Birth Of Jesus For Progressive Christians
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Birth Of Jesus For Progressive Christians
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Author : Donald Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Birth Of Jesus For Progressive Christians written by Donald Schmidt and has been published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Religion categories.
"Because of the importance of Christmas, how we understand the stories of Jesus’ birth matters. What we think they’re about – how we hear them, read them, interpret them – matters." – Marcus Borg/John Dominic Crossan The Christmas story most people know comes from pageants, carols, or perhaps a television movie or two. But what we recall – and what many people seek to replicate each year – is an odd mixture of the two quite different stories contained in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, with certain pieces almost always present (even though they are not in the Bible at all) and with others sadly missing. The point of those versions of the story seems to be to nurture a warm, fuzzy feeling that leaves us cooing over a baby so we can then put the whole thing away as soon as possible after December 25 and get back to life as usual. But that’s not what the gospel writers had in mind. To some extent, each of us fashions our own version of the “Christmas story.” Over time, as our associations and identification with that story grow, it can feel very uncomfortable and even disrespectful to disrupt or question that story. Any yet these reactions can be instructive, for they beg larger questions about what’s really important: the biblical narratives; or the traditions that have gathered around them, layered them, and at times obscured them; or the meaning all of this may have for your lives today? Birth of Jesus for Progressive Christians is a five-session study guide that invites readers to explore the birth of Jesus with a new perspective. This will open up wonderful times of conversation within small groups, but also provides inspiration and guidance to how the birth story of Jesus is still relevant and important in the life of the church and its people today.
Birth Of Jesus For Progressive Christians
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Author : Donald Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Incorporated
Release Date : 2019-08-16
Birth Of Jesus For Progressive Christians written by Donald Schmidt and has been published by Wood Lake Publishing Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-16 with categories.
Birth of Jesus for Progressive Christians is a five-session study guide that invites readers to explore the birth of Jesus with a new perspective. This will open up wonderful times of conversation within small groups, but also provides inspiration and guidance to how the birth story of Jesus is still relevant and important in the life of the church and its people today.
Study And Worship For Progressive Churches Birth Of Jesus
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Author : Donald Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-28
Study And Worship For Progressive Churches Birth Of Jesus written by Donald Schmidt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-28 with categories.
"In these pages, regardless of how the story has been heard before, there is room for seven year olds and 70 year olds to grow and learn. I'm going to use this book with my congregation." That's how one reviewer summed up Donald Schmidt's Birth of Jesus for Progressive Christians adult study guide. Now Birth of Jesus: Study and Worship for Progressive Churches makes the vision of whole congregation sharing not only possible, but easy. This all-in-one study and worship resource includes everything a congregation needs to enable children, youth, parents, and grandparents to share together in a four-week Advent study of the biblical stories of the birth of Jesus.
Death Of Jesus For Progressive Christians
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Author : Donald Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
Release Date : 2019-11-05
Death Of Jesus For Progressive Christians written by Donald Schmidt and has been published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Religion categories.
"An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion." – John Steinbeck, East of Eden The resurrection of Jesus is, of course, the most important event for Christians, yet the events that led up to it are almost as important. According to all the biblical sources and a wide variety of non-biblical texts, Jesus was put to death because the message he brought threatened the powerful of his era. There are many more nuances than that, of course, and lots of ways one can spin the story to make one’s point, but the simplest truth is that the gospel message was too toxic for the imperial stomach to bear. While exploring the biblical stories about the death of Jesus, it is good to ask the larger question hanging in the background of all this drama: Why did Jesus die? In his book Speaking Christian, Marcus Borg points out that the idea of substitutionary atonement – the idea that Jesus had to die to “atone” for our sins – is a late development in theological history; its first appearance is in 1097, a thousand years after the writing of the Christian Bible. Borg points out that the meaning of Jesus’ death becomes distorted if one assumes that it was necessary and required. Contrary to atonement theory, scripture provides stronger responses to the question of why Jesus died. His message was revolutionary and a threat to the religious and political powers of the day. Talk of loving one’s neighbours, of treating people as if they matter, of seeking forgiveness and new ways of being accountable to one another – these values do not encourage faithfulness to empire. Jesus’ message was directly counter to the values that the government promoted. For them, there was no question but that Jesus had to be extinguished… Similarly, the religious powers found their established order threatened. Jesus’ theme of God’s involvement in the world on behalf of the marginalized (specifically, foreigners, women, tax collectors, children, etc.) was a major challenge to the religious order of the day. It had to be stopped…
Jesus Birth
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Author : Dr Nathan Ogan
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018-10-30
Jesus Birth written by Dr Nathan Ogan and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with Religion categories.
At the heart of historic Christianity is the astounding profession of faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord by those transformed into His image by God's Holy Spirit (born again). His birth is celebrated all around the world at Christmastime. From birth, Jesus' God incarnate, being both God and man. The Saviors' incarnation is what sets Christianity apart from all other religions and philosophies of the world, including Judaism and Islam. It is unique to Christianity that God takes the initiative to save sinners by way of His becoming a man while retaining His God nature. In the words of C.S. Lewis, "The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God." There is no possible way to overestimate the importance of Jesus' incarnation.
The Birth Of Jesus
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Author : John Shelby Spong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-08-14
The Birth Of Jesus written by John Shelby Spong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with Bible categories.
A collection of essays on the birth of Jesus originally published online by ProgressiveChristianity.org.
Hijacking Jesus
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Author : Jason Jimenez
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-09-12
Hijacking Jesus written by Jason Jimenez and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-12 with Religion categories.
Progressives have fabricated a new Jesus so different from the real Savior that their faith can hardly be called Christianity. Progressive Christian leaders have abandoned the resurrected Savior of historical Christianity, radically reinterpreting Him as a Jewish mystic or a man of God devoid of divine claims and miracles. In the postmodern era, "remaking Jesus" has become a deadly temptation. The “modern Jesus” of progressives—supposedly friendlier and more accepting than the Savior we know from the Gospels—is gaining popularity and acceptance among self-identified Christians. But they don’t realize that progressive Christianity rejects the biblical revelation of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. Hijacking Jesus addresses perennial questions about the nature of Christ and his teaching, testing the historical and theological accuracy of progressive Christians. Their “Jesus” is simply no match for the reliability of the four Gospels, which are the most credible historical sources for Jesus’s life, teachings, miracles, death, and resurrection. Christians can accept no substitute for the witness of the Gospels and the theological doctrines of the church that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.
Death Of Jesus For Progressive Christians
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Author : Donald Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Wood Lake Books
Release Date : 2019-10
Death Of Jesus For Progressive Christians written by Donald Schmidt and has been published by Wood Lake Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10 with Religion categories.
The resurrection of Jesus is, of course, the most important event for Christians, yet the events that led up to it are almost as important. According to all the biblical sources and a wide variety of non-biblical texts, Jesus was put to death because the message he brought threatened the powerful of his era. There are many more nuances than that, of course, and lots of ways one can spin the story to make one's point, but the simplest truth is that the gospel message was too toxic for the imperial stomach to bear. While exploring the biblical stories about the death of Jesus, it is good to ask the larger question hanging in the background of all this drama: Why did Jesus die?
The Birth Of Jesus Christ
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Author : Wilhelm Soltau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903
The Birth Of Jesus Christ written by Wilhelm Soltau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Virgin birth categories.
Living The Questions
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Author : David Felten
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-08-07
Living The Questions written by David Felten and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with Religion categories.
Ministers David Felten and Jeff Procter-Murphy, along with an all-star cast of Bible scholars and top church teachers, provide a primer to a church movement that encourages every Christian to “live the questions” instead of “forcing the answers.” Based on the bestselling DVD course of the same name, Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity includes commentary from such bestselling authors as Diana Butler Bass, John Shelby Spong, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Brian McLaren, and others. Tackling issues of faith and controversial subjects such as the church’s position on homosexuality, Living the Questions is the most comprehensive, indeed the only survey of progressive Christianity in existence today.