The Word and the Witness takes you back to a time when Christianity was a tiny movement struggling for survival and tells the story of Jesus and Paul, two men of remarkable faith, iron will, and radical vision.
We all know the ABC special \"Searching For Jesus\" by ABC did not give justice to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Peter Jennings was asking all the wrong people to find out if Jesus Christ did exist...
Now Jennings is asking all the wrong people again about Jesus and Paul!
The new ABC special is about Jesus and Paul and will air April 5th. I was invited to see a preview of the special and decided not to after reading the line up of people that he interviewed for it.
I was one of millions that watched the ABC special a few years ago by Peter Jennings called Searching For Jesus.
The last poll I saw about the ABC special showed that over 60% of the people that watched the program thought it didn\'t give justice to Jesus Christ.
Why? Secular critics have always claimed Jesus never existed and continue to search for evidence for His existence instead of faith in Him.
どうやら「The Word and the Witness」のパーソナリティであるピーター・ジェニングス氏は数年前にも\"Searching For Jesus\"という同様の検証番組をやったらしいんですね。で、この記事のライターのルイス氏はめちゃくちゃ怒っている。↓が冒頭部分の要約。
ジェニングスは\"Searching For Jesus\"において、キリストの史実性に懐疑的な学者にばかりインタビューし、番組の公平さを欠くという間違いをやらかした。今度も\"Jesus and Paul\"で同じ轍を踏もうとしている。
かなり意訳してますが、こんな風に聞こえた（？）もので（笑）
ちなみにルイス氏の反論（というか、抗議）記事は、３月３１日に公開されています。ルイス氏は５日の放送の前にＡＢＣのサイトで\"Jesus and Paul\"の予告を読み、紹介されている学者の面々を知って怒りを露にしているのですね。私はこの学者さんたちのこともよく知らないので、何とも言えないのですが。
The World and The Witness に限らず、聖書に関することを“科学的に”“学問的に”とらえようとすれば、「聖書の記述は真実か否か」という問題は避けて通れません。で、大抵は懐疑的な内容に傾きます。それを「しかたがないなぁ」と苦笑いしてやり過ごすか、怒りや不満を表明するかは、クリスチャンといえども人それぞれ。日本ではクリスチャン自体がマイナーな存在ですので、心中の憤りはともかくとして表面上は笑ってやり過ごす信者が大半のような気がしますが。
さすがはアメリカなのか何だかわかりませんが、とにかくルイス氏の語気はすごいです。
Peter Jennings, why didn\'t you interview Bible scholars like Billy Graham, Tim LaHaye, David Jeremiah, David Reagan, Randall Price, Ed Hindson, and Hal Lindsey!
Didn\'t you want to learn the truth about Jesus Christ?
Jesus left very little, if any, material evidence of His ministry and life here on earth. Secular critics claim that because of this there is not sufficient evidence to prove His existence.
For us who believe in our Lord and Savior we understand why Jesus left very little evidence. He wanted us to truly rely on our faith in Him and not some material evidence that showed His existence.
Some critics don\'t even believe that Pilate existed. Proving that Pilate existed would prove that Jesus existed. Again they need to look at the findings of the archaeologists that previously unearth coins that were found that honored him. Also, excavations at Caesarea have revealed what is called the \"Pilate Stone.\"
- 中略 -
Christ and Pilate both existed on earth and they are a part of Christian, Jewish and Roman history.
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