tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604266801216561322.post8661864252640040678..comments2024-03-27T12:16:17.798-07:00Comments on Wychwood Circle: WAS JESUS GOD?Wychwood Circlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10156906067880355744noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604266801216561322.post-15553443533955887142022-05-10T07:50:06.612-07:002022-05-10T07:50:06.612-07:00I am sure that this is going to help a lot of indi...I am sure that this is going to help a lot of individuals. Keep up the good work. It is highly convincing and I enjoyed going through the entire blog. Cheers!<br /><a href="https://cheapessaywriting24.com/" rel="nofollow">Cheap Essay Writers</a>Steven Hassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012507462689175118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604266801216561322.post-27639089379944381752014-12-12T02:56:55.499-08:002014-12-12T02:56:55.499-08:00John Dominic Crossan has recently written a book c...John Dominic Crossan has recently written a book called 'THE POWER OF PARABLE: How Fiction by Jesus became Fiction about Jesus'. The blurb says:<br />In this perceptive and provocative new look at the Gospels, John Dominic Crossan begins by observing that the parabolic stories told by Jesus seem remarkably similar to the resurrection stories about Jesus. 'Were the latter intended as parables just as much as the former' he asks. Could it be that we have been reading parables, presuming them to be history, and misunderstanding both? In other words, could Jesus' use of parables have inspired the Gospel writers to create meaningful, metaphorical stories about Jesus to help them explain who he really was? 'A remarkable and important book for Christians and for all who seek to understand the Bible better. . .Crossan combines his customary literary and historical brilliance with fresh insights that illuminate not only the parables of Jesus but much of the Bible as a whole' Marcus J. Borg, author of Speaking ChristianWychwood Circlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156906067880355744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604266801216561322.post-48515450140220619332014-12-11T11:34:27.133-08:002014-12-11T11:34:27.133-08:00Jill Greer comments:
I go along with most of wha...Jill Greer comments: <br /><br />I go along with most of what Marcus Borg says.<br /> <br />John's Gospel does seem to imply that Jesus claimed to be divine - but the earlier Gospels do not give this impression.<br /> <br />The creeds which we say in church are 4th century and represent the belief of sections of the church at that time. I would like to draw your attention to the very early creed quoted in Philippians 2:<br /> <br />"Let the same mind be in you, that was in Christ Jesus,<br />who, though he was in the form of God<br />did not regard equality with God<br />as something to be exploited,<br />but emptied himself,<br />taking the form of a slave,<br />being born in human likeness.<br />And being found in human form,<br />he humbled himself<br />and became obedient to the point of death -<br />even death on a cross.<br /> <br />Therefore God also highly exalted him<br />and gave him the name<br />that is above every name,<br />so that at the name of Jesus<br />every knee should bend,<br />in heaven and on earth and under the earth,<br />and every tongue should confess<br />that Jesus Christ is Lord,<br />to the glory of God the Father."<br /> <br />We tread on holy ground - but it seems to me that to say that Jesus is God (or that Mary is the mother of God) is a nonsense - and a dangerous nonsense because it leads to unnecessary conflict with both Jew and Muslim. The reality is more subtle - I believe that the ways of God are beyond human understanding and cannot be pinned down by words or definitions. I certainly believe that God was in Christ and was revealed to us in Christ.Wychwood Circlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156906067880355744noreply@blogger.com