tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post4973048322458466613..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: Pitting Jesus Against The Bible Arthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-51531647691407861652016-08-09T14:28:50.802-04:002016-08-09T14:28:50.802-04:00I think there are two variants of this that need t...I think there are two variants of this that need to be addressed:<br /><br />1. Old Covenant vs. New — A lot of this talk comes from those seeking to correct Christians who mistakenly try to apply the Old Covenant within the New Covenant. Those folks have a legit claim. A lot of churches are stuck on this critically important distinction, one that needs more discussion within the broader ranks of Western Christendom.<br /><br />2. Jesus vs. Paul — Some of this talk is coming from Christians who are trying to box Paul into a corner by relagting his writings to correcting certain churches and under conditions that they feel don't apply to all churches. In this, what Jesus said to the larger Body outranks what Paul said to specific churches plagued by problems specific to those churches. Obviously, there are huge problems with handcuffing Paul in that way, but it does not mean that we can't read Paul more closely and ask how the specific church problem applies when expanded to all of Christendom. What it doesn't permit is to make what Paul wrote any less Scripture than what Jesus said.<br /><br />I think we must take this into account when arguing this issue of "following Jesus over the Bible."dlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475467561892290120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-63272207247484270772015-10-27T07:59:11.328-04:002015-10-27T07:59:11.328-04:00Hi Arthur
Thanks for this excellent article. I hav...Hi Arthur<br />Thanks for this excellent article. I have spent the last few weeks trying to debate with someone who takes the very line that you are dealing with here. They rage against 'fundamentalist evangelicals', 'blinded by an outdated interpretation and narrative' and 'worshipping the Bible rather than Jesus'. They accuse us of being 'idolaters', 'being 'unloving', 'close minded', 'judgemental', 'ill-informed', 'authoritarian', 'controlling, and so on. But, as you have identified so well, they have created their own comfortable version of Jesus, usually based on the desire to include their particular stance on various moral and ethical issues, and them rage against anything that tries to suggest they read of the true Jesus in the pages of Scripture. <br />A very helpful article - thank you.<br /><br />PaulGoblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670020299846794875noreply@blogger.com