tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post2157757688552517617..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: What are you doing, Jesus?Victor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-25904801040372347752009-04-29T13:20:00.000-07:002009-04-29T13:20:00.000-07:00Church was never supposed to be a religion as you ...Church was never supposed to be a religion as you see it... James 1:27 <br /><br />27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the worldBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216854265067208733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-72443884690777044332009-04-25T03:03:00.000-07:002009-04-25T03:03:00.000-07:00My guess:
"Announcing and showing that the Kingdom...My guess:<br />"Announcing and showing that the Kingdom of God is near".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342391408412861663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-56550918829441455322009-04-24T21:52:00.000-07:002009-04-24T21:52:00.000-07:00a parable? How so? He specifically tells Peter tha...a parable? How so? He specifically tells Peter that "on this petros (rock) I will build my ecclesia (church). It is pretty clear that Jesus at least saw his group as the beginning of a new eschatological community of God growing out of the Israel that rejected him. I am not sure how you argue that it is a parable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-50423980945732218982009-04-24T21:45:00.000-07:002009-04-24T21:45:00.000-07:00The answer would probably a parable.The answer would probably a parable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-84055552415451394342009-04-24T21:33:00.000-07:002009-04-24T21:33:00.000-07:00Really? What about his comment that Peter was the ...Really? What about his comment that Peter was the rock upon which he would build his church? That sound very much like a movement to me. Assuming of course you think that passage is authentic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-54170436582349451962009-04-24T19:44:00.000-07:002009-04-24T19:44:00.000-07:00I would never put words in Jesus' mouth, but, "If ...I would never put words in Jesus' mouth, but, "If you want to know what I'm doing, follow me (layers of meaning here)" seems like a reasonable conjecture. <br /><br />Following Jesus may not be identified with 'founding a religion,' but it seems to me that it is minimally identified with disparaging some ways of approaching or practicing 'religion' (broadly construed).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com