Cristian Barbosu is pastor of Harvest Metanoia (Biserica Metanoia) churches in Arad and Braila, Romania. These churches partner with Harvest Bible Fellowship, a church planting arm of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, IL. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife Anne have two daughters.
Visit Biserica Metanoia’s website or Harvest Bible Fellowship’s website.
This message was given at Moody Bible Institute’s Founders’ Week 2011:
Why are more and more Christians ashamed of the Bible?
You can listen to it here in mp3 format. (From Moody Radio Chicago WMBI 90.1 FM)
source – Today in the Word Moody Radio Broadcasting.
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In Limba Romana – Notitele originale in format pdf se gasesc aici si aici (Limba Engleza). Dar, pentru fratii si surorile Romani am copiat aici pe pagina mea ca sa puteti traduce folosind google tranlsate la mine pe pagin in dreapta, sub icoana cu stegulete.
Pt predici in Limba Romana de Cristian Barbosu faceti click aici. Predica la Oradea Feb 2011 – La Bis. Penticostala Betel – Ce vrea Dumnezeu sa stiu de suferintele din viata mea – Transformari la Tirgu Mures, Conferinta Peniel 2010.
English – The original notes pdf links are here and here. For the benefit of my Romanian brothers and siters I cut & pasted it here so you can use Google translate in my sidebar in order to translate these notes.
Background on Corinth
“Anybody who wanted to become a somebody especially in Corinth aspired to be trained and accepted by the Sophists.” – Bruce Winter
“The Sophists were the idols, the Hollywood stars, everyone wanted to be like them in appearance. Appearance to them was a big deal.”
The Sophists: were the wise ones. They had the look. They had the walk. They had the talk. “To handle well the art of rhetoric in the Greco Roman world was the equivalent of a PhD from Harvard or Cambridge in our world.”
“Aris or Aristas there was rivalry between these people, that‟s why there was much pride attached to being a disciple of a Sophist. Followership was the key word in the Sophist movement. Becoming a disciple of Sophists was to imitate him in every aspect of his life.
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