Comments on: Rediscovering Jesus http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:59:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Van Steenwyk http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-323 Mark Van Steenwyk Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:50:10 +0000 http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-323 By the way, keep reading N.T. Wright. He basically would agree with everything you say, but is someone with a deep devotion to Christ. He is a bit of an academic role-model for me because he is more than willing to ask the tough questions without being crushed by the complexity and challenges those questions may bring. By the way, keep reading N.T. Wright. He basically would agree with everything you say, but is someone with a deep devotion to Christ. He is a bit of an academic role-model for me because he is more than willing to ask the tough questions without being crushed by the complexity and challenges those questions may bring.

]]> By: Mark Van Steenwyk http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-322 Mark Van Steenwyk Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:47:41 +0000 http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-322 I appreciate the journey you're on, Luke. However, let me push back a bit. I find it a bit disturbing that you could come to any conclusion like this after a few weeks of studying...no matter how much you've studied. My main push-back is in this statement from your conclusion: "But all this (along with innumerable errors throughout the whole Bible) seems to indicate that the Bible is not the direct word of omniscient God, but of course the work of biased, fallible humans." Here's my question: Does historical incongruity really negate the possibility that the Bible cannot be the direct word of an omniscient God? You are creating a bit of an either/or here...that EITHER the Bible is the work of biased humans OR it is the Word of God. I believe it is both. I used to be bothered by the theological bias of each of the Gospel writers. But no one was remotely interested in historicity (at least as we understood it) back then. The readers of these works understood that each of the Gospels had a theological bias...but that isn't to say that those biases are in conflict with God's intent. I appreciate the journey you’re on, Luke. However, let me push back a bit. I find it a bit disturbing that you could come to any conclusion like this after a few weeks of studying…no matter how much you’ve studied. My main push-back is in this statement from your conclusion:

“But all this (along with innumerable errors throughout the whole Bible) seems to indicate that the Bible is not the direct word of omniscient God, but of course the work of biased, fallible humans.”

Here’s my question: Does historical incongruity really negate the possibility that the Bible cannot be the direct word of an omniscient God? You are creating a bit of an either/or here…that EITHER the Bible is the work of biased humans OR it is the Word of God. I believe it is both. I used to be bothered by the theological bias of each of the Gospel writers. But no one was remotely interested in historicity (at least as we understood it) back then. The readers of these works understood that each of the Gospels had a theological bias…but that isn’t to say that those biases are in conflict with God’s intent.

]]> By: lukeprogmama http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-321 lukeprogmama Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:50:40 +0000 http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-321 You've engaged in a comprehensive study. And questions will always abound. It is fine to wrestle with them. I am not an intellectual wrestler like you, but my heart longs to really "know" Jesus. I believe we both can find rest by letting the Holy Spirit be our guide. He uses the canonical Scripture we commonly read to reveal the nature of Jesus. We can rely on Him. --Mom You’ve engaged in a comprehensive study. And questions will always abound. It is fine to wrestle with them.

I am not an intellectual wrestler like you, but my heart longs to really “know” Jesus. I believe we both can find rest by letting the Holy Spirit be our guide. He uses the canonical Scripture we commonly read to reveal the nature of Jesus. We can rely on Him.

–Mom

]]> By: elderj http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-316 elderj Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:16:25 +0000 http://godtaughtme.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/rediscovering-jesus/#comment-316 reading through your blog seems to mark you as a remarkable person on quite a journey...I encourage you in your search reading through your blog seems to mark you as a remarkable person on quite a journey…I encourage you in your search

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