Bill Bright (1921 – 2003)

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William R. Bright yazaalibwa nga 19 Okitobba 1921 e Coweta, mu Oklahoma, nga ye mwana ow’omukaaga ku baana musanvu ab’amaka agaalundanga ente. Okutuusa mu kibiina eky’omunaana yasomera mu ssomero ery’ekisenge kimu. Oluvannyuma lw’okuyitira waggulu ennyo mu misomo ku Northeastern State University, yasenguka n’agenda e California n’azimba bizinensi y’ebiwoomerera eyagenda obulungi. Yamanya Enjiri okuyita mu buweereza bwa Henrietta Mears ku Hollywood Presbyterian Church, era mu 1945 yewaayo ddala eri Kristo n’obulamu bwe bwonna.

Bwe yali asomera mu matendekero g’eby’eddiini aga Princeton ne Fuller, Bright yawulira okuyitibwa okw’amaanyi ennyo okuva eri Katonda. Ye ne mukyala we Vonette ne bassa omukono ku kye baayita “endagaano y’omuddu” — mu butuufu okwewaayo okuwandiikiddwa, nga bawaayo eri Yesu eddembe lyabwe lyonna n’ebigendererwa byabwe byonna — era mu 1951 ne batandika Campus Crusade for Christ ku University of California, Los Angeles.

Mu myezi mitono, abayizi bikumi na bikumi ku UCLA baali bawaddeyo obulamu bwabwe eri Kristo, nga mw’otwalidde pulezidenti w’abayizi, omukulu w’olupapula lw’amawulire olw’ettendekero, n’abazannyi b’emizannyo abawerako. Emyaka gya 1950 we gyaggwerako, Campus Crusade yali ebunye mu matendekero mangi nnyo. Obuweereza buno bwakula ne bufuuka kimu ku bibiina by’Ekikristaayo ebisinga obunene mu nsi, nga bulina abakozi 26,000 n’abannakyewa 225,000 mu nsi 191.

Mu 1952, Bright yawandiika Amateeka Ana ag’Omwoyo — ennyanjula y’enjiri ennyangu eyakagabibwa abantu abasoba mu buwumbi 2.5. Mu 1979, yafulumya firimu ya Yesu, eyali, we yafiira, ekyusiddwa mu nnimi ezisoba mu 1,400 era ng’erabiddwa abantu abasoba mu buwumbi butaano. Mu 1996 yaweebwa Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion — ng’egula doola obukadde 1.1 — n’awaayo ssente zonna okutumbula okusaba n’okusiiba. Bill Bright yafa nga 19 Jjulaayi 2003.

Essaala Ennene Eyaddibwamu

Okumenyawo okw’amaanyi ku ttendekero lya UCLA mu 1951 kye kyali ensigo ebintu ebirala byonna mu buweereza bwa Bright mwe byamera. Kyava mu kusaba kwokka. Bright bwe yatandika Campus Crusade n’abannakyewa batono, tewaali buweereza bwa bayizi bwa ngeri eyo bwali bubaddewo, era tewaali kakasa nti bujja kugenda bulungi. Ye ne Vonette baasabanga n’obunyiikivu nga tebannaba buli lukuŋŋaana, buli kwogerezeganya, buli kubunyisa njiri.

Mu myezi mitono, pulezidenti w’abayizi ba UCLA, omukulu w’olupapula lw’amawulire olw’ettendekero, n’abazannyi abasinga obumanyifu abawerako baali bawaddeyo obulamu bwabwe eri Kristo. Enkyukakyuka y’abayizi bano ab’erinnya yakankanya ettendekero lyonna. Amawulire ne gabuna. Ekibiina ne kikula. Mu myaka kkumi kyali kifuuse amaanyi mu ggwanga lyonna, oluvannyuma mu nsi yonna.

Naye essaala esinga obunene eyaddibwamu mu bulamu bwa Bright yali firimu ya Yesu. Yatwala emyaka egy’okusaba, okusonda ssente mu kukkiriza, okwetegeka mu by’eddiini, n’omulimu omungi ogw’okutegeka okugikola. Bwe yafulumizibwa mu 1979, mu kusooka yalagibwa mu nsi ntono zokka. Bright n’asaba ebune ensi yonna.

Mu myaka amakumi egyaddirira, Katonda yaddamu essaala eyo okusukka ennyo ku Bright kye yali ayinza okulowooza: firimu eno kati erabiddwa abantu abasoba mu buwumbi butaano mu nsi ezisoba mu 200, era abantu bukadde na bukadde basabye essaala ey’obulokozi nga bamaze okugiraba. Ye firimu esinga okulabibwa mu byafaayo by’abantu.

Ebyawandiikibwa Ebikulu

Matayo 28:19 – 20 (OLCB) — “Kale mugende mufuule abantu bonna mu nsi zonna, abayigirizwa nga mubabatiza mu linnya lya Kitaffe, Omwana era Mwoyo Mutukuvu. Era mubayigirize okugonderanga byonna bye nabalagira mmwe.”

Ebikolwa by’Abatume 1:8 (OLCB) — “Naye muliweebwa amaanyi, Mwoyo Mutukuvu bw’alimala okubakkako, era munaabanga bajulirwa bange mu Yerusaalemi, ne mu Buyudaaya yonna, ne mu Samaliya okutuukira ddala ku nkomerero z’ensi.”

1 Yokaana 5:14 – 15 (OLCB) — “Noolwekyo tulina obuvumu nti bwe tugenda gy’ali ne tumusaba ekintu kyonna, ye nga bw’asiima atuwulira. Era bwe tutegeera nti atuwulira bwe tumusaba, buli kye tumusaba talema kukituwa.”

Ebigambo Bye ku Kusaba

“Ndaga ekkanisa oba ekibiina ky’Ekikristaayo ekissa essira ku kusaba, nange nkulage obuweereza abantu mwe basanyukira Yesu Kristo era mwe bamuwaako obujulirwa.”

“Nzikiriza nti amaanyi g’okusiiba nga gakwatagana n’okusaba ye bbomu ya atomu ey’omwoyo Mukama waffe gy’atuwadde okuzikiriza ebigo by’obubi n’okuleeta okuzuukuka okunene n’amakungula ag’omwoyo mu nsi yonna.”

“Okusiiba n’omutima omulongoofu n’ebigendererwa ebirungi kuleeta okuzuukuka mu muntu kinnoomu era kwongera amaanyi mu ssaala zaffe. Okuzuukuka kw’omuntu kinnoomu kubaawo kubanga okusiiba kwe kwetoowaza.”

“Okusiiba n’okusaba bisobola okukyusa obulagirizi bw’eggwanga lyaffe, n’amawanga ag’ensi, n’okuleeta okutuukirizibwa kw’Ekiragiro Ekikulu.”

“Si kuba nti owulirwa Omuntu asinga obukulu mu bwengula bwonna kyokka, naye bw’ofukamira mu kifo kyo eky’okusabiramu, oba n’enkizo okukozesebwa Katonda okuyamba okukyusa obulamu bw’abantu n’amawanga.”

Okusaba n’Ekigambo kya Katonda

“Ekisuubizo kye kiri nti bulijjo anaddangamu bwe tusaba nga bw’ayagala: “Noolwekyo tulina obuvumu nti bwe tugenda gy’ali ne tumusaba ekintu kyonna, ye nga bw’asiima atuwulira.” (1 Yokaana 5:14–15, OLCB). Kwata ekisuubizo kino osabe bw’otyo.”

“Okusiiba n’okusaba bye bikolwa byokka ebituukiriza ebyetaago bya 2 Ebyomumirembe 7:14: “Abantu bange abatuumiddwa erinnya lyange bwe baneetowazanga, ne basaba, ne banoonya amaaso gange, ne bakyuka okuleka amakubo gaabwe amakyamu, kale nnaawuliranga nga nsinziira mu ggulu.””

Okusaba n’Omwoyo Omutukuvu

“Okusiiba kukendeeza amaanyi g’obwennyini, Omwoyo Omutukuvu asobole okukola omulimu ogw’amaanyi ennyo munda mu ffe.”

“Tujjuzibwa Omwoyo Omutukuvu olw’okukkiriza kwokka. Saba nti: “Kitange omwagalwa, nkwetaaga. Nzijuza Omwoyo Omutukuvu nga bwe wandagira okujjuzibwa era nga bwe wasuubiza mu Kigambo kyo nti ojja kukikola bwe nnaasaba mu kukkiriza.””

“Okuyita mu kusiiba n’okusaba, Omwoyo Omutukuvu asobola okukyusa obulamu bwo. Okusiiba n’okusaba bisobola okuleeta enkyukakyuka ennene ennyo abantu ba Katonda bwe banoonya amaaso ge n’emitima emimenyefu era egyenenya.”