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Opinion | Why It Matters That Jesus Really Did Rise From the Dead
Is “the gospel in the gospels” simply a matter of the bare fact of Jesus’s death, which Paul and others would then interpret as “good news” even though nobody saw it like that at the time?
N. T. Wright • How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
The older liberalism, dating back at least to the eighteenth century and in particular to Hume, claimed that ‘miracles’ never happened, or at any rate that there could never be sufficient evidence to believe that they had; hence, that Jesus probably never performed any; hence, that perhaps he was not after all ‘divine’. Both of these lines of thoug
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
Even after being drawn to Jesus, people are more likely to try to add Jesus to their current lifestyle than to abandon sinful behaviors as a necessary element in embracing biblical discipleship.
The idea that there are multiple paths to truth is more palatable to post-Christian people than accepting Jesus’ claim of exclusivity.
This is another reason
... See morechristianitytoday.com • 8 Assumptions Pastors Can't Make in a Post-Christian Culture
As far as I am concerned, the Christian church and Christian theology become relevant to the problems of the modern world only when they reveal the ‘hard core’ of their identity in the crucified Christ and through it are called into question, together with the society in which they live.