RE: Fw: Comment on Ted's point

Actually, the Christian faith is not a religion. In religions, man seeks
God; in the Christian faith, God sought man. Therefore, the essential
issue in the Christian faith is history. Christ is a historical figure,
God Himself entering His creation. Take it or leave it. Otherwise, you
must create in the name of Christ some other phony religion; witness the
Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Christian Science, etc.

Moorad

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Ted Davis
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:11 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu; burgytwo@juno.com
Subject: Re: Fw: Comment on Ted's point

Burgy,

As I've made clear in the past relative to this issue, I'm with Paul on
this one. If Christ be not raised, then we are indeed to be pitied. As
an
historian, I've found NT Wright's "The Resurrection of the Son of God"
the
most spiritually helpful academic book I've ever read, bar none. I also
agree with every single word in the very long concluding section.
Historically, if there was no resurrection there would be no church; and
intellectually, Christians need to understand that our faith *is* about
the
"death of God," but also about his subsequent literal resurrection, such
that God is not "dead" except in the minds of certain theologians.
Spong
might fit into this category, but I think more of people like Bultmann.
If
my words seemed harsh, Burgy, it's b/c they express what I think is a
basic
truth. As in my earlier post, I grant the difficulty of the practical
application, but I nevertheless stand by my comments: those who deny the
bodily resurrection might be people of God (I think that God has to sort
this out), but they do not think like Christians. Period.

Ted
Received on Mon Mar 20 13:35:03 2006