The Most Inspiring Vision
Why I Believe - PART 6
April 30 - May 1, 2016 • John Dickerson
最鼓舞人心的願景
為什麼我相信 - 第六部分
4月30日至5月1日，到2016年約翰•迪克森
Introduction:
介紹：
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,”
Jesus, speaking around 31 AD/CE
recorded in Luke 4:18
“主的靈在我身上、因為他用膏膏我、叫我傳福音給貧窮的人．差遣我報告被擄的得釋放、瞎眼的得看見、叫那受壓制的得自由、”
耶穌所说约31 AD / CE
記錄在路加福音4:18
After a careful examination of primary evidence, I became
convinced that the Christian movement—while far from
spotless—is in fact the greatest perpetual force for
human good, to date.
在仔細查驗主要證據之後，我轉而
相信這個基督徒運動---雖然絕對不是
毫無瑕疵---事實上是對於人類善行
最偉大的持久力量直到今日。
Two More Contributions to Consider:
思考兩個更多貢獻：
1. Devout Christians, motivated by sincere
Christ belief, played an irrefutable role in
establishing Hospitals and institutional
Philanthropy 1
虔誠的基督徒，在真誠的基督信仰驅動之下，
在建立醫院和大型慈善組織1
扮演無法駁倒的角色。
Christ-motivated founders of modern medicine and philanthropy
to study for yourself: medieval cathedral hospitals, Florence
Nightingale, Benjamin Rush, Edward Jenner, Johns Hopkins,
The Salvation Army (Catherine and William Booth), The
YMCA (George Williams), The Goodwill (Rev. Edgar J. Helms).
現代醫學和慈善事業的基督動機創始人
自我學習：中世紀大教堂醫院，佛羅倫薩
南丁格爾，本傑明罗许，爱德华金納，約翰霍普金斯，
救世軍（凱瑟琳和威廉攤位），
The YMCA（喬治·威廉斯），The Goodwill（埃德加J.赫爾姆斯）。
2. Devout Christians, motivated by sincere Christ belief,
played an irrefutable role in Abolishing
Slavery. 2
虔誠的基督徒，在真誠的基督信仰驅動之下，
在廢除奴隸制度上
扮演無法駁倒的角色。 2
扮演無法駁倒的角色。 2
The horror of slavery long pre-dates Christianity as a global
norm:3
早在基督教前，恐怖的奴隸制成為一個全球性常態：3
“In the ancient Near East, as in Asia, Europe, Africa, and
the preconquest Americas, various forms of slavery and
servitude almost certainly emerged long before they
were systematized by laws or legal codes.”
A Historical Guide to World Slavery
Oxford University Press
“在古代近東，亞洲，歐洲，非洲，
征服美洲前，各種形式的奴隸制和
勞役幾乎肯定成型，在法律或法律規範将它们系統化前“。
世界奴隸制歷史指南
牛津大學出版社
Christ-motivated abolition activists changed the global norm.
Study for yourself: Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Wilberforce, Samuel Sewall,
Theodore Dwight Weld, John Woolman, Benjamin Rush,
American Anti-Slavery Society, Charles Grandison Finney,
Thomas Clarkson, John Rankin, Samuel Cornish, Sojourner
Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore S. Wright, Rev. John
Monteith, Elijah Parish Lovejoy.
受基督激勵廢奴主義活動家改變了全球常態。
自我學習：哈里特，弗雷德里克·道格拉斯，
斯托夫人，威廉·威爾伯福斯，塞繆爾·休厄爾，
西奧多·德懷特虛焊，約翰·伍爾曼，本傑明罗许，
美國反奴隸制協會，查爾斯·芬尼，
托馬斯·克拉克森，約翰·蘭金，塞繆爾·康沃爾，旅居者
真理，威廉·勞埃德·加里森，西奧多S.懷特，約翰
蒙特斯牧師，以利亞教區洛夫喬伊。
1 The Christian Role in Establishing Hospitals and Institutional Philanthropy:
基督教在建立醫院與慈善組織的角色:
• Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale (primary source).
• The Life of Edward Jenner with illustrations of his doctrine and selections from
his correspondence by John Baron. 1838 (primary source).
• Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals by Guenter B. Risse, M.D.,
PhD. p 73.
• Science and Technology in World History by James Edward McClellan and
Harold Dorn. p 99, 101.
• Bodies and Souls: Politics and the Professionalization of Nursing in France,
1880-1922. by Katrin Schultheiss. p 4.
• The Origin, Plan, and Operations of the Charing Cross Hospital, London by
Benjamin Golding, M.D. p 26.
• The Life of Edward Jenner MD LLD FRS by John Baron. 1827.
2 Primary Source Writings from Christians who Turned the Cultural Opinion
Against Slavery:
基督徒主要來源著作改变文化观点反對奴隸制：
• The Bible Against Slavery by Theodore Dwight Weld.
• Letters on Slavery by Rev. John Rankin.
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe.
• Real Christianity by William Wilberforce the abolitionist. 1797.
• The Guilt of Slavery and the Crime of Slaveholding, Demonstrated from the
Hebrew and Greek Scriptures by Rev. George B. Cheever.
• My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass.
• A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick
Douglass.
• Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
• The Selling of Joseph by Samuel Sewall.
• God Against Slavery by Rev. George B. Cheever.
• A Condensed Anti-Slavery Bible Argument by George Bourne.
• The Wrongs of American Slavery Exposed by the Light of the Bible and of Facts
by Rev. John G. Free.
3 On the horror of slavery as a global norm in pre-Christian civilizations,
including present day Sudan and Mauritania:
3在奴隸制的恐怖作為前基督教文明的全球規範，
包括現今的蘇丹和毛里塔尼亞：
• Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris [1977] 1991, pages 234-235
• The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson. 2010.
• How the West Won by Rodney Stark. pages 1-32.
• Islam’s Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora by Ronald Segal. 2001.
• Atlas of Slavery by James Walvin.
• Man, Nature, and History by W.M.S. Russell. 1967. page 99.
• Imperial China by Raymond Dawson. 1972. page 62.
• A Historical Guide to World Slavery by Drescher, Seymour and
Stanley L. Engerman, Eds.
• Slavery: A World History by Milton Meltzer.
• Slavery: Antiquity & Its Legacy by Page duBois.
For further reading on Christian influence in history:
進一步閱讀基督教在歷史上的影響：
• How the West Won by Rodney Stark, PhD
• Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig, PhD
• Why You Think The Way You Do by Glenn S. Sunshine, PhD
• Turning Points by Mark A Noll, PhD
• The Triumph of Christianity by Rodney Stark, PhD
• Jesus the God-Man by Darrell Bock, PhD
• A Reasonable Response by William Lane Craig, PhD
Application/Discussion Questions
1. In the last two messages we have seen the direct
role that sincere Christians have played in improving
humanity. Discuss how much you had or had not
been aware of primary source documents from
these activists, explaining their Christ-motivation for
the good they did.
1.在過去的兩篇信息，我們已經看到了
虔誠的基督徒在改善人性中扮演直接角色。
討論你有沒有過
意識到來自這些活動家的主要来源文件，
解釋他們所做好行为的基督动机。
2. Did you agree or disagree with the argument that
sincere Christians have been the greatest force for
perpetual good in history? If you disagree, have you
read the primary sources footnoted at the end of the
message notes?
2.你是否同意这样的的說法
虔誠的基督徒一直是在歷史上成就永久美善
最偉大的力量？如果您不同意，你有沒有
阅讀结尾附註的主要來源信息文件嗎？
3. Matthew 25:31-46 was a key motivation for many
Christian abolitionists who saw the end of slavery in
the U.S. and then around the world. Take a moment
to read that passage. How is your commitment
to care for “the least of these” not only with your
words, but also with your finances and actions?
3.馬太福音25：31-46是许多基督教廢奴主義
看到美國奴隸制的結束的一个關鍵動機，以致世界各地。
花點時間阅读文件。你如何承諾
照顧“這些中最小的”，不僅口說，
且以你的財務和行動？
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