Amptelike
Nuusblad : NG Kerk in Oos-Kaapland
OosKaap eNuus
Visie: Een, heilige, algemene
Christelike kerk, die gemeenskap van die heiliges
Jaargang 6 - Nommer 7
- 27 Maart 2008 - www.ngkok.co.za/enuus
Terugvoer: Werkswinkel oor Geloofsonderskeiding
in Gemeentes en Vergaderings
Oos-Kaap eNuus se tuiste op
die web
Pinksterreeks 2008 op die web beskikbaar
Getroue Getuies Werkwinkel:
19-21 Mei 2008
‘n Film oor Jesus, vertel uit
Islam-perspektief
Hierdie is so ‘n
kort vakansie-uitgawe van OosKaap eNuus
vir ‘n vinnige lees.
Terugvoer:
Werkswinkel oor Geloofsonderskeiding in Gemeentes en Vergaderings
Verlede week het 50 predikante en gemeenteleiers die werkswinkel oor
geloofsonderskeiding in Port Elizabeth bygewoon. Dit was ‘n lekker ontspanne, vervullende en
geestelik-verrykende geleentheid. Menige leier het besield teruggegaan gemeente
toe. Die kursus is deur die Begeleidingsnetwerk aangebied.
Oos-Kaap eNuus se tuiste op die web
Onthou dat alle vorige uitgawes van OosKaap eNuus op die web geplaas word by www.ngkok.co.za/enuus. Hier
kan jy ook alle uitgawes wat Vrydagnuus, enuusblad
van die Wes- en Suid-Kaapse Sinode vind.
Pinksterreeks 2008
op die web beskikbaar
Vanjaar se voorstelle vir die Pinksterreeks, wat reeds vir meer as 100 jaar
jaarliks aan predikante gestuur word, is op die web
beskikbaar. Klik hier daarvoor. Die baie aktuele tema is Families in die
kragveld van die Gees. Dr Johan Pienaar van Pretoria het die reeks geskryf.
Chris du Raan van Somerset-Oos skryf:
Die - nou amper beroemde -
toespraak van Obama in aanloop tot die Demokrate se
finale benoeming van hul presidensiële kandidaat is baie insiggewend. Veral ook
vir ons in Suid-Afrika - EN as Christene. Miskien kan jy dit beskikbaar
stel vir ons ander kollegas. Net soos jy dink. Maar dit is werklik goed.
Wel Chris, die teks wat jy
aangestuur het van die werklik boeiende en leersame toespraak, is op die web - net ‘n klikkie vêr.
Getroue Getuies
Werkwinkel: 19-21 Mei 2008
Hiermee
'n herinnering aan en uitnodiging na die 2008 werkswinkel
vir aanbieders van die kursus in verhoudings- en diensevangelisasie:
Getroue Getuies. Die doel is die opleiding van opleiers van die kursus
in gemeentes. Lees die uitnodiging
op die web vir volledige besonderhede.
‘n Film oor Jesus, vertel uit
Islam-perspektief
A new film on Jesus, told from
an Islamic perspective, has drawn mixed reactions from the Christian community
over its claim that Jesus did not die on the cross but was replaced by Judas
Iscariot.
"The Messiah" – written, produced
and directed by Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh -
was filmed in the Islamic Republic of Iran with Iranian actors to portray how
Muslims understand the life of Jesus based on the teachings of the Qur'an and
the Gospel of Barnabas – a book not included in the Christian Bible and in
which the Prophet Mohammed appears.
The movie features two endings – the Muslim
and Christian version of Jesus and the cross – and has won an award at Rome's
Religion Today Film Festival for generating interfaith
dialogue.
Dr. Emir Caner, dean of the College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a former
devout Muslim, recommends Christians to view both versions of the crucifixion
account and ask themselves several questions:
• When was Jesus replaced,
according to the Qur'an?
• Why did the disciples not recognize that the man they were following was
replaced before the cross
• Why did the mother of Christ not recognize that her son was not present on
the Cross
• What was the alleged purpose of Allah in deceiving
the crowd, including the disciples and Mary, into thinking Christ was being
crucified
Caner, who is also a
professor of history, said he believes that in the end the film should be
welcomed.
"Perhaps Muslims and Christians will recognize
that the Qur'an only offers sparse speculation into one of the most noted
events in history while the Bible gives meticulous detail into the historic
events of the day," Caner wrote to The Christian Post in an email
Thursday. "It is a new day when the public is once again willing to
discuss religious issues with eternal significance."
For most of "The Messiah," Jesus
is depicted similarly to versions made in the West – light complexion, brown
hair and performing miracles, according to Variety magazine. But where the
Muslim version diverges is at the end where the disciple Judas Iscariot
miraculously transforms into the likeness of Jesus and is crucified in his
place.
"He (Jesus) is not the
son of God and was never the son of God. He is a prophet and he was not
crucified, that somebody was crucified in his stead," Talebzadeh
claimed, according to CNN.
The director said his goal in making the
film was to show both Muslims and Christians their common and different beliefs
in Jesus and to generate conversation between the two groups who in recent
years have been pitted against each other.
"When you show this information
(Christian view of Jesus) to the common people, they don't know. Ninety percent
of the Muslims in Iran don't know about this," Talebzadeh
said.
Dr. Gary R. Habermas,
distinguished research professor and chair of the department of Philosophy and
Theology at Liberty University, said he has not seen the film but commented
that Islam is "very respectful" of Jesus. He noted that the Qur'an
has almost 100 verses on Jesus.
"The bad news is he is not the son of
God, he didn't die on the cross and because he didn't die, he didn't rise from
the dead," Habermas said to The Christian Post.
"The good news is he is a great prophet, he is sinless, he is virgin born
and he did miracles."
Habermas, who
recently returned from a debate with a Muslim in England, said the idea that
Jesus did not die on the cross for the salvation of mankind is based on surah
4:157-158 that says Jesus was not crucified.
He emphasized that the Qur'an does not say
that Judas took Jesus' place but only that he was not crucified. The
interpretation of Judas dying in place of Jesus is only one of several popular
Muslim explanations for why Jesus did not die on the cross.
But not all Christians are happy with the
film. One blogger, who goes by the pen name "Dan Goldfinch" in his
web log at WordPress.com, argues that not only the Bible but history also
declares that Jesus was crucified.
"Jesus didn't come to earth for mere
respect," wrote the Ohio-based preacher. "If Jesus has not been
crucified then he has not been resurrected. If Jesus has not been resurrected
from the dead, then Christians are without hope. We may as well party it up if
Christ has not been Resurrected from the dead."
Goldfinch further said that
what the Qur'an does not understand and explain is that man's sin must be dealt
with and if it is "not dealt with in the death of Christ then we, and all
of humanity from the beginning until the end, are simply obligated to be 100
percent obedient to the law."
"So if there is no death of Christ as
this man is purporting in his film, then exactly how will we be saved from our
sins?" the Christian blogger asked.
Director Talebzadeh
meanwhile sees the film as an Islamic response to "The Passion of the
Christ," the 2004 blockbuster of self- professed Catholic Mel Gibson.
Although the Iranian filmmaker praised Gibson's movie, he said it was
"wrong."
"The Messiah," with over 1,000
actors and extras, was one of the largest film productions in Iran, according
to Variety magazine. It is the first movie to portray Jesus both from the
Muslim and Christian perspective.
The film has already been released in Iran
and will soon be available on the Internet, according to CNN.
Michelle A. Vu
Christian Post Reporter
(Met dank aan Chris Visser, WorldThrust SA)
(Met dank aan Anita de Wet)
A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway
when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady. She offers him a
handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches up.
After about 15 minutes, she
taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of
peanuts. She repeats this gesture about five more times.
When she is about to hand him
another batch again he asks the little old lady, "Why don't you eat
the peanuts yourself?"
She replied, "We can't
chew them because we've no teeth."
The puzzled driver asks,
"Why do you buy them then?"
The old lady replied, "We
just love the chocolate around them."
It pays to be careful around
old people.
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