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 What do we make of Rick Warren now that we have been told that we should make something different about Rick Warren? For me the answer is easy. I never “made” anything about him before John Piper’s recent interaction with him to begin with. So what... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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A â€THIRD WAVE’ IN THE QUEST A. N. Wilson, who wrote biographies of C. S. Lewis and Leo Tolstoy, also wrote one on Jesus (1992), so that he interests us in that he doesn’t come from these schools with an axe to grind per se. And yet his preface... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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A HYPER-IMMANENT CHRISTOLOGY: MOTIVES AND CONSEQUENCES Another assumption of nineteenth century liberalism has penetrated the Christology of the conservative church. That is an inflation of the sense of which Jesus wrestled with his vocation. The... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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THE SECOND QUEST FOR A HISTORICAL JESUS Early twentieth century theology has backed itself into a strange corner. On the one hand the Jesus of history was imperceptible yet irrelevant—a consequence of two general moods: historical skepticism and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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In 1834 David Friedrich Strauss published Das Leben Jesu in the German, or, the Life of Jesus when it was translated into the English twelve years later, or, as the Earl of Shaftsbury called it upon its arrival, “the most pestilential book ever... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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JESUS AMONG OTHER GODS If we remember what it means for the true God to be both infinite and personal, then we should be able to appreciate the superiority of the Christian worldview in its theism. Schaeffer goes on to say that, “The gods of the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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JESUS AS THE SOLUTION TO THE INFINITE-PERSONAL PROBLEM So Jesus is the answer to the Jewish problem. But if we leave it at that, then Jesus is nothing more than a representative of an ancient tribal deity. Paul asks the question, “Or is God the God... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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JESUS AS THE PROMISED MESSIAH OF ISRAEL The name “Jesus” (iesou) is the Greek version of the Hebrew name “Je-shua,” and it means “the Lord is salvation” or “the Lord saves.” This is why Joseph was told by the angel Gabriel to name the child... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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Chapter 2 Here is the New ThereOne thing that seems very “small” to say but actually is the biggest thing is the center point in Bell’s theology. There are basically two types of theology, a man-centered theology and a God-centered theolo [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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