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Russia's Proposed Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church
Christianity Today ^
| 6/29/2016
| Kate Shellnutt
Posted on 07/05/2016 7:26:07 AM PDT by Sam's Army
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
It is in our local newspaper and came from the FREEDOM from RELIGION PEOPLE.In MY 'local paper' (lapdog of the great GANNETT corporation) these are the same group!
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posted on
07/06/2016 4:57:40 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
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posted on
07/06/2016 6:09:45 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: Elsie
Many local Christian perceive the the whole of American preaching like that:
A link
And they don't like that.
To: Elsie
This is
a live record of a Russian Protestant church's prayer meeting from the city of Tambov (not a large city). I guess that while you don't understand the language you can grasp atmosphere. It's nothing like
the first (American) video.
To: Freelance Warrior
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posted on
07/06/2016 2:47:47 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Freelance Warrior
It's nothing like the first (American) video. I should HOPE!!!
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posted on
07/06/2016 2:48:24 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Freelance Warrior
I was encouraged by the youthfulness of the congregation!
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posted on
07/06/2016 2:50:16 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
That's the Russian religious folk's idea of the American-style preaching. Every existing American church or, especially, cult came to prozelitise in Russia immediately after the USSR's fall. After several years the nuts were tightened and nobody here complained -they had been so fed-up.
For a Russian Christian even referring to Lord Jesus Christ as simply 'Jesus', as it's done in the USA, is semi-blasphemous. They may refer to him as 'Christos' (Christ) but never as 'Jesus'.
A sermon for Russian must be more solemn than the usual American "Jesus loves you, wow!"
As for the bill itself: even the Russian Orthodox Church - de facto the established Church in Russia, opposes it.
To: Freelance Warrior
They may refer to him as 'Christos' (Christ) but never as 'Jesus'.HMMMmmm...
Matthew 1:21
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
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posted on
07/07/2016 1:53:17 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
This scripture - a part of the annunciation speech to Joseph, 'you'll name him 'Jesus' when she gives birth'.
This wasn't an instruction to the general public on how to address the Lord in communication.
On sharing this information I didn't try to assert the correct way to address Lord, but to show the Russian Christians' cultural habits. The British having met their Queen wouldn't tell her: 'How you doin' Betty?' for the same reason.
That's a reason why the direct translation of an American sermon can be received coldly in Russia.
To: Freelance Warrior
Ah...
I see the difference.
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posted on
07/08/2016 4:37:57 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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