Actors Whip Easter Bunny at Church Show

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Actors Whip Easter Bunny at Church Show
GLASSPORT, Pa. - First, the Passion of the
Christ. Now, the torment of the Easter Bunny? It
may not have been as gruesome as Mel Gibson's
movie, but many parents and children got upset
when a church trying to teach about Jesus'
crucifixion performed an Easter show with actors
whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs.
People who attended Saturday's show at
Glassport's memorial stadium quoted performers as
saying, There is no Easter bunny, and described
the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus
was crucified. (April 8, 2004, AP via Yahoo news)
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CHURCH PLAYS
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What is the difference in our use of plays
during Vacation Bible School and those the
denomina- tional world who uses plays for
teaching? sic And thats a fair question
because here at Jackson Heights a couple of
times, in fact last year, we used a couple of
plays in doing that. (Ken Weliever, Plays,
tape)
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CHURCH PLAYS
I. WHERE IS THE BIBLE AUTHORITY FOR HAVING PLAYS?
A. Drama and acting were known in the Greek
world in which the history of Acts took place,
Acts 1929, 31 1 Cor. 49
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Acts 1929, 31
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CHURCH PLAYS
I. WHERE IS THE BIBLE AUTHORITY FOR HAVING PLAYS?
A. Drama and acting were known in the Greek
world in which the history of Acts took place,
Acts 1929, 31 1 Cor. 49
B. Why did the not Holy Spirit inspire Paul to
incorporate drama and acting? Jno. 1613 C.
The word for acting in a play is never used in a
good sense in the New Testament, 2 Tim.
111 Acts 1421-22.
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uJpokrisiv, uJpokrisewv, hJ 1. an answering
an answer (Herodotus). 2. the acting of a
stage-player (Aristotle, Polybius, Dionysius
Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian, Artemidorus
Daldianus, others). 3. dissimulation,
hypocrisy Matthew 2328 Mark 1215 Luke 121
Galatians 213 1 Timothy 42 (James 512
Rec.st) 1 Peter 21(Thayer, via Ages Software)
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uJpokrithv, uJpokritou, oJ 1. one who answers,
an interpreter (Plato, Lucian). 2. an actor,
stage-player (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato,
Aelian, Herodian). 3. in Biblical Greek, a
dissembler, pretender, hypocrite Matthew
62,5,16 75 157 163 Rec. 2218 2313
Rec.,14 (13 Tdf.),15,23,25,27,29 2451 Mark
76 Luke 642 1144 R L in brackets Luke
1256 1315. (Job 3430 3613, for ãnej,
profane, impious.) (Mention is made of Heimsoeth,
De voce hupokritees comment. (Bonnae, 1874,
4to.).) (Thayer)
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CHURCH PLAYS
I. WHERE IS THE BIBLE AUTHORITY FOR HAVING PLAYS?
A. Drama and acting were known in the Greek
world in which the history of Acts took place,
Acts 1929, 31 1 Cor. 49
B. Why did the not Holy Spirit inspire Paul to
incorporate drama and acting? Jno. 1613 C.
The word for acting in a play is never used in a
good sense in the New Testament, 2 Tim.
111 Acts 1421-22 Eph. 122-23 1 Cor.
121 Acts 1126
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CHURCH PLAYS
I. WHERE IS THE BIBLE AUTHORITY FOR HAVING PLAYS?
II. PLAYS ARE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, 2 Cor. 45
III. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYS AND BIBLE
PREACHING AND TEACHING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EMOTION-BASED COMMUNICATION AND REASON-BASED
COMMUNICATION
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYS AND BIBLE PREACHING
AND TEACHING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EMOTION-BASED COMMUNICATION AND REASON-BASED
COMMUNICATION

• Both plays and preaching appeal to the senses,
  but they appeal in different ways and to
  different
• senses, Mk. 1615 Rom. 116 1 Cor. 118

MESSAGE
MESSAGE
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYS AND BIBLE PREACHING
AND TEACHING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EMOTION-BASED COMMUNICATION AND REASON-BASED
COMMUNICATION

• Both plays and preaching appeal to the senses,
  but they appeal in different ways and to
  different
• senses, Mk. 1615 Rom. 116 1 Cor. 118

• Plays shift from objective biblical truth to
  subjective human interpretation, 1 Cor. 211-12
  Isa. 532 Rev. 2218-19

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Artists Impressions of Jesus
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYS AND BIBLE PREACHING
AND TEACHING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EMOTION-BASED COMMUNICATION AND REASON-BASED
COMMUNICATION

• Both plays and preaching appeal to the senses,
  but they appeal in different ways and to
  different
• senses, Mk. 1615 Rom. 116 1 Cor. 118

• Plays shift from objective biblical truth to
  subjective human interpretation, 1 Cor. 211-12
  Isa. 532 Rev. 2218-19

• Just a different method?

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I really think that the question, at least in my
view, has to do with teaching methodology. Can
you use this method of teaching in order to be
able to bring about teaching about the word of
God? And I think that to begin with that we need
to understand there is a difference between the
message and the meth- od. Now there would be some
that I think that may would disagree with that,
but I think a lot of it has to with that. sic
That all of us understand that the message is
unchangingGods word is infallible, its
inerrant, it is unchangeable, but the method
through which we may bring about that word, or
teach that word, or transmit that word does
indeed change. (Ken Weliever, Plays,
transcribed)
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• Plays cannot do what preaching can
• Charge, 1 Tim. 617
• Command, 1 Tim. 57
• Convict, Jno. 168, cp. Acts 237
• Declare the whole counsel of God, Acts 2027
• Exhort, 2 Tim. 42
• Preach the kingdom, Acts 2025
• Reprove, rebuke, 2 Tim. 42

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CHURCH PLAYS
I. WHERE IS THE BIBLE AUTHORITY FOR HAVING PLAYS?
II. PLAYS ARE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, 2 Cor. 45
III. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYS AND BIBLE
PREACHING AND TEACHING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EMOTION-BASED COMMUNICATION AND REASON-BASED
COMMUNICATION
IV. TO WHAT DO PLAYS LOGICALLY LEAD?
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TO WHAT DO PLAYS LOGICALLY LEAD?

• Women preachers, 1 Tim. 211-12
• To the church praising men rather than God,
  Eph. 321

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Applause 1. the act of applauding approval, or
praise acclamation approbation publicly
expressed. 2. demonstration of approval by hand
clapping, cheering, shouting, etc. (Webster)
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TO WHAT DO PLAYS LOGICALLY LEAD?

• Women preachers, 1 Tim. 211-12
• To the church praising men rather than God,
  Eph. 321
• To the facilities necessary to put on plays

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When I think of a play I think of a pageant or a
production or some type of full scale
presentation that is more geared to entertainment
purposes. I would say that one of the
differences has to do with the fact that what we
have done at Jackson Heights in days gone by has
been much more what I would call role playing
than a play or a pageant. Where you simply have
youngsters and adults who are reading the
scriptures, that are basically acting out a
little Bible narrative of eight or ten minutes as
opposed to where people come together with all
kinds of skits and sets and production and sound
equipment and lights and all this kind of stuff
and to put on a three act play that takes and an
hour and a half or two hours. That is one of the
big differences that I see. (Weliever)
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When I think of a play I think of a pageant or a
production or some type of full scale
presentation that is more geared to entertainment
purposes. I would say that one of the
differences has to do with the fact that what we
have done at Jackson Heights in days gone by has
been much more what I would call role playing
than a play or a pageant. Where you simply have
youngsters and adults who are reading the
scriptures, that are basically acting out a
little Bible narrative of eight or ten minutes as
opposed to where people come together with all
kinds of skits and sets and production and sound
equipment and lights and all this kind of stuff
and to put on a three act play that takes and an
hour and a half or two hours. That is one of the
big differences that I see. (Weliever)
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CHURCH PLAYS
I. WHERE IS THE BIBLE AUTHORITY FOR HAVING PLAYS?
A. Drama and acting were known in the Greek
world in which the history of Acts took place,
Acts 1929, 31 1 Cor. 49
B. Why did the not Holy Spirit inspire Paul to
incorporate drama and acting? Jno. 1613 C.
The word for acting in a play is never used in a
good sense in the New Testament, 2 Tim.
111 Acts 1421-22 Eph. 122-23 1 Cor.
121 Acts 1126
II. PLAYS ARE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, 2 Cor. 45
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYS AND BIBLE PREACHING
AND TEACHING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EMOTION-BASED COMMUNICATION AND REASON-BASED
COMMUNICATION

• Both plays and preaching appeal to the senses,
  but they appeal in different ways and to
  different
• senses, Mk. 1615 Rom. 116 1 Cor. 118

• Plays shift from objective biblical truth to
  subjective human interpretation, 1 Cor. 211-12
  Isa. 532 Rev. 2218-19

• Just a different method?

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TO WHAT DO PLAYS LOGICALLY LEAD?

• Women preachers, 1 Tim. 211-12
• To the church praising men rather than God,
  Eph. 321
• To the facilities necessary to put on plays