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Comparisons of Islam Vs Christianity
by Gene Banister

Now Available under Tips for Teachers -- Tip17

 

 

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. Click here to learn more.

New Publication Available


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THERE ARE 5 ways that you can get involved personally  with WEI annually.

  1. Teaching from your home by Postal Mail & Email

  2. Support a student in IBIA (Sunset's School of Preaching)

  3. Campaigns - Recruit now for campaigns. Contact Dick Ady.

  4. Spanish Bible lessons - start a group study at your congregation.

  5. Pray -  for lost souls.  God will bless you and the lost.

  6. 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  Œdeaf 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.]
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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 CAN’T 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! Here’s 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

 

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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.

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501-753-2559

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