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Comparisons of Islam Vs
Christianity
by Gene Banister
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WEI has just added a
new web feature -- WEIAudio,
[CLICK HERE] http://www.weiady.org/tapes/taudio.htm
...where the Bible lesson is displayed a
paragraph at a time with an audio recording of an American reading the same paragraph.
This site will help students learn to hear spoken English and help them learn to speak
English. To access this site the student needs a computer equipped with a sound card
and speakers or earphones hardware and either Windows MediaPlayer, RealPlayer software or
another media player.
NOTE: CDs are available for the asking! These will play if
your computer has a CD drawer and sound.
Bob Towell
email: bobtowell@aol.com
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| WEI in Spanish teaches English so these people can study the WEI lessons in English.
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New Publication Available
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THERE ARE
5 ways that you can get involved personally with WEI
annually.
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Teaching from your home by Postal Mail & Email
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Support a student in IBIA (Sunset's School
of Preaching)
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Campaigns - Recruit now for
campaigns. Contact Dick Ady.
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Spanish Bible lessons - start a group study at your congregation.
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Pray - for
lost souls. God will bless you and the lost.
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Plan your budgets to include WEI.
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| July 2003 (Fort Worth, TX) Modern language
Hungarian New Testament released in Budapest
After years of hard work and numerous
challenges, the World Bible Translation Centerıs Hungarian New Testament made its June
debut with a bang. Released in Budapest, Hungary, at a Missions Expo attended by some
20,000 people, the event was an adrenaline rush for the entire translation team.
Richard Loh, Director of Distribution for the Center, wrote from Budapest, "It was
exciting to see Hungarians swarm our booth to receive the new Hungarian New Testament. We
were encouraged by the positive reception of the new text and by the expressions of thanks
by many who received them." Organized by an alliance of churches in Hungary, the Missions
Expo was open to the public and attended by Christians from several surrounding European
countries. Local Churches of Christ were invited to the Missions Expo and given free copies
of the New Testament.
Among those who made their way to WBTCıs booth to get a copy of the text were church
leaders, ministry workers and church members from Hungary and Western and Eastern Europe.
All of the Translation Centerıs European language translations were on display, but those
who read and examined the Hungarian text at the Expo "were pleasantly surprised at
how easy it is to read and how much easier it is to understand than the older Hungarian
translations now in use," observed Loh.
"Several readers actually returned to the WBTC booth the next day to thank us for the new
translation," said Loh.
The most moving gesture of thanks came from a group of deaf Hungarians who were surprised
by the readability of the text after only scanning a few paragraphs. "They lifted their
hands over their heads and waved in a display of deaf applauseı" explained Loh.
"It was an emotional moment for me to see their expression of joy. That was the grand
finale at the Mission Expo in Budapest," he concluded.
Ervin Bishop, Senior Translation Consultant for the Center, was warmed by the Deaf
response. "The English Easy-to-Read version was originally developed with the Deaf in mind
and Iım especially pleased to see that the Easy-to-Read Hungarian New Testament is reaching
the Deaf in Hungary as well," he said.
The Hungarian New Testament is the 26th New Testament completed by the Translation Center
since its beginning in 1973. Churches and various ministry partners will soon distribute
the New Testamentıs first printing of 21,500 copies throughout Hungary. "Already, some are
asking when they will be able to have the Old Testament," grinned Loh. "I like their sense
of expectation."
World Bible Translation Center exists to provide accurate, easy-to-understand translations
of Godıs Word in the worldıs major languages. The Translation Center has completed 26 New
Testaments and 11 Bibles and is currently at work in 16 languages. Some six million of the
Centerıs Bibles, New Testaments and Scripture portions were distributed during the year
2002.
The Centerıs first translation was the Easy-to-Read English Bible, which enjoys
popularity worldwide as a ministry tool. The textıs easy-to-understand style is prized by
church planters and cherished by seekers. It is equally valued by long-time students of the
Word who find it consistently gives them fresh insights into divine truth. To visit the
Translation Centerıs web site go to www.wbtc.com.
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| Russian and Spanish The WEI Easy-to-Read Bible Course has been
translated into Russian and is available upon request
at little or no cost. This course is designed to lead others to Christ.
Spanish is now available also.
Russian and Spanish
The WEI Easy-to-Read Bible Course has been
translated into Russian and is available upon request
at little or no cost. This course is designed to lead others to Christ.
Spanish is now available also.
Here are the details:
1. The
Russian version of the Easy-to-Read Bible Course
Book 1, "The Conflict of Good and Evil"
has been translated and is published on the web.
Click here to go there.
All three
of the Basic Bible books are available in book
form. To see the content pages of WEI's Books in
English,
click here.
The Russian translations may be
ordered from Jim McPeak at the following address:
Orangevale Church of Christ
5915 Main Ave.
Orangevale, CA 95662-4946,
Tel. (916) 988-2011; Fax 916/988-6931.
The WEI English Course has not been translated into Russian.
Neither has the complete Advanced Bible Course.
[See Advanced Book "New
Birth," Lesson 4
on the History of Sprinkling and Pouring.]
Click here
2. The
Beginner's English Course for Spanish-speaking
students is a course in survival English
with some Biblical content. There is no separate Bible course that
goes with it. The purpose of the course is to equip students with enough English to
take the ETR Bible Course and WEI English Course in English. The
student who finishes the beginner's course will have a vocabulary of 1,200 English words
and will know a little about English grammar.
The Spanish series is designed for local congregations to reach the
Spanish speaking people in their own community. Did you know that the California Spanish
birth rate is now greater that all others? A large part of our population in America has
Spanish-speaking people whose families now need spiritual guidance. This series will help
you begin working with them in your own community.
This is an excellent way to bring the Spanish
speaking people into your congregation where they can know the Lord and have a worshipping
church for spiritual growth.
An assigned teacher should be able to speak some Spanish until the
student is able to read at the 4th grade level in English. Then, they can proceed with WEI
English and Bible course. The grading keys are in English to aid the teacher.
All three Spanish
books of the Beginner's English Course for Spanish-speaking students are
being printed in Orangevale right now.
Cassette tapes, recorded in Spanish, are now ready for Books One, Two, and Three.
These recordings are of the entire book and not the vocabulary recording that is available
in WEI's Basic English Course.
Since the
introductory remarks, instructions, and questions in the beginner's course are all in
Spanish, Dick is considering producing a teacher's book with introductory remarks,
instructions, and questions in English. Otherwise, it will be almost impossible for
American teachers to teach the course by correspondence.
Watch this announcement for
more information or write Dick Ady at
weiady@aol.com.
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ISLAM COURSE
AT NATIONSU
WWW.NATIONSU.ORG
The MRS 717 Islam course (Introductory) is already
online at Nations University's website. To access the course, you need to go to:
www.nationsu.org
Then click on "speed connection".
To the left, there is a registration window.
Fill in all the required fields. It may take some time until you
will get your access data (username, password, and student number). With this, you can log
in.
After logging in, go to the Master
Curriculum on the right, click on
"Comparative Religion" and then on "MRS 717 Islam and its Theology".
Here are three modules for the course. In addition to the course
syllabus, you will need a textbook ("Understanding Islam")
and some software that Nations University has on CD. Please request a copy of this CD and
the textbook. Then you are ready for taking the course.
Send your request for CD and textbook to:
student.services@nationsu.org
MRS 717 (Islam and its Theology) also has an
exam..... (maybe you want to skip it????.....I would not mind....).
If needed, you might like to contact Marcia --- a very nice lady
working full-time in the office there. Or, just write to Bob Patterson who will send you
all that you need to get started -- weibp@aol.com.
My new course MRS 718 ("Islam and Christianity") is
now ready. This course will help you work with
primary and secondary written sources of Islam when preparing for inter-religious dialogue
with Muslims.
Muhammad Schmidt
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| HOW ABOUT ADDING A LINK on YOUR WEBSITE?
www.weiady.org/
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HOW
TO READ OUR CHINESE WEBSITE
EVEN IF YOU CANT READ CHINESE
World Christian Broadcasting
October, 2006
World Christian Broadcasting has a Chinese website that
can benefit many of your Chinese contacts. You too can navigate much of
the site, even if you cannot read Chinese! Heres how:
1- Go to www.smzg.org/
2- As you move your mouse across the screen, watch the grey bar above
your taskbar at the bottom left hand of your screen and you will see
the titles of pages and articles in English. Each time your mouse
touches a different hyperlink, the file title will change. As the file
titles are all in English, you can at least get some idea of the
content of our website.
3- Look first at the sidebar down the left hand side of the homepage.
The first blue hyperlink in the sidebar is the "sitemap" (wang zhan di
tu in Chinese), so at the bottom of your screen you will see http://www.smzg.org/sitemap.htm
displayed in small letters in English.
4- Click on that hyperlink and it will take you to the sitemap page.
Scroll down the page and you will see articles by several and others.
As you move your mouse across the various hyperlinks, the title of each
article will be displayed in English in the filename at the bottom left
of your screen. This way you can know something about the content of
our Chinese website even if you cannot read all of the articles. I hope
that your being able to navigate the site will encourage you to
introduce our website to your Chinese friends and ask them to introduce
it to their friends and family as well!
5- NOTE that some articles are or contain sound files that can be
downloaded, especially a number of Dr. ________'s articles are
available as sound files.
6- NOTE that some of the articles on
www.smzg.org/ are bi-lingual, especially a number of my
articles are in English as well as in Chinese.
I believe you will be surprised at the amount of information and
Chinese Bible study material that is on our website. We try to add new
material each month.
F We pray that www.smzg.org/ will be
used by God as a tool for the spiritual benefit of many people and to
glorify himself. Please help make this happen!!! Please use our
website!!!
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WARNING!!!
There are several warnings you need to know about
when you take part in our outreach program in Taipei, Taiwan.
We will list them below:
WARNING
# 1 Teaching
English, using Bible material, to people who have never heard may cause
tears to flow from your eyes. The power of God's Truth does change
lives: both teachers and students.
WARNING
# 2 Exposure to
this kind of experience over a period of a few weeks can bring a deep
desire to do this more often.
WARNING
# 3 Continuing to
do this kind of activity may cause you to sleep peacefully with an
inner satisfaction that calms the soul.
WARNING
# 4 This kind of
behavior has a direct connection to causing anger and frustration to
Satan. Satan may bring you to court for violating his politically
correct views and using unauthorized ways.
WARNING
# 5 The use of God's Truth continually is known to be able
to destroy evil thoughts and actions, and make room for love, mercy and
truth to take its place.
WARNING
# 6 Continuing this
kind of close relationship with your students may cause deep, life-long
friendships.
WARNING
# 7
This kind of conduct may destroy that feeling of not doing
enough for the Lord and leave you at peace with our Savior.
WARNING
# 8 Your failure to
come and take part when you are able will cause deep disappointment in
our hearts.
DISCLAIMER: Let it be known that you have been fully advised of
the dangers involved in this kind of missionary activity.
Enoch / Jeannine (615) 469-0839 305-3708 305-5217
enochbtj@yahoo.com
Read more...click here
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Books on Christian Evidences in
English & Spanish Thanks to Raúl and Kim Solis, Joel Banks, and Sandra Cortabarria, the first
two books have been translated into Spanish and will soon be in print. Book
Three is being translated into Spanish now and should be available shortly.
Click here to see Table of
Contents If you have unbelieving students, friends, or acquaintances, and you would
like to help them come to faith in God, Christ, and the Bible, we recommend
these books. They are packed with information and are available at fifty
cents each.
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You are invited to teach in
Cambodia.
TO LEARN MORE
Contact
PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
PO BOX 13989
MAUMELLE, AR 72113
501-753-2559
www.partnersinprogress.org/
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