An Indonesian Perspective on the Person and Identity of Jesus Christ

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In this podcast, Fr. Daniel will concentrate on the identity of the 2nd person of the Trinity - Jesus the Christ. Is He who He claims to be - Very God of Very God? Jesus is the Eternal Kalimat - Arabic for Word or Logos in Greek.

Fr. Daniel was born in a Muslim home living with his grandfather and began attending the Mosque at 5 years of age. As he grew older, he searched for a deeper certainty of God and encountered Christ for the first time in the form of light in a vision. Confused and trembling but with unspeakable joy, the young man began to ask such questions as “Who is Jesus Christ? What is he about?” He began to see Christianity differently through the Qur’an itself, which, although denying that Christ is God, treats many points of Biblical history with reverence. He invited Christ into his heart and was baptized into Dutch Reformed Protestant Christianity – the only Church he knew at this time taking the baptismal name of Daniel. He then became very active in witnessing for Christ and he wanted to be an evangelist or missionary. Further, her desired to make the Gospel known to his own people, within the context of their culture, not as a “western-religion,” but the truth of God that originated in the Middle East/Israel, the land of all the prophets. Later as he was invited to preach among many different protestant churches, the young Daniel was bewildered by the plethora of groups and denominations with differing and opposing theological thoughts, traditions and practices. He also began to miss liturgical rhythm of life which he was used to in Islam and set his heart searching towards the ancient Christianity of the East. He knew nothing of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, rather his intuition told him that Christianity was born in the same Middle Eastern milieu as Islam and soon he embraced and was chrismated into the Orthodox Christian Church. 

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The Fullness of Christ in the Gospel of JohnAugust 01, 2008

Fr. Daniel begins his podcast by speaking about how the Gospel of John makes manifest the fullness of Jesus Christ: his Gospel, teaching, and redemptive work.

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Christ As The LightAugust 09, 2008

Fr. Daniel continues his examination of the Gospel of St. John, showing that Jesus is the Light and Life of the world.

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Logos is word of life...touched the man.

In him there is life...the life of mankind.

receive the life through the divine life of the Son

God is light, and in him is no darkenss at all.

Enlighten the whole creation

experience the life of God--light itself

Expeirence divine life also in body, in the transfiguration

light shines in the darkness

A way to escapt the power of darkness...

light approached the light because the light approaches us from his divine swelling

in spite of evil and work of devil and sway of death

still glimpse of goodness of God in our life.

Truth is truth of Christ

Still goodness expressing the Goodness of Christ

God still interveening in world

originated from God

Christ at work

Seed of Logos

Light shines in darkness

Logos ready to save anyone

Darkness does not overpower Light

Eyes to see can see...goodness

God using human goodness to reveal that He is present in the world

that He is in charge of the world.

Darkness cannot overcome the presence of light,

Hatred is not the ultimate answer of life.

Christianity spreads the culture of love.

Culture of life.

Spread culture of life, of love.

Real meaning of light that shines in darkness

Darkness of sin cannot stamp it out.

To begin answering your question, D., I'd consult what Fr. Tom says about "Gospel" -- in part two of the below:

Teaching Doctrine In The World We Live In Today - Part TwoAugust 11, 2008

We continue with part two of Fr. Thomas' three-part lecture on teaching doctrine given in June, 2008 at the Met. Andrey Sheptytsky Institute in Ottawa.

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Teaching Doctrine In The World We Live In Today - Part 1August 07, 2008

Ancient Faith Radio is proud to present a three-part lecture on teaching doctrine by Fr. Thomas given in June, 2008 at the Met. Andrey Sheptytsky Institute in Ottawa.

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Post Edited (Love's Child) : 8/12/2008 6:35:08 PM (GMT-5)

I don't agree with everything he says...but DANG! 

Compare and contrast his words about "love"  with the Christian radio host in the YouTube thing.  "The True Significance of Christmas" is a real gem...

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Christ And The Holy TrinityAugust 16, 2008

Fr. Daniel looks at creation in terms of the hypostases of the Holy Trinity.

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