Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Rapture

Posting lama, namun agaknya masih penting untuk dibaca.

Dua orang sedang menunggu bus lewat. Yang seorang berdiri, lainnya duduk. Tiba-tiba yang pertama lenyap, sedang yang terakhir tinggal. Seorang ayah mengajak putrinya main-main di taman. Tiba-tiba sang putri lenyap, padahal sang ayah sedang memeluknya erat-erat.  

Apakah anda familiar dengan gambaran ini? Ada tertulis dalam Matius 24:40-42, “Pada waktu itu kalau ada dua orang di ladang, yang seorang akan dibawa dan yang lain akan ditinggalkan; kalau ada dua orang perempuan sedang memutar batu kilangan, yang seorang akan dibawa dan yang lain akan ditinggalkan.” Oleh karena itu, kita dipanggil untuk selalu berjaga-jaga, sebab kapan saja Tuhan bisa datang. Kita harus siap sedia. Jika kita tak siap, kita akan ditinggalkan. Sebaliknya, jika kita siap, kita akan diangkat-Nya.

Kebanyakan orang Kristen percaya pada tafsir demikian. Mereka menyebut peristiwa itu sebagai ‘rapture.’ Tapi familiaritas dan mayoritas tidaklah menjamin kebenaran. Saya harap anda bisa mengerti ini.

Pertanyaannya, apakah rapture merupakan konsep alkitabiah? Jawabnya, sama sekali tidak. Alkitab tak pernah mengajarkan rapture theology. Ajaran dan tafsir ini pertama kali disampaikan oleh seorang teolog British, John Nelson Darby. Ia kemudian dianggap sebagai bapak dispensasionalisme.

Matius 24 jelas tidak berbicara mengenai pengangkatan. Silakan anda baca lagi pasal tersebut dengan baik, lalu bandingkan dengan Markus 13. Konteks dari Matius 24 adalah keruntuhan bait Allah. Di sana Yesus dan murid-murid sedang mempercakapkan bait Allah yang dibangun kembali oleh Herodes. Yesus mengatakan bahwa nanti semua itu akan diruntuhkan hingga rata dengan tanah. Kapankah terjadinya? Ketika perang Romawi-Yahudi tahun 70 AD. Pada waktu itu sejarah mencatat bahwa Bait Allah diruntuhkan oleh Romawi. Jadi, Yesus sebenarnya menubuatkan kehancuran bangsa Israel. Mereka tengah berada di bawah penghakiman Allah.

Nah, dalam situasi perang tentulah setiap orang harus bersiap sedia untuk kabur dan menyelamatkan diri. Jika ada dua orang di ladang, yang seorang bisa diciduk, yang lain dibiarkan. Rapture theology telah menakut-nakuti begitu banyak orang Kristen. Dengan mempelajari konteks naratif dan sejarah alkitabiah, kita akan memahami nubuat Yesus bertolak belakang dengan paham rapture.

Bagi rapture theology yang diangkat, selamat; yang ditinggalkan, sial. Pembacaan yang alkitabiah: yang diangkat (diciduk, ditangkap) celaka, yang ditinggalkan justru selamat. No one knew what was going to happen at the time.

Di bawah ini anda bisa menyaksikan interview dengan Barbara Rossing, seorang New Testament Scholar, Debungking the Rapture. Menurut saya, sangat bagus dan mencerahkan.
  
 

Interview dengan N. T. Wright on Heaven and Rapture Theology juga membantu.  

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dr. Packer's Honorary Doctorate

Dr. Packer is one of my theological heroes. I have learned a lot from his books. In fact, I have for a long time used his Grow in Christ and Concise Theology for instructing the catechumens at my church.

In the first video, you will see a short interview that was conducted by Carl Trueman, inquiring about the story of his repentance, how he got to know and became an addict of the puritans' writings, and so on. For me, it is really an inspiring interview. I enjoy it so much. The second video is the honorary doctorate service that is being done in absentia at Regent College, since Dr. Packer was unable to come to Westminster Theological Seminary, the institution that conferred the degree.





Tuesday, May 8, 2012

This Momentary Marriage

This is simply wonderful. Friends, I just want you to watch this short video about a young married couple, Ian and Larissa. I got it from Desiring God, the website that provides God-centered resources from the ministry of Pastor John Piper. Introducing this lovely couple, he said, "Here is one of those testimonies. I tremble with the glad responsibility of introducing you to Ian & Larissa Murphy in this video. Tremble, because it is their story and so personal. So delicate. So easily abused. So unfinished. Glad, because Christ is exalted over all things."


If you are interested in reading the book they go through in the video, click This Momentary Marriage.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Why go to church

Video singkat yang nanti bisa Anda saksikan memuat Q-A (Canadian bilang, "Q-Eh.") dengan Marva Dawn, salah satu teolog favorit saya. Dalam observasinya, Dawn menemukan bahwa orang Kristen sendiri, entah sadar atau tidak, telah memisahkan penyembahan dari pelayanan. Kita sering bilang, "Ini hari Minggu, saya mau pergi ke gereja." Menurut Dawn, itu BAD THEOLOGY. Dan jika kita speak bad theology, kita live bad theology. Kita pergi ke gereja, participate dalam kehidupan gereja, merasa sebagai gereja, hanya 1 minggu sekali. Sudah itu kita kembali seperti sediakala, menjadi dunia: berpikir seperti dunia, berlaku seperti dunia. Keadaan kita perburuk dengan motivasi mencari hiburan (music, songs, sermon) dalam kebaktian. Kalau tidak dapat di sini, kita cari di tempat lain.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Jesus and Religion

I just want to share this critical commentary on Bethke's Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus video that has been viral among facebookers. This will also kinda explain why I don't completely agree with Bethke, but still love him.

Does Jesus Hate Religion? Kinda, Sorta, Not Really

Kevin DeYoung

There’s a new You Tube video going viral and it’s about Jesus and religion.

Specifically how Jesus hates religion.

The video—which in a few days has gone from hundreds of views to thousands to millions—shows Jefferson Bethke, who lives in the Seattle area, delivering a well-crafted, sharply produced, spoken word poem. The point, according to Bethke, is “to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion.” In the past few days I’ve seen this video pop up all over Facebook. I’ve had people from my church say they like it. Some has asked me what I think. Others have told me there’s something off about the poem, but they can’t quite articulate what it is. I’ll try to explain what that is in a moment. But first watch the video for yourself.



Before I say anything else, let me say Jefferson Bethke seems like a sincere young man who wants people to know God’s scandalous grace. I’m sure he’s telling the truth when he says on his Facebook page: “I love Jesus, I’m addicted to grace, and I’m just a messed up dude trying to make Him famous.” If I met him face to face, I bet I’d like Jefferson and his honesty and passion. I bet I’d be encouraged by his story and his desire to free people from the snares of self-help, self-righteous religion.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Prophetic Imagination

Walter Brueggemann is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He has devoted his life to a passionate exploration of Old Testament theology, with an emphasis on the relation between the Old Testament and the Christian canonical works, the origins and history of Christian doctrine, and the dynamics of Jewish-Christian interactions. An unequaled passion for his subject has resulted in the publication of more than 58 books, and hundreds of articles.

Now watch in the room with Walter Brueggemann.

Friday, November 4, 2011

180

Jika anda menolak keras Holocaust, mengapa anda bersikap netral terhadap atau bahkan mendukung aborsi. Pilihan adopsi di atas aborsi patut dipertimbangkan.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Mother's Day

Every time I heard a woman delivered a baby, I remembered the passage in Paul's letter to Timothy, "But women will be saved by the Childbearing." And of course, what Paul meant by that was not just women whom will be saved that way but also men. Through bearing the Son of God, Mary, the chosen woman, had been a channel of God's blessing upon the world, for you and me. Happy mothers day, Momma...

Watch this hilarious skit!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Pemimpin atau pengikut

Banyak orang kepingin menjadi pemimpin. Orang-orang yang hari ini berada di bawah kontrol atau kekuasaan orang lain, bukannya tidak berminat memimpin. Kalau ditawari, ya nggak nolak.

Mengapa kita kepingin menjadi pemimpin? Sederhana, karena kita pikir menjadi pemimpin itu penting. Jadi sebenarnya yang kita inginkan adalah menjadi orang penting. Dipandang, dihargai, dilihat sebagai orang penting. Itulah yang kita inginkan. Padahal jika kita cermati baik-baik, sebuah perubahan terjadi tidak tergantung dari sang pemimpin, melainkan dari sang pengikut. Mari kita saksikan dulu video klip ini.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Heidelberg Catechism

Baru hari ini saya tahu bahwa Heidelberg Catechism bisa di-rap-kan pula. Lihat deh!

Friday, January 14, 2011

What would Billy Graham do differently?

Bulan Januari di IRECT dicanangkan sebagai bulan doa. Jadi, saya mencoba untuk sering-sering mengirim encouragement kepada Jemaat agar berdoa. Salah satu encouragement saya peroleh dari wawancara dengan Billy Graham mengenai hidup dan pelayanannya. Selamat menyaksikan.



Pendeta Billy Graham adalah seorang pengkhotbah dan penginjil terkenal abad 20. Saya mengaguminya sebagai teladan hamba Tuhan yang rendah hati. Sekarang ia telah mencapai 92 tahun; istrinya Ruth telah lebih dahulu meninggalkannya. Dalam usia selarut itu, apa yang akan ia ceritakan mengenai kehidupan dan pelayanannya? Pewawancara bertanya, jika ia bisa mengulang hidupnya, what would he do differently? Jawab Billy, "I want to study more, pray more, travel less, and take less speaking engagement. I'd spend more time for meditation and prayer and just telling the Lord how much I love him, and adore him, and looking forward to the time we will spend together for eternity."

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

You're beautiful

You're beautiful by Phil Wickham is truly beautiful. It's beautiful primarily because it's singing Jesus' incomparable beauty. Here is my first post in 2011, a worship song. May it be my dream come true: More enjoying HIS beauty.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Out of the mouths of babes

Lihat, ia bercerita tanpa script di tangannya. Sungguh mengagumkan! Saya jadi teringat Tuhan Yesus pernah berkata, "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have prepared praises." Mungkin ini salah satu contohnya.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

God at the food court

Pada 13 November 2010 Hallelujah Chorus tiba-tiba dinyanyikan di food court, the Welland Seaway Mall, Welland, ON, Canada. Ya, ketika orang-orang, tua dan muda, asyik menyantap makanan mereka. Saksikanlah!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Hauerwas

Stanley Hauerwas is one of my favorite theologians. He, by the way, has almost convinced me I need to subscribe pacifism. It was close, Stan, ha-ha. He is also a prolific writer. Some of his books include, The Peaceable Kingdom (1983), Against the Nations 1985), Resident Aliens (1989), After Christendom (1991), Dispatches from the Front (1994), Christianity, Democracy and the Radical Ordinary (2008), and most recently Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (2010). Here is an interview with Hauerwas at Duke University.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The possibility

An interview with Eugene Peterson at Luther Seminary.



Listener panel

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Friendship

Minggu lalu, dalam perayaan ulang tahun gereja yang ke-9, saya berkhotbah mengenai spiritual friendship. Hari ini tanpa sengaja saya menemukan sebuah lagu ballad jadoel berjudul "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" gubahan Bobby Scott dan Bob Russell yang memperkuat pesan saya. Selamat merenungkan lagu ini. Liriknya saya sertakan di bawah video clip.



The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me

If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another.

It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share
And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

He's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

One day's wages

sebuah gerakan kreatif-shalomik diprakarsai oleh seorang pastor korean, eugene cho. i'm so impressed by this movement and think it's good to share the clip with you. memang benar, seringkali upaya sederhana, jika dikerjakan dengan setia, dan diatur dengan bijaksana, bisa membawa dampak yang positif. bonhoeffer pernah berkata, saya kutip dari blog eugene juga, "one act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons." may god bless our works!



Monday, July 26, 2010

Find us faithful

Salah satu karya Steve Green yang sangat menguatkan iman. Semoga dapat memberkati anda.



We're pilgrims on the journey
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace

Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us
Let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives

Chorus:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful

After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift though all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find (repeat chorus)

Monday, July 19, 2010

A conversation with Eugene Peterson

Eugene Peterson melayani sebagai pendeta Christ Our King, Bel Air, Maryland, selama 29 tahun. Sayang, tidak banyak video Eugene yang bisa diakses di youtube. Ini salah satunya.