to rebuild their lives now. Please pray that they find Jesus, who is able to give hope and strength, even in hopeless situations as these.

 
 
 
 

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Please pray for the families who lost loved ones, that they may find time to grief. Please pray that they find Jesus, who can give comfort, even in dark hours like these.

Please pray that the people who are still unaccounted for survive this disaster, so that they will have another chance to start a relationship with Jesus Christ, who is able to help to cope, even with trauma like this.

Please pray for Japan.

Bethel’s theology in the light of Scripture

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Bethel Church in Redding California, most of us probably already heard about this church. Weekly sermon Podcasts, online viewable video testimonies, worship sessions and seminars, viewable via livestream or later on demand are ways in which not only the person participating in the events at Bethel Church on campus but also the person connected via the Internet can receive professionally designed resources of inspiring sermons, so You can witness and become part of a church culture of expecting the supernatural works of Jesus through the Holy Spirit and encouraging the listener to expect more from Jesus. I myself have been listening to their Podcast for a long time and have received encouragement, have been challenged and even rebuked in some areas of my walk with Jesus Christ.

“Don’t eat the bones” – is a sentence Bill Johnson sometimes uses when talking about his won sermons or about what is happening in his movement originating from Bethel Church. The hearer is thus encouraged to reflect biblically about what he/she heard and keep only that which is good, als Paul also writes in his first letter to the Thessalonians. I recently stumbled upon the video embedded below and it contains – in my opinion – a fine reflection on the teachings and practices originating from Bethel Church. Not judging the whole movement or single persons, not gossiping, but using the sharp edge of the word of God to discern what is being said. I can recommend everyone who would like to have some theological perspective on the teachings from Bethel Church while enjoying their resources. Also I can recommend it to anyone who want’s to have some light shed on those moments while You ask Yourself how a certain claim or teaching can be derived from scripture.

As with everything, also about this video Paul’s words speak to us when he writes: “test them all; hold on to what is good”(1. Thess 5,21).