I've been cataloguing ideas for the blog for a few weeks, but not writing anything because I knew that with my school/work schedule I would lose momentum. That being said, I wanted to throw a few links up here just because they were cool/interesting/scary...
My last paper is due December 17th and my hope/goal is to start posting with some regularity after that (of course, you've heard it before - but at these prices what more do you expect than empty promises and intermitant reading?)
The links:
Book Burning 2009
um....sure guys...
On Finding the Right Jesus
Thanks John Mark Reynolds for explaining why Creeds are good things. (Tip to the reader: "Hope" is his wife's name).
Is Christmas Pagan?
You mean I won't burn in hell for having a tree up? Awesome!
Enjoy Advent, Christmas, New Years and the rest.
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"empty promises and intermitant reading"
How's that for hope?!
The problem with Creeds is they boil down a person....people start to worship the creedal Jesus and not the real Jesus. How do you boil him down...and not lose some of him?
My 2¢
BR
I think thats just it - what we know about who Jesus is comes from scripture (we meaning "the Church", people may know something personally about Jesus that has been revealed to them through prayer or revelation but the Church as a body does not have access to that information). The creeds (at least the orthodox ones) represent essential beliefs about who Jesus was with regard to his identity and mission. I would argue the creedal Jesus IS the real Jesus in the sense that everything affirmed about Him is true.
Creeds are not exhaustive but rather minimalist. They are "at least" rather than at "most." No one should ever expect or teach that a creed is exhaustive of Jesus. I would even argue that the Bible is not exhaustive of Jesus. Jesus is exhaustive of Jesus.
They also eliminate false information by stating positively what and who Jesus is. If a teaching states something in contradiction to the creed, then it is suspect.
Creeds have no authority on their own. They are authoritative only in as much as they accurately reflect the Word of God. If a Creed opposes Scripture, the creed is suspect.
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