[OPENING MUSIC] 00:00:00.70\00:00:22.83 HELLO AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:00:22.83\00:00:25.26 BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:25.26\00:00:27.30 ADDRESS YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS OF OUR WEB SITE AND PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN FOR BOTH THE 00:00:27.30\00:00:34.06 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US TONIGHT. 00:00:36.26\00:00:39.40 OUR GUEST TODAY IS GABY WHO HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN THE MIDDLE 00:00:39.40\00:00:44.00 EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. 00:00:44.00\00:00:47.10 GABY, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:00:47.10\00:00:49.86 THANK YOU. 00:00:49.86\00:00:51.46 TELL ME, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD TODAY? 00:00:51.46\00:00:55.63 THAT'S QUITE A BIG QUESTION. 00:00:55.63\00:00:58.73 BEFORE I ANSWER THAT I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND IF I TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO THANK THE SUPPORTERS 00:00:58.73\00:01:05.43 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:01:05.43\00:01:11.50 THEY HAVE BEEN A VERY KEY STRATEGIC COMPONENT IN TAKING 00:01:13.50\00:01:18.93 THE GOSPEL TO UNENTERED AREAS OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:01:18.93\00:01:21.40 OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH SOME OF THESE WORKERS, 00:01:21.40\00:01:27.53 AND I HAVE SENSED A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION THAT HAS BEEN VERY INSPIRING. 00:01:27.53\00:01:32.00 MORE THAN ANYTHING I HAVE NOTED THAT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN CRUCIAL IN ONE 00:01:32.00\00:01:34.50 AREA-DEVELOPING LOCAL LEADERSHIP. 00:01:34.50\00:01:38.06 THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL AS WE CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM TODAY BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE TIMES 00:01:38.06\00:01:45.23 WHEN WE CAN'T GO TO CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS OF VISA OR NATIONALITY, 00:01:45.23\00:01:51.30 THESE GOSPEL WORKERS ON THE FRONT LINE ARE TAKING THE GOSPEL TO PLACES WHERE WE CAN'T GO. 00:01:54.56\00:01:59.16 SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE VIEWERS WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE WORK OF 00:01:59.16\00:02:05.30 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:02:05.30\00:02:06.66 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE DOING THIS AS THE TIME 00:02:06.66\00:02:12.60 PROGRESSES. THANK YOU. 00:02:12.60\00:02:14.20 TELL ME, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD? 00:02:14.20\00:02:16.83 WELL BRUCE, THAT'S A VERY BIG QUESTION BECAUSE THE MUSLIM WORLD RIGHT NOW IS IN TURMOIL. 00:02:16.83\00:02:23.56 THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES, REDEFINITION OF IDENTITY. 00:02:23.56\00:02:26.93 THERE IS A LOT OF RETHINKING OF ITSELF. 00:02:26.93\00:02:29.70 ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THEY ARE FRACTURED. 00:02:29.70\00:02:33.16 SO IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE HEART OF THE MUSLIM WORLD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:02:33.16\00:02:40.30 WHICH IS THE ARAB WORLD. 00:02:40.30\00:02:42.66 I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES DESCRIBING WHAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES. 00:02:42.66\00:02:48.56 PLEASE. 00:02:48.56\00:02:50.33 YOU MAY RECALL A YEAR AGO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE 00:02:50.33\00:02:54.50 FOR US TO FORESEE WHAT WE CAN SAY TODAY. 00:02:54.50\00:02:57.93 IN EGYPT MUBARAK HAS BEEN DEPOSED. 00:02:57.93\00:03:01.20 YOU HAVE IN TUNISIA A NEW GOVERNMENT AND THEY HAVE DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. 00:03:01.20\00:03:06.26 YOU HAVE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN YEMEN . 00:03:06.26\00:03:08.43 YOU HAVE A NATION TO THE POINT OF CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA . 00:03:08.43\00:03:13.40 YOU HAVE A DIVIDED NATION IN SUDAN . 00:03:13.40\00:03:17.30 RADICAL CHANGE IS TAKING PLACE IN THE POLITICAL ARENA IN PLACES 00:03:17.30\00:03:21.33 LIKE JORDAN . THERE IS SUPPRESSION OF CIVIL LIBERTY IN PLACES LIKE BAHRAIN . 00:03:21.33\00:03:26.26 THE WHOLE HEART OF THE ARAB WORLD IS REALLY IN TURMOIL. 00:03:26.26\00:03:33.66 THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING INTO REDEFINING THE FUTURE. 00:03:33.66\00:03:36.86 WHAT HAS CAUSED THIS TURMOIL? 00:03:36.86\00:03:39.26 WHAT BROUGHT THIS ABOUT? 00:03:39.26\00:03:41.16 THERE ARE MANY REASONS. 00:03:41.16\00:03:43.06 WE KNOW THE THING THAT TRIGGERED THESE WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN CALLED THE "ARAB REVOLUTION", 00:03:43.06\00:03:49.90 THE "ARAB SPRING" WAS IN DECEMBER, A YOUNG MAN FROM 00:03:49.90\00:03:55.76 TUNISIA, A SIMPLE STREET VENDOR OF FRUITS, 00:03:55.76\00:03:59.03 WHO SET HIMSELF ALIGHT AND BURNED HIMSELF AS AN ACT OF 00:03:59.03\00:04:04.00 PROTEST. BUT DEEP INSIDE THERE WAS A DEEP SENSE OF ANGER, 00:04:04.00\00:04:07.76 INDIGNATION, BEING ROBBED OF THEIR HONOR OF LIVELIHOOD. 00:04:07.76\00:04:11.56 I FEEL THAT IN A WAY HIS ACT OF DESPERATION IS ECHOING THE HEART OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 00:04:11.56\00:04:17.63 ARE FEELING THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT PAN-ARABISM . 00:04:20.30\00:04:23.93 WE WERE NOT BORN IN THE ERA OF NASSER . 00:04:23.93\00:04:26.50 WE HAVEN'T LIVED THOSE GLORIES THAT WERE PROMISED TO US. 00:04:26.50\00:04:29.73 THEY HAVEN'T LIVED AFTER '67 EITHER WHEN THERE WAS A TIME OF THE MORE RADICAL FORMS OF ISLAM 00:04:29.73\00:04:35.80 AND THE NEW IDEOLOGIES OF ISLAM. 00:04:37.76\00:04:39.66 THIS IS A NEW FACELESS GENERATION. 00:04:39.66\00:04:42.53 MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE ARAB REGION ARE UNDER 25 YEARS OLD. 00:04:42.53\00:04:50.13 SO THIS NEW GENERATION IS SAYING, "HOW CAN WE BE ARABS, MUSLIMS BUT ALSO CITIZENS OF THE 00:04:50.13\00:04:57.93 21ST CENTURY." 00:04:57.93\00:04:59.70 DO THEY WANT TO BE AT ALL WESTERN? 00:04:59.70\00:05:01.96 NO. 00:05:01.96\00:05:03.13 AND THIS IS PERHAPS WHERE WE HAVE MISREAD THE CURRENT EVENTS. 00:05:03.13\00:05:07.63 WE THINK THAT THIS IS THE NEW PERESTROIKA IN WHICH COMMUNISM IS FALLING AND THE NEW COMMUNISM 00:05:07.63\00:05:12.93 IS ISLAM-- NOT AT ALL. 00:05:12.93\00:05:15.80 WHAT THESE PEOPLE WANT IS TO FIND AN ISLAMIC IDENTITY THAT WILL BE IN TUNE WITH THE 21ST 00:05:15.80\00:05:22.33 CENTURY IN WHICH THERE WILL BE FREEDOM, THERE WILL BE CIVIL RIGHTS AND THEIR FAITH WILL 00:05:22.33\00:05:28.36 SHAPE THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR POLICY. 00:05:28.36\00:05:32.30 SO THIS IS WHY MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE LOOKING AT MODELS LIKE 00:05:32.30\00:05:38.33 TURKEY. A GOVERNMENT THAT IS MODERN, IS DEMOCRATIC, IS SEMI-SECULAR COMPARED TO OTHER 00:05:41.13\00:05:47.20 GOVERNMENTS. BUT IN ANOTHER WAY IT IS RELIGIOUS BECAUSE 00:05:50.16\00:05:52.40 THEY WANT THEIR FAITH TO SHAPE THEIR POLICIES. 00:05:52.40\00:05:55.16 IN THIS MIX YOU HAVE MANY VOICES COMPETING RIGHT NOW. 00:05:57.36\00:06:02.10 YOU CANNOT REALLY SAY THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE AST WANTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE 00:06:02.10\00:06:07.43 SALAFIS WHO ARE AN EXPRESSION OF ISLAM WHO WILL BE KIND OF A PHARISAICAL EXPRESSION 00:06:07.43\00:06:15.10 IF WE COULD PUT AN EQUIVALENT TO TODAY. 00:06:15.10\00:06:17.56 THESE ARE SORT OF THE HARDLINE? 00:06:17.56\00:06:18.96 YES, THESE ARE THE HARD LINE. 00:06:18.96\00:06:21.20 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDIED IN THE MADRASSAS PAID BY 00:06:21.20\00:06:26.40 THE SAUDI MONEY. THESE SALAFIS ARE A VERY STRONG AND RADICAL EXPRESSION OF ISLAM. 00:06:26.40\00:06:31.70 NOT NECESSARILY VIOLENT AS WE HAVE SEEN IN AL-QAEDA, BUT THESE ARE PART OF THE POPULATION. 00:06:31.70\00:06:37.76 THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT A MORE SECULAR EXPRESSION, WHICH ARE IN 00:06:39.93\00:06:45.06 MINORITY. THE GREAT MAJORITY, I WOULD SAY, IS MOVING TOWARDS CONSERVATISM, BUT ON THE OTHER 00:06:45.06\00:06:51.66 HAND THEY WANT THEIR VERSION OF DEMOCRACY. 00:06:51.66\00:06:54.63 NOW ONE IMPORTANT DIMENSION OF THIS "ARAB SPRING" 00:06:54.63\00:06:58.76 IS IN A WAY THE DEATH OF RADICALS LIKE AL-QAEDA . 00:06:58.76\00:07:05.63 LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN. 00:07:05.63\00:07:07.40 FOR TEN YEARS OR MORE PEOPLE LIKE BIN LADEN , AZIZ AWDA AND OTHERS ATTACHED TO THEM HAVE 00:07:07.40\00:07:14.93 BEEN PREACHING THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY WERE GOING TO GET 00:07:14.93\00:07:17.53 PROPER ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT WAS THROUGH VIOLENCE. 00:07:17.53\00:07:22.03 SO YOU ARE DOOMED UNLESS YOU STRAP A BOMB AROUND YOUR WAIST AND BLOW YOURSELF UP. 00:07:22.03\00:07:26.70 THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF THIS SITUATION. 00:07:26.70\00:07:29.30 AND SUDDENLY THE YOUTH HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST THAT IDEOLOGICAL VERSION OF ISLAM 00:07:29.30\00:07:35.70 AND SAID "NO". 00:07:35.70\00:07:37.20 THEY ARE NOT RUNNING OUT AND BUYING BOMBS TO STRAP AROUND THEIR WAIST ANYMORE. 00:07:37.20\00:07:40.70 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? 00:07:40.70\00:07:42.36 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:07:42.36\00:07:44.10 LOOK HOW THE GOVERNMENTS WERE DEPOSED IN PLACES LIKE TUNISIA OR IN PLACES LIKE EGYPT . 00:07:44.10\00:07:48.26 IT WAS A CIVIL SOCIETY SAYING WE NO LONGER PLAY THE POLITICAL GAMES OF BEING AFRAID. 00:07:48.26\00:07:55.96 WE DEFEAT FEAR AND THE WAY WE DO IT IS WE GO TO THE STREET EVEN 00:07:55.96\00:08:01.66 IF WE GET KILLED. NOW THESE DICTATORSHIPS HAD BEEN KEEPING THEMSELVES IN POWER AND THE BASE 00:08:01.66\00:08:07.40 WAS FEAR. AS LONG AS YOU WERE AFRAID-- I'M GOING TO TORTURE YOU, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, 00:08:07.40\00:08:10.13 I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY AWAY, WHATEVER-- FEAR WAS THE TOOL IN THE HANDS OF THE 00:08:10.13\00:08:17.36 GOVERNMENTS TO KEEP THE PEOPLE IN LINE. 00:08:17.36\00:08:20.70 BUT NOW THESE PEOPLE STEP FORWARD AND SAY WE BELIEVE IN 00:08:20.70\00:08:23.90 THIS CAUSE, WE ARE GOING TO DIE FOR IT. 00:08:23.90\00:08:25.40 THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT PREPARED SO WHAT DO YOU DO. 00:08:25.40\00:08:27.83 WE CHARGE AGAINST HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS. 00:08:27.83\00:08:30.00 THEY DIE AND MORE KEEP COMING-ANOTHER FAMILY COMES. 00:08:30.00\00:08:33.63 SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE SEEN TWO GOVERNMENTS TOPPLE IN A 00:08:33.63\00:08:41.26 NONVIOLENT WAY. BUT YOU WOULD TELL ME WELL, WHAT ABOUT PLACES LIKE LIBYA OR SYRIA ? 00:08:41.26\00:08:47.33 WELL, THE MODEL HASN'T WORKED BECAUSE EACH COUNTRY HAS A 00:08:49.33\00:08:56.83 DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. THEY ARE NOT ALL THE SAME. 00:08:56.83\00:08:59.13 THERE IS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CULTURES. 00:08:59.13\00:09:01.63 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:09:01.63\00:09:03.36 SOME COUNTRIES ARE MORE NATION, MEANING THAT EVERYBODY FEELS PART OF LIKE "WE ARE EGYPTIANS." 00:09:03.36\00:09:08.80 BUT SOME COUNTRIES ARE MORE DIVIDED INSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. 00:09:08.80\00:09:11.60 WE HAVE MORE STRONG TRIBAL TIES LIKE YOU SEE IN LIBYA . 00:09:11.60\00:09:15.80 OR YOU HAVE SECTARIAN TIES LIKE YOU MIGHT SEE IN PLACES LIKE SYRIA WITH THE ALAWIS AND YOU 00:09:15.80\00:09:22.70 HAVE SHIA AND YOU HAVE SUNNI . 00:09:22.70\00:09:26.16 SO EACH COUNTRY YOU HAVE TO TREAT SEPARATELY. 00:09:26.16\00:09:29.46 BUT STILL THE VISION OF THE PEOPLE IS NO LONGER, 00:09:29.46\00:09:33.60 ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE STATE OF FEAR. 00:09:33.60\00:09:36.30 WE WANT A NEW ERA IN THIS REGION 00:09:36.30\00:09:38.60 AND THAT HAS CAUSED A SENSE OF AWAKENING OF THE ARAB 00:09:38.60\00:09:43.76 CONSCIOUSNESS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE FOR SOME TIME NOW 00:09:43.76\00:09:49.80 DON'T WE? YES. 00:09:54.43\00:09:55.90 HOW WILL THIS IMPACT OUR PERCEPTION OF HOW WE INTERACT WITH THESE PEOPLE NOW? 00:09:55.90\00:10:01.46 THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION BRUCE BECAUSE NO LONGER THE ARAB WORLD SEES ITSELF AS EITHER VICTIMS OF 00:10:03.46\00:10:10.60 THIS VERY RADICAL VERSION OF ISLAM LIKE AL-QAEDA BECAUSE THEY 00:10:10.60\00:10:16.36 HAVE DEFEATED, HAVE DEPOSED GOVERNMENTS BUT NOT THROUGH 00:10:16.36\00:10:20.06 VIOLENCE. OR NO LONGER DO THEY FEEL THAT THEY DEPEND ON THE WESTERN POWERS TO BE PROTECTED. 00:10:20.06\00:10:25.43 THEY ARE TAKING THE REINS IN THEIR OWN HANDS. 00:10:25.43\00:10:29.90 SO NOW AS THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR FUTURE THEY ARE REALLY 00:10:29.90\00:10:36.33 LOOKING FOR NEW ANSWERS AND NEW QUESTIONS. 00:10:36.33\00:10:39.33 THIS IS A VERY RICH TIME MISSIOLOGICALLY. 00:10:39.33\00:10:42.96 THERE ARE SPECIFIC CHANGES AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC 00:10:42.96\00:10:47.33 OPPORTUNITIES. TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME OF THESE. 00:10:47.33\00:10:48.96 THIS IS REALLY WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DEALING WITH AND THE LEVEL THAT WE OPERATE ON--- 00:10:48.96\00:10:55.46 IDEAS AND ALLEGIANCES WHETHER IT BE TO ONE FAITH OR THE OTHER. 00:10:55.46\00:11:00.16 OKAY. 00:11:00.16\00:11:01.86 WELL, WHAT WE ARE NOTING IS THAT THIS "ARAB SPRING" SEEMS TO BE SHAPING INTO THE HORIZON. 00:11:01.86\00:11:06.96 OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT TO BE CATEGORICAL BECAUSE THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING. 00:11:06.96\00:11:12.76 BUT WHAT THIS SEEMS TO BE SHAPING IS PERHAPS A TREND IN WHICH EVERYTHING THAT IS WESTERN 00:11:12.76\00:11:18.83 IS SEEN WITH SUSPICION. 00:11:21.43\00:11:23.46 THE WESTERN WORLD HAS BEEN EXPOSED AS HYPOCRITICAL, IN 00:11:23.46\00:11:29.93 THEIR THINKING. THEY FEEL THAT IT WAS THE WESTERN WORLD WHO HAS KEPT THEIR GOVERNMENTS ALIVE AND 00:11:29.93\00:11:35.56 THEREFORE THEY REJECT THE WESTERN WORLD. 00:11:35.56\00:11:37.03 AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL THAT'S POLITICAL. 00:11:37.03\00:11:39.16 NO. 00:11:39.16\00:11:40.70 IN THE MUSLIM MIND THERE IS NOT SUCH A STRICT SEPARATION, COMPARTMENTALIZATION, 00:11:40.70\00:11:45.76 AS WE DO---THIS IS THE SACRED AND THIS IS THE SECULAR. 00:11:45.76\00:11:48.96 THIS IS ALL ONE PACKAGE. 00:11:48.96\00:11:50.26 THE TWO ARE TOGETHER. 00:11:50.26\00:11:51.26 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:11:51.26\00:11:52.26 INSEPARABLE. 00:11:52.26\00:11:53.26 EXACTLY. 00:11:53.26\00:11:54.63 SO IF I REJECT YOUR WESTERN WORLD VIEW I'M REJECTING YOUR 00:11:54.63\00:11:58.56 CHRISTIANITY. I'M REJECTING YOUR FAITH. 00:11:58.56\00:12:00.10 I'M REJECTING EVERYTHING THAT SMELLS LIKE YOU. 00:12:00.10\00:12:02.93 I WANT TO BE DEFINED BY, I AM NOT LIKE EVERYTHING YOU DO. 00:12:02.93\00:12:07.53 SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT I FEEL THAT THE REGION HAS BECOME MORE RESISTANT TO THE 00:12:07.53\00:12:13.10 TRADITIONAL COURSE OF EVANGELISM AND TRADITIONAL COURSE OF 00:12:13.10\00:12:18.56 CHRISTIANITY. AND SADLY WE ARE SEEING THAT THE CHRISTIANS IN THE REGION SEEM TO BE 00:12:18.56\00:12:26.40 IMMIGRATING BY THE THOUSANDS. IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ OUR CHURCH HAS 00:12:26.40\00:12:30.83 BEEN DECIMATED. I WAS GOING TO RAISE THAT QUESTION. 00:12:30.83\00:12:32.60 I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE VERY FEW CHRISTIANS LEFT IN THE COUNTRY 00:12:32.60\00:12:36.36 OF IRAQ. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:12:36.36\00:12:37.70 THIS IS NOT ONLY HAPPENING IN IRAQ YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING AS A 00:12:37.70\00:12:41.30 TREND. EVEN IN EGYPT THERE IS GROWING SECTARIANISM BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS THAT IS 00:12:41.30\00:12:48.36 MAKING MANY CHRISTIANS CONSIDER LEAVING EGYPT FOR GOOD. 00:12:48.36\00:12:52.43 AND THE EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN THERE. 00:12:52.43\00:12:57.00 THEY ARE SORT OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE. 00:12:57.00\00:12:58.30 THEY WERE THERE BEFORE THE MUSLIMS. 00:12:58.30\00:12:59.50 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:12:59.50\00:13:00.70 THEY WERE BEFORE ISLAM. 00:13:00.70\00:13:02.76 IN ONE SENSE THIS IS ONE TREND THAT WE SEE THAT WILL IMPACT THE WAY MISSION IS DONE---A 00:13:02.76\00:13:08.13 REJECTION TOWARDS WESTERN FAITH. 00:13:08.13\00:13:10.33 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I CAN FORESEE AT LEAST TWO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ALSO MAY 00:13:10.33\00:13:16.40 IMPACT MISSION. 00:13:19.00\00:13:20.00 CAN I HOLD THAT JUST FOR A MOMENT? 00:13:20.00\00:13:24.70 YOU JUST MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO THIS IDEA THAT CHRISTIANITY HAS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT FACE. 00:13:24.70\00:13:30.76 MAYBE YOU WERE GOING TO GET INTO THAT JUST NOW, BUT THEY NEED TO SEE CHRISTIANITY AS SOMEHOW IN 00:13:33.56\00:13:39.63 AN ARAB FACE, AN ARAB DRESS? 00:13:44.30\00:13:47.76 YES. 00:13:47.76\00:13:49.23 THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER TO BECOME A FOLLOWER OF 00:13:49.23\00:13:56.53 JESUS CHRIST, IN ORDER TO ENDORSE THE ADVENTIST FAITH, NOT NECESSARILY IS IT GOING TO LOOK 00:13:56.53\00:14:02.23 LIKE THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE IN THE WESTERN WORLD. 00:14:02.23\00:14:06.36 YOU CAN BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS WEARING A GALABEYA . 00:14:06.36\00:14:10.53 YOU CAN BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS AND KEEP THE SABBATH SITTING ON 00:14:10.53\00:14:15.30 THE FLOOR. SO SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL FORMS THAT WE HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH CHRISTIANITY 00:14:15.30\00:14:22.40 HAVE BEEN REJECTED. PERHAPS I SHOULD USE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. 00:14:22.40\00:14:27.26 BRUCE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE SEE FOR THE GOSPEL IS NOT 00:14:27.26\00:14:33.23 THEOLOGICAL. AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT QUESTION ME IN THAT, BUT LET ME FINISH WHAT I WANT TO 00:14:33.23\00:14:37.36 SAY. IT'S SOCIOLOGICAL. 00:14:37.36\00:14:40.80 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE FACING TODAY IS THAT THE PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR FAITH AND 00:14:40.80\00:14:46.66 SAY, WE LIKE THESE CERTAIN VALUES, WE LIKE THESE BELIEFS. 00:14:46.66\00:14:50.86 WE MIGHT ENDORSE YOUR WORLD VIEW, BUT WE DON'T LIKE YOUR SOCIETY AND WE DON'T' WANT TO BE 00:14:50.86\00:14:57.66 PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT IT'S NOT OURS. 00:14:57.66\00:15:01.03 WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE OUR NAMES JUST BECAUSE WE ARE EMBRACING THE SABBATH. 00:15:01.03\00:15:05.23 WHAT IS THE TYPICAL PICTURE WHEN A MUSLIM, SAY IN THE MIDDLE 00:15:05.23\00:15:12.30 EAST, EGYPT, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD "CHRISTIAN." 00:15:12.30\00:15:14.46 WHAT ARE THE IMAGES THAT IMMEDIATELY COME TO THEIR MIND? 00:15:14.46\00:15:17.20 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THEM? 00:15:17.20\00:15:18.66 WELL, THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL BECAUSE FOR ME "CHRISTIAN" IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 00:15:18.66\00:15:24.53 BUT THIS IS THE FARTHEST UNDERSTANDING FOR A MUSLIM PERSON IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 00:15:24.53\00:15:29.90 WHEN YOU SAY "CHRISTIANITY" THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH PICTURES 00:15:29.90\00:15:34.76 OF POLYTHEISM . THEY BELIEVE THAT WE WORSHIP THREE GODS WHICH IS THE FATHER, MARY AND JESUS, 00:15:34.76\00:15:40.80 ALSO IMMORALITY, A LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD, EATING PORK, WORSHIP 00:15:44.70\00:15:48.90 IMAGES. EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH SOCIETY IS ASSOCIATED WITH 00:15:48.90\00:15:52.86 CHRISTIANITY. SECULAR MATERIALISM, DRINKING ALCOHOL. 00:15:52.86\00:15:57.10 SO MANY NEGATIVE PICTURES IN DIVORCE, BREAKING DOWN OF FAMILY 00:15:57.10\00:16:03.40 VALUES. THEREFORE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHRISTIANITY WE ARE ACTUALLY USING A TERM THAT 00:16:03.40\00:16:09.30 REFLECTS EVERYTHING THEY WANT OUT FROM. 00:16:09.30\00:16:11.76 SO FOR US TO COME AND SAY WE WANT YOU TO BECOME CHRISTIANS THEIR IMMEDIATE REACTION IS, 00:16:11.76\00:16:18.13 GOD FORBID. 00:16:18.13\00:16:19.13 NO THANK YOU. 00:16:19.13\00:16:20.56 EXACTLY. 00:16:20.56\00:16:22.10 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THIS 00:16:22.10\00:16:28.26 COUNTRY, USING THE WORD "CHRISTIAN" IS NOT THE MOST ACCURATE EXPRESSION. 00:16:28.26\00:16:32.30 THIS IS NOT ABOUT DENYING YOUR FAITH 00:16:32.30\00:16:34.33 BUT IT IS USING LANGUAGE THAT TRULY COMMUNICATES WHO YOU ARE. 00:16:34.33\00:16:37.26 YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE ACCORDING TO THEIR PERSPECTIVE 00:16:37.26\00:16:40.93 AND USE WORDS THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND. 00:16:40.93\00:16:43.16 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:16:43.16\00:16:44.26 SO THE WORD "CHRISTIAN" TO THEM IS A VERY NEGATIVE TERM. 00:16:44.26\00:16:47.33 SO WHAT DO WE CALL OURSELVES THEN? 00:16:47.33\00:16:50.36 I OFTEN USE THE WORD "ADVENTIST" BECAUSE IT'S A WORD THAT IS UNKNOWN AND ENABLES ME TO PUT IN 00:16:50.36\00:16:57.30 A PACKAGE THE TERMS THAT I WANT TO BE RELATED TO. 00:16:57.30\00:17:01.76 SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHO ARE YOU, I SAY I'M AN ADVENTIST. 00:17:01.76\00:17:04.53 I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT ADVENTIST. 00:17:04.53\00:17:06.33 THEN IT'S EASIER TO COME WITH A CLEAN SLATE THAN TO USE THE WORD "CHRISTIAN" BECAUSE AS YOU WERE 00:17:06.33\00:17:12.06 SAYING, YOU HAVE TO ERASE CENTURIES OF MISUNDERSTANDING THAT STARTED AT THE TIME OF THE 00:17:12.06\00:17:17.53 CRUSADES BEFORE YOU CAN PROVE YOUR BIBLICAL CONTACT AND BY THEN YOU MAY HAVE LOST THE 00:17:17.53\00:17:22.00 INTEREST OF YOUR FRIEND. 00:17:22.00\00:17:23.66 SO THAT'S ONE WAY. 00:17:23.66\00:17:27.13 THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE NAME "ADVENTIST" HAS ESCHATOLOGICAL CONNOTATIONS. 00:17:27.13\00:17:34.33 THAT IS VERY WELL ACCEPTED AND CREATES A GREAT DEAL OF 00:17:34.33\00:17:40.40 INTEREST. I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BETTER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES OF 00:17:49.63\00:17:55.26 THE REGION. IN ISLAM THERE IS THE IDEA THAT JESUS WILL RETURN. 00:17:55.26\00:17:58.33 THE DETAILS ARE NOT BIBLICAL AND MANY PEOPLE GET LOST ON THAT, BUT I THINK IF WE COULD 00:17:58.33\00:18:03.90 CAPITALIZE ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WAITING 00:18:03.90\00:18:06.33 FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT. 00:18:06.33\00:18:09.70 FOR US TO HAVE A NAME THAT REFLECTS THAT WHICH IS ALREADY IN THEIR EXPECTATION, 00:18:09.70\00:18:14.26 IT'S AN IMPORTANT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD USE. 00:18:14.26\00:18:17.46 WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES CAN YOU SEE NOW? 00:18:17.46\00:18:22.43 I WAS TRYING TO POINT THAT I COULD SEE AT LEAST TWO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE TAKING 00:18:22.43\00:18:28.50 PLACE IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE AND TURMOIL AND TRANSFORMATION. 00:18:30.50\00:18:35.73 NUMBER ONE IS AN AWAKENING TO PROPHECY. 00:18:35.73\00:18:39.43 AND I WOULD SAY AN ESCHATOLOGICAL INTEREST. 00:18:39.43\00:18:45.06 YOU SEE THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING US, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 00:18:45.06\00:18:48.30 ALL THESE CHANGES, ALL THESE GOVERNMENTS FALLING DOWN. 00:18:48.30\00:18:51.43 WHAT IS THIS POINTING TO? 00:18:51.43\00:18:53.70 COULD THIS BE THE COMING OF SOMETHING ELSE. 00:18:53.70\00:18:58.26 HOLD THAT JUST FOR A MOMENT WHILE I ONCE AGAIN LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WATCHING 00:18:58.26\00:19:03.50 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:19:03.50\00:19:05.20 WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:19:05.20\00:19:08.83 WE INVITE YOU TO CORRESPOND WITH US. 00:19:14.80\00:19:17.03 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO WRITE TO US AND 00:19:17.03\00:19:23.46 ASK THOSE QUESTION AND WE WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THEM IN SUBSEQUENT PROGRAMS. 00:19:23.46\00:19:28.46 NOW BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. 00:19:28.46\00:19:29.86 EXCUSE ME FOR HAVING TO INTERRUPT YOU. 00:19:29.86\00:19:31.06 THAT'S FINE. 00:19:31.06\00:19:32.40 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE IN THIS SPECIFIC 00:19:32.40\00:19:39.26 TIME ESPECIALLY THE "FACEBOOK GENERATION." 00:19:39.26\00:19:42.80 THAT IS THE NAME THAT PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE USING TO DEFINE THIS GENERATION. 00:19:42.80\00:19:49.33 THE FAITHFUL GENERATION? 00:19:49.33\00:19:50.40 NO, FACEBOOK. 00:19:50.40\00:19:52.03 REMEMBER THE MEDIA HAD A VERY CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENABLING THESE REVOLUTIONS TO TAKE PLACE. 00:19:52.03\00:19:57.06 SO THIS IS THE "FACEBOOK GENERATION." 00:19:57.06\00:19:59.06 OLDER PEOPLE LOOKING ON ARE SAYING, HOW COULD IT BE THAT A BATCH OF KIDS WITH COMPUTERS 00:19:59.06\00:20:05.66 WOULD EVER ORCHESTRATE SUCH A MASSIVE CHANGE THAT WE COULD NOT DO WITH OUR WEAPONS. 00:20:05.66\00:20:11.50 SO THIS NEW GENERATION IS LOOKING BACK INTO EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROPHECY. 00:20:11.50\00:20:17.30 IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OF MY MUSLIM FRIENDS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST THEY POINT OUT THAT THERE 00:20:17.30\00:20:23.90 ARE SOME OLD PROPHECIES THAT HAVE SOME SIGNS OF THE TIME 00:20:23.90\00:20:28.16 THAT SEEM TO COINCIDE WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. 00:20:28.16\00:20:31.30 SO IN THEIR MIND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END BEFORE THE NEW ERA OF PEACE AND JUSTICE 00:20:31.30\00:20:38.66 WILL BE FINALLY ESTABLISHED. 00:20:38.66\00:20:40.33 BUT MORE IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE FIT HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THIS SPECIFIC 00:20:40.33\00:20:46.43 PROGRAM, THERE IS A STARTING OF AN APPARENT INTEREST FOR THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE. 00:20:46.43\00:20:52.30 YOU SEE MUSLIM TRADITION WOULD TELL YOU THAT, YES OUR KORAN POINTS TO THE PREVIOUS 00:20:52.80\00:20:57.60 SCRIPTURES BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED. 00:20:57.60\00:20:59.43 THIS WAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAME POPULAR 00:20:59.43\00:21:02.56 IN THE 11TH CENTURY AT THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES. 00:21:02.56\00:21:06.93 BEFORE THAT REALLY THERE WAS NOT SUCH ANIMOSITY TOWARDS THE TEXT 00:21:06.93\00:21:12.60 OF THE BIBLE. AND THE KORAN POINTS TO SOME JEWS WHO WILL TWIST THE MEANING OF THE WORDS 00:21:12.60\00:21:20.16 BUT NOT EXACTLY TWISTING THE TEXT ITSELF WHICH IS WHAT IS 00:21:20.16\00:21:24.40 BELIEVED TODAY. SO MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO THE KORAN TRYING TO DISCERN THE CURRENT 00:21:24.40\00:21:31.40 TIMES AND REALIZING THAT MAYBE THE KEY THAT IS MISSING IS IN 00:21:31.40\00:21:34.73 THE BIBLE. BECAUSE THE KORAN ITSELF SAYS THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS GO AND ASK THE PEOPLE 00:21:34.73\00:21:40.53 OF THE BOOK. SO AS A RESULT OF THESE CURRENT CHANGES, 00:21:40.53\00:21:44.13 WE HAVE RECEIVED AN UNPRECEDENTED REQUEST FOR A 00:21:44.13\00:21:49.56 NUMBER OF BIBLES. BIBLES THAT ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED BY LOCAL LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY IN 00:21:49.56\00:21:56.26 PLACES WHERE YOU AND I CAN'T GO BUT THEY ARE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE 00:21:56.26\00:22:01.63 DISTRIBUTING THESE BIBLES THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS. 00:22:01.63\00:22:03.96 THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY PEOPLE WORKING UNDER GOSPEL OUTREACH AND DISTRIBUTING THESE BIBLES IN 00:22:03.96\00:22:10.13 A PLACE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE SIMPLY CANNOT GO. 00:22:10.13\00:22:13.06 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:22:13.06\00:22:14.00 I COULDN'T GET A VISA TO SOME OF THESE PLACES. 00:22:14.00\00:22:16.16 IF I TRIED? 00:22:16.16\00:22:17.63 I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD DO ANY BETTER. 00:22:17.63\00:22:21.03 EVEN A DOCTOR I KNEW COULDN'T GET A VISA. 00:22:21.03\00:22:24.83 SO I WOULDN'T TRY FOR YOU. 00:22:24.83\00:22:27.36 THESE ARE THE TWO BIG MISSION OPPORTUNITIES I CAN POINT TO 00:22:27.36\00:22:32.43 TODAY. RENEWED INTEREST IN PROPHECIES, AND I THINK THE ADVENTIST COMMUNITY 00:22:32.43\00:22:36.63 HAS MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE IN THIS AREA. 00:22:36.63\00:22:39.60 AND A GROWING INTEREST FOR THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE. 00:22:39.60\00:22:43.83 NOW THESE ARE NOT JUST OLD COPIES OF OUR BIBLES THAT YOU 00:22:43.83\00:22:50.90 WANT US TO GATHER AND WE SHIP OVER THERE. 00:22:50.90\00:22:52.53 NO BRUCE. 00:22:52.53\00:22:54.16 THE BIBLES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, NUMBER ONE, ARE IN LOCAL LANGUAGES AND YOU HAVE MANY 00:22:54.16\00:22:59.40 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 00:22:59.40\00:23:01.70 SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE NEW TO SOME OF OUR VIEWERS IS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BIBLES FOR MUSLIMS 00:23:01.70\00:23:07.83 THERE IS THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN LANGUAGE THAT SOUNDS VERY FOREIGN TO THE MUSLIMS. 00:23:07.83\00:23:12.43 STUDIES HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TERMS THAT PASS THEIR HEAD BECAUSE 00:23:12.43\00:23:18.30 THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY MEAN. 00:23:18.30\00:23:21.03 YOU MEAN THIS IS A CHRISTIAN ARABIC? 00:23:21.03\00:23:24.26 EXACTLY, IT IS A CHRISTIAN ARABIC. 00:23:24.26\00:23:25.83 SO THERE IS A CHRISTIAN ARABIC AND A MUSLIM ARABIC. 00:23:25.83\00:23:28.73 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:28.73\00:23:29.73 AND THEY KNOW THE TWO IMMEDIATELY. 00:23:29.73\00:23:32.26 WITHIN 30 SECONDS THEY CAN SEE WHICH BIBLE IS WHAT. 00:23:32.26\00:23:37.40 IN THE PAST WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED BIBLES WHICH HAVE THE CHRISTIAN LANGUAGE BUT IT HAS SINCE BEEN 00:23:37.40\00:23:43.46 INDICATED THAT THEY SEEM TO HAVE SOME PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE STORIES AND PASSAGES THAT JUST 00:23:46.06\00:23:53.26 MAKE NO SENSE TO THEM. 00:23:53.26\00:23:55.03 THERE ARE OTHER TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE, WHICH BY THE WAY WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL BIBLE BUT WE 00:23:55.03\00:24:00.40 HAVE THE GOSPELS AND PART OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, 00:24:02.96\00:24:07.30 THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY HAVING MUSLIMS IN 00:24:07.30\00:24:11.66 MIND. IT IS BASICALLY A TRANSLATION THAT USES SOME OF THE TERMS MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND BUT 00:24:11.66\00:24:18.63 ALSO HAS STUDIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BIBLE THAT 00:24:18.63\00:24:21.43 ADDRESSES SOME OF THE COMMON OBJECTIONS THAT MUSLIMS HAVE TO 00:24:21.43\00:24:26.00 THE BIBLE. THIS ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT WESTERN BIBLE STUDY GUIDES USUALLY SCRATCH WHERE 00:24:26.00\00:24:33.23 WESTERN PEOPLE ITCH. 00:24:33.23\00:24:35.30 YES. 00:24:35.30\00:24:36.53 WHAT WE NEED ARE BIBLES THAT SCRATCH WHERE MUSLIM PEOPLE 00:24:36.53\00:24:42.26 ITCH. ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS THEIR NEEDS, THEIR CONCERNS, SPEAKING TO THEM IN THEIR 00:24:42.26\00:24:49.26 LANGUAGE AS WELL AS IN THEIR CULTURE. 00:24:49.26\00:24:50.60 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:50.60\00:24:52.26 YOU KNOW BRUCE, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING THAT THE GOSPEL IS ACTUALLY A SEMITIC BOOK. 00:24:52.26\00:24:57.90 THE BIBLE IS A SEMITIC BOOK SO WHEN WE RETURN IT TO SIMITIC PEOPLE THEY LOVE IT. 00:24:57.90\00:25:02.50 WE DON'T HAVE TIME BUT I COULD TELL YOU SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE ENCOUNTERING THEMSELVES 00:25:02.50\00:25:09.00 AS THEY ENCOUNTER THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE. 00:25:09.00\00:25:11.53 IT SPEAKS VERY POWERFUL WHEN IT IS RELEASED 00:25:11.53\00:25:13.66 IN A WAY THAT RETURNS IT BACK TO IT'S OWN CULTURE. 00:25:13.66\00:25:17.63 EXACTLY. 00:25:17.63\00:25:19.40 GABY, YOUR WEALTH OF INFORMATION FROM LIVING THERE AND WORKING THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS HAS MADE 00:25:19.40\00:25:24.96 YOU AN INVALUABLE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. 00:25:24.96\00:25:27.16 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND SHARING WITH US. 00:25:27.16\00:25:30.30 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR PEOPLE TO TAKE A SERIOUS INTEREST IN THE NEEDS OF THESE BIBLES. 00:25:30.30\00:25:36.53 YOU SAID A NUMBER. 00:25:36.53\00:25:37.70 I THINK THE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY QUITE LARGE, IN THE THOUSANDS, 00:25:37.70\00:25:40.53 AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. 00:25:40.53\00:25:42.43 SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, YOUR ASSISTANCE, 00:25:42.43\00:25:46.86 YOUR HELP, YOUR PRAYERS NOT ONLY IN GETTING THE BIBLES TO MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES BUT GETTING THEM 00:25:46.86\00:25:53.13 IN AND DISTRIBUTED BECAUSE IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES JUST HAVING A BIBLE CAN BE A DEATH 00:25:53.13\00:26:00.90 DECREE THAT CAN BE A FATAL ACCIDENT. 00:26:00.90\00:26:03.76 SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO RISK THEIR 00:26:03.76\00:26:07.06 LIVES. ADDRESS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS, TO CONTRIBUTE, TO SHARE YOUR 00:26:07.06\00:26:12.33 PRAYERS, CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 00:26:12.33\00:26:14.70 YOU CAN SEE OUR URL AND ALL THE REST OF THE INFORMATION ON YOUR 00:26:21.43\00:26:26.16 SCREEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:26:26.16\00:26:27.66 TUNE IN AGAIN FOR ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH 00:26:27.66\00:26:32.63 GOSPEL OUTREACH. [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:26:32.63\00:28:29.76