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Jesus [31] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (17)

By and others ⋅ July 3, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Marcus Borg: ‘If we make the distinction between the pre-Easter Jesus and the post-Easter Jesus, [I would say] “Yes, the post-Easter Jesus is a divine reality – […]

Jesus [30] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (16)

By and others ⋅ June 26, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Tom Wright: ‘In the Exodus, the true God reveals himself as who he is, putting the idols to shame. But [according to Paul, this] God now is […]

Jesus [29] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (15)

By and others ⋅ June 19, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Marcus Borg: ‘Do I think Jesus thought of himself as divine? No. Do I think he had the mind of God – that is, did he know […]

Jesus [28] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (14)

By and others ⋅ June 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Tom Wright: ‘Proposing, as a historical statement, that the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth was empty because his body had been transformed into a new mode of […]

Jesus [27] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (13)

By and others ⋅ June 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Marcus Borg: The Centrality of Easter ‘Easter is utterly central to Christianity. “God raised Jesus from the dead” is the foundational affirmation of the New Testament. About […]

Without Jesus…

By and others ⋅ June 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

‘Without Jesus I could still believe in God, but I doubt whether I could trust him’ Bruce Wilson

Jesus [26] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (12)

By and others ⋅ June 6, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. More from Tom Wright: ‘Turning to the gospels, we find all the puzzles of which readers have been aware for centuries (not simply with the rise of modern scholarship). The stories of Easter morning in Matthew 28, […]

Jesus [24] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (10)

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. More from Tom Wright: ‘I suggest that early Christian atonement theology derives ultimately not simply from the fact of Jesus’ death together with an interpretation extraneously projected onto the event by the ingenious minds of early Christians, […]

Jesus [25] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (11)

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. More from Marcus Borg: ‘Why was Jesus killed? Why did it happen? What’s the relationship between Jesus’ life and his execution? … I see the understanding of his death as salvific as a post-Easter interpretation generated within […]

Jesus [23] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (9)

By and others ⋅ May 31, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. More from Marcus Borg: ‘[There are at least five interpretations of Jesus’ death in the New Testament]. I see them as powerful and truthful post-Easter metaphors for expressing the significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection. ‘But for […]

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