Saturday, April 16, 2011

International Day of Prayer for Turkey on April 18

Please forward this letter from the Alliance of Protestant Churches (Turkey) to other Christians & churches you know as we seek the prayers of multitudes.



From the body of Christ in Turkey, to our holy and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ around the world, grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We are writing to you from Turkey - from the land of Noah, of Abraham, of Paul, of Mt. Ararat and Harran, of Antioch, Ephesus, Galatia and the Seven Churches of Revelation...... Yet today in our land of 72 million, which is 99.8% Muslim, the size of Christ's flock is only a handful. We are writing to ask, indeed to plead for your prayers.

As Turkish Christians we love our country very much. Pray for God's will to be done, and for His Kingdom to come! Pray that the Lord's hand will be with us and a great number of people will believe and turn to the Lord.

We, the church in Turkey, have invited the worldwide church to pray for the land and the church of Turkey this day, April 18. We ask you at your church to pray for us, joining the prayers of millions around the globe. April 18 is when back in 2007 three of brothers were murdered brutally for their faith, the first martyrs of the modern Turkish church.

We are praying for you, and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding and we beg you brothers .

Pray for us! The God of peace be with you all. Amen.

2 Corinthians 1: 11 "You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.

On behalf of the body of Christ in Turkey
Alliance of Protestant Churches (Turkey)

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Welcome to Noah's family, Neandertal!

Biblical creationists have long taught that Neandertals were fully human descendants of Noah who lived alongside other men during the post-Flood Ice Age.

Recent evidence confirms this view. Fossilized Neandertal teeth from Belgium and Iraq have been found with grain starch on them.“Stone Age” grinding tools have also been discovered along with hundreds of starch grains in various stages of processing, from a variety of plants.3 It has also been determined that Neandertals made colorful jewelry out of seashells.4

What do these recent findings prove? First, Neandertal was fully human. Second, he is related to people living in Eurasia today. Third, "Neandertals" interbred with modern humans.”5 Therefore they cannot be distinguished as some kind of non-humans. They were not "Nendertals", they were fully human beings recently created in the image of God!

(excerpted from Brian Thomas, Identifying Neandertal Man, Acts & Facts March 2011, Institute for Creation Research)

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References (selected)

1. Morris, J. 1997. Is Neanderthal in Our Family Tree? Acts & Facts. 26 (9).

2. Said, S. Study: Neanderthals cooked, ate vegetables. CNN. Posted on cnn.com December 29, 2010, accessed January 11, 2011.

3. Revedin, A. et al. 2010. Thirty thousand-year-old evidence of plant food processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (44): 18815-18819.

4. Viegas, J. Prehistoric Jewelry Reveals Neanderthal Fashion Sense. Discovery News. Posted on news.discovery.com January 8, 2010, accessed January 13, 2010.
 
5. Sarfati, J. 2011. Corals, Genes, and Creation. Creation. 33 (1): 54

Albanian Church Service in Philadelphia

From ministry reports of the Albanian immigrant gospel team in Philadelphia USA:

February 15th: "This Sunday, February 20th, will be a pretty exciting day for us. After a few years of praying, planning, lots of relationships and lots of activity we will be launching weekly worship services in Albanian. Frankly it is hard to believe. Three years ago we would have laughed at the thought. Often it was just my ministry partner and I and a handful of Albanians. At times it was just the two of us forced to pray as no one showed up."

March 7th: "Our last two services have gone well. We are getting around 30 coming each week and we are encouraged. They are inviting friends and beginning to develop a commitment to coming each week, an idea totally foreign to them before. Thank you for your prayers and support. We are thankful to God for the opportunity to herald the good news to this community. We are even more thankful that He will build His church."

(Horizons International newsletter, April 2011)

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