After his not-very-sold out gig with Slow Patrol last week, Derek is back to lead this Friday 15th December.
With the release of the new film http://www.thenativitystory.com/ we will be looking at the way the Nativity has been represented in the movies.
Do they tell the true story ?
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Does anyone know when this film is out in Keighley?
I have heard critics on the TV saying the film is boring not enough action and falling short on emotion and shock when Mary is told she is going to have a baby and still a virgin.
I saw a proramme on TV this year where a man had a baby - what's going on there ? wow !
Should we tell the Nativity story exactly how it is in the Bible or is a bit of artistic licence ok ?
I felt that our discussions on the events after the birth of Jesus very much highlighted the paradox of bittersweet. So often we find a blessing and something that seems, to human minds at least, a misery and a waste almost running in parallel.
I heard a testimony on Monday where a man lost his sister through ill health but he himself was cured of a long standing problem: and this pattern is often repeated.
All in all a very thought provoking session.
Artistic licence: we need to recreate the true meaning and often translations lose something in the process. It is well known that some concepts common to biblical times and cultures are incomprehensible to other cultures.
Thus some interpretation may be right in order to get the message across (witness the popularity of many paraphrases of the Bible from J B Phillips in the 1960s, through the Living Bible in the 1970s and now the Message.) I have always had problems with the 1611 translation (bearing in mind that earlier texts have been found since then) and the words mangled the truths therein from time to time.
Thus some artistic licence may be necessary in order that the hearers can understand. Good communication is a two way process that demands confirmation or feedback that the recipient has successfully understood the meaning of the original transmitter. How often do we utter words but do not communicate?
re: r t chok's comments on the bittersweet:
at the carol service last night we heard several testimonies of people who went through bad times/ bereavement at Christmas but through those events becae Christians.
God moves in mysterious ways...
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