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Moriel Japan er was good and the smell of the rubbish dump behaved itself. Not only did I electrocute myself that morning with 220 volts for a few seconds, but I also won the stupid question of the year award when I asked why they tied so many plastic bags, high up in all the trees. That is what you get with a storm in a rubbish dump. Bohol Finally I visited Michael Carstens down in Bohol. We had another teaching day there with about 15 or so pastors. We studied ‘AntiChrist’ and the Day of the Lord. Michael even treated us to a dive over the coral to finish up a busy trip. The newsletter is reaching pastors and prisoners. Pray with us that the Word would grow in the Philippines. It was challenging to see how the Filipino evangelists open up their home to so many kids and the needy. It is also my prayer and desire to share the gospel with more kids here in Japan. It is a totally different country but peoples’ spiritual needs are the same. Prayer Requests Philippines Please pray for Pastor Hope who coordinates most of the work there. In the near future as he begins an itinerant ministry, his family will need • the grace to adapt to a new life • a place to live and • a sustainable source of income. There are many other specific needs of our brothers and sisters there. • Concordances • Good locations and practical schedules to hold teaching days • Money for transport (The cost of gasoline is huge for those in the developing world) • Michael’s outreach to prisoners and impoverished islands kids. Both these ministries are bearing fruit, but there are so few faithful people to do the work. Japan Here in Japan we are still seeking to: • expand our outreach to children. It is a slow work here. Pray for open doors! • continue our translation work. Pray that it goes quickly and smoothly. In our experience, written materials are of far greater value than videos, and audios here in Asia. Most Japanese and Filipinos can understand written material much better than audios, even in their own language! Vietnam Sensitivity is a major issue, but we are excited to report that we expect many more Moriel translations into Vietnamese soon. Please pray for ‘Daniel’ as he translates and distributes the newsletters in Vietnam. God bless! Geoff Toole Geoff Toole – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Philippines The rest of the pictures are of the local children and their families. Bohol, Philippines Midrash seminar in Bohol moriel japan 2012 Bohol, Philippines Geoff Michael and Daniel – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Bohol, Philippines A day of rest 26 Moriel Quarterly • June 2012
Christian News Latest C hristian News Chuck Colson . . . . By Jacob Prasch In John’s Gospel Jesus spoke of those who persecuted Jewish believers but who thought they were serving God while doing evil (John 16:2 -3). These however were those who so acted because they did not know Jesus or His Father; Chuck Colson however was a man who did evil and claimed to know Jesus and to be “Born Again,” the title of his book detailing his testimony of claimed regeneration. Colson was the lead author of the” Evangelicals and Catholics Together” (ECT) agreement signed by Pat Robertson,Calvinistic author JI Packer, John Kent of The Church of the Nazarene, and the late Bill Bright. The document accepted Catholicism as scripturally Christian without reference to the fact that while the true gospel teaches that the blood of Christ cleanses from all sin, in Roman Catholicism one atones for their own sin in purgatory and salvation is not by a second birth regeneration but by ‘ex oper operato’ sacramental rituals. The idolatry of graven images and worshiping bread and wine as a transubstantiated reincarnation of Jesus Christ when Jesus warned to reject any that says He has returned physically before the parousia meant nothing to Colson. Killing Jesus again in the mass and eating Him in an act of religious cannibalism didn’t matter to him. The false Christ of the Eucharist, the necromancy of prayers to the dead, and the vampire consumption of blood condemned by the apostles in the book of Acts chapter 15 were of no more consequence to Colson than was Rome’s false gospel. He just did not care. The Word of God meant nothing to Chuck Colson. His actions were in open defiance of it. If it did mean anything to him he would not have likely received the Templeton prize for religion. Neither would he have turned his prison ministry over to a Roman Catholic. It was Colson whom Satan ordained to persuade Evangelicals to refrain from evangelizing Roman Catholics. As one with a Roman Catholic mother on her way to eternal hell trusting in scapulars and the traditions of men instead of in the true gospel of Jesus for her salvation, I loathe the legacy of this deceiver who was misled by the devil and inspired by Satan to mislead others. There have been few agents of hell more destructive to the cause of Christ than Chuck Colson. Roman Catholics need salvation and should be given the true Gospel. I suggest those foolishly supportive of Colson ask former Catholics who have been saved. Although a convicted criminal sent to prison for political corruption, Colson was an activist who tried to identify the Republican Party with Evangelical Christianity in his radio messages. Ronald Reagan’s Hollywood divorce and remarriage, Nancy Reagan’s advice to her husband acquired from the fortune tellers such as Jean Dixon she consulted, and George Bush placing a Koran which states that God has no Son, ( a mark of antichrist according to 1 John) in the White House were irrelevant to Colson. That Eisenhower’s Earl Warren Republican Supreme Court ordered God out of the class room, that Nixon’s Warren Berger Republican Supreme Court ordered God out of the maternity ward with Roe v Wade, and that Reagan’s pro-abortion Supreme Court appointee Sandra Day O’Connor ordered God and the 10 Commandments out of the court room and judicial building and her writing the decision based on foreign precedent to outlaw the Texas anti sodomy law opening the door for the national surge to same sex marriage all evaded Colson’s criticism. To Colson religion was about politics. He had been a liar for a corrupt Nixon White House who was transformed into a liar for a corrupt pedophile protecting Vatican. Colson also cover endorsed the book ECUMENICAL JIHAD authored by ex- Evangelical Peter Kreeft that urges ecumenical union with Islam to morally redeem society. Colson had an anti christ spirit and he served Satan powerfully. We shall all appear before the judgment seat of Christ and it is not for me to judge Chuck Colon. It is however for all of us to judge his doctrines and his ventures on the basis of God’s Word. In doing so, it is evident that the deeds and doctrines of Chuck Colson emanated straight from the pit of hell. Without doubt there will be a chorus of ignorant religious cranks taking offense at these remarks concerning Chuck Colson oblivious to the factual reality that everything I have written concerning Mr. Colson is irrefutably true. My only response to their silly religious rhetoric is to deal with the established facts or don’t deal. Allah in the bible? It’s a matter of CONTEXT! By Hussein Hajji Wario Yahoo! Contributor Network A controversy is brewing over three reputable Christian organizations, which are based in North America, whose efforts have ousted the words “Father” and “Son” from new Bibles. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and Frontiers are under fire for “producing Bibles that remove “Father [1],” “Son” and “Son of God” because these terms are offensive to Muslims.” Concerned Christian missionaries, Bible translators, pastors, and national church leaders have come together with a public petition to stop these organizations. They claim a public petition is their last recourse because meetings with these organizations’ leaders, staff resignations over this issue and criticism and appeals from native national Christians concerned about the translations “have failed to persuade [2] these agencies to retain “Father” and “Son” in the text of all their translations.” Biblical Missiology, a ministry of Boulder, Colorado-based Horizon International, is sponsoring the petition. The main issues of this controversy surround new Arabic and Turkish translations. Here are three examples native speakers give: First, Wycliffe and SIL have produced Stories of the Prophets, an Arabic Bible that uses an Arabic equivalent of “Lord” instead of “Father [1]” and “Messiah” instead of “Son.” Second, Frontiers and SIL have produced Meaning of the Gospel of Christ , an Arabic translation which removes “Father” [1] in reference to God and replaces it with “Allah,” and removes or redefines “Son.” For example, the verse which Christians use to justify going all over the world to make disciples, thus fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19) reads, “Cleanse them by water in the name [1] of Allah, his Messiahand his Holy Spirit” instead of “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son [3] and of the Holy Spirit.” Rev. Bassam Madany [4], an Arab American who runs Middle East Resources, terms these organization’s efforts as “a western imperialistic attempt [5] that’s inspired by cultural anthropology, and not by biblical theology.” Third, Frontiers and SIL have produced a new Turkish translation of the Gospel of Matthew that uses Turkish equivalents of “guardian” for “Father” and “representative” or “proxy” [1] for “Son.” To Turkish church leader Rev. Fikret Böcek, “This translation is ‘an all-American idea [6]‘ with absolutely no respect for the ‘sacredness’ of Scripture, or even of the growing Turkish church.” SIL has issued a public response stating “all personnel subscribe to a statement of faith which affirms the Trinity, Christ’s deity [7], and the inspiration of Scripture.” However, in the same statement, which is similar to Wycliffe [8]‘s, it claims “word-for-word translation of these titles would communicate an incorrect meaning [7] (i.e. that God had physical, sexual relationships with Mary) [sic],” thus justifying substituting “Father” and “Son” in new translations. Calls and emails to Wycliffe and SIL to clarify their positions were not returned. Frontiers responded to calls with articles that critics have already dismissed as skirting omissions of “Father” and “Son” in new Bible translations. June 2012 • Moriel Quarterly 27
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