Eunique Perspectives of Hope.
chrisadmin While The Hope Tapes is not the most popular website on the Internet đ, we do get visitors every month. Server space has been donated to us free of charge since we started, but hosting over 8 GB of video files for free is not longer an option. Rather than shutting down the website, we’ve … Read more…
Terminology is important. When this tape series was originally created, homosexuals was a mostly acceptable word to identify the lesbian and gay communities. Bisexuals were mostly ignored (“when are they going to come out of the closet”). Transgendered were barely on the radar and queer was considered a derogatory term, like the N-word today. In … Read more…
In the beginning there were a bunch of VHS video tapes. In the late 1990’s, Rev. Samuel Kader was giving this lecture series on a regular basis at Community Gospel Church in Dayton, Ohio. They decided to record the series using the state-of-the-art technology of the day â video tape â and sent copies to … Read more…
For a eunique series, you need a unique picture. I took this picture many years ago at the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California. Sundial Bridge is a unique bridge created by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. It functions as both a bridge and a sundial. If you are ever in the Redding, California area, … Read more…
One of the most common comments I hear is, “Hey, do you know that Eunique is spelled wrong!” Yes, it is. It’s eunique. The official title of the series is Eunique Perspectives of Hope: Homosexuality and The Bible. This is the way it was spelled in the original opening. I am not sure if the … Read more…
To supplement The Hope Tapes, there is a set of study notes compiled by Ross Parlette. The notes include every scripture, along with and the Strongs Concordance entries for each Greek & Hebrew word mentioned in the series. Download the study notes here… The Hope Tapes: Study Notes If you are looking for more than just … Read more…
This is the introduction to the series. Rev. Samuel Kader begins with some of the tools he will be using, including Strongâs Concordance, then talks about his view of the mission of the church. Here he sets the tone for the rest of the series on Homosexuality and the Bible. He submits⊠The mission … Read more…
Rev. Samuel Kader goes verse by verse thru this story, showing that these cities had been judged long before the angels entered Sodom. While the sins of Sodom were many, was âhomosexualityâ among them? Rev. Kader looks in both the Old and New testaments to get a comprehensive view of what was going on. A … Read more…
This segment looks at the Old Testament laws and their purpose. Rev. Kader takes a special look at the two verses used to condemn homosexuality, as well as the hundreds of other regulations that ensure that no one can be justified under the law. Some of the takeaways⊠Do you really want to stone your … Read more…
In this segment, Rev. Kader looks at the problem of translating obscure Greek words, with modern versions of the Bible coming up with very different translations. Many versions even translate the same word differently in the two different passages. Not a sound footing for a condemnation of a group of people. Some of the highlights⊠… Read more…