http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-kind-of-christianity-%25e2%2580%2593-book-review-question-4-5 Business Development & Communications Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-2157 Jonathan Brink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:28:00 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-2157 It's the big problem for me in seeing that the shift is merely a downward progress. It strips the cross of meaning. It’s the big problem for me in seeing that the shift is merely a downward progress. It strips the cross of meaning.

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-2158 Daniel Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:00 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-2158 What do we do with the cross indeed? From McLaren's approach, we are ultimately left with this macabre event, standing embarrassingly in the middle of the scriptures, with no real reason for it to be there! Jesus is just hangs there, for some unclear reason, suffering without purpose, and we are supposed to be able to look upon all that he endures and convince ourselves that God doesn't <i>really</i> think the wages of sin is death.... Maybe Jesus is just participating in some kind of extreme performance art.... What do we do with the cross indeed? From McLaren’s approach, we are ultimately left with this macabre event, standing embarrassingly in the middle of the scriptures, with no real reason for it to be there! Jesus is just hangs there, for some unclear reason, suffering without purpose, and we are supposed to be able to look upon all that he endures and convince ourselves that God doesn’t really think the wages of sin is death…. Maybe Jesus is just participating in some kind of extreme performance art….

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-636 Jonathan Brink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:43 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-636 It's the big problem for me in seeing that the shift is merely a downward progress. It strips the cross of meaning. It's the big problem for me in seeing that the shift is merely a downward progress. It strips the cross of meaning.

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-1311 Jonathan Brink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:43 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-1311 It's the big problem for me in seeing that the shift is merely a downward progress. It strips the cross of meaning. It's the big problem for me in seeing that the shift is merely a downward progress. It strips the cross of meaning.

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-2159 Jonathan Brink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:07:00 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-2159 Chad, I think you are saying what I was trying to say, but better. I kept feeling like he was saying something valuable but I couldn't quite connect with it. Chad, I think you are saying what I was trying to say, but better. I kept feeling like he was saying something valuable but I couldn’t quite connect with it.

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-635 Daniel Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:34 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-635 What do we do with the cross indeed? From McLaren's approach, we are ultimately left with this macabre event, standing embarrassingly in the middle of the scriptures, with no real reason for it to be there! Jesus is just hangs there, for some unclear reason, suffering without purpose, and we are supposed to be able to look upon all that he endures and convince ourselves that God doesn't <i>really</i> think the wages of sin is death.... Maybe Jesus is just participating in some kind of extreme performance art.... What do we do with the cross indeed? From McLaren's approach, we are ultimately left with this macabre event, standing embarrassingly in the middle of the scriptures, with no real reason for it to be there! Jesus is just hangs there, for some unclear reason, suffering without purpose, and we are supposed to be able to look upon all that he endures and convince ourselves that God doesn't really think the wages of sin is death…. Maybe Jesus is just participating in some kind of extreme performance art….

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-1310 Daniel Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:34 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-1310 What do we do with the cross indeed? From McLaren's approach, we are ultimately left with this macabre event, standing embarrassingly in the middle of the scriptures, with no real reason for it to be there! Jesus is just hangs there, for some unclear reason, suffering without purpose, and we are supposed to be able to look upon all that he endures and convince ourselves that God doesn't <i>really</i> think the wages of sin is death.... Maybe Jesus is just participating in some kind of extreme performance art.... What do we do with the cross indeed? From McLaren's approach, we are ultimately left with this macabre event, standing embarrassingly in the middle of the scriptures, with no real reason for it to be there! Jesus is just hangs there, for some unclear reason, suffering without purpose, and we are supposed to be able to look upon all that he endures and convince ourselves that God doesn't really think the wages of sin is death…. Maybe Jesus is just participating in some kind of extreme performance art….

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-2160 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:41:00 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-2160 Mike,rnI sensed a Barthian thread throughout the book as well. I just posted my thoughts on question 4 (it's in 2 parts on my blog) and while I like what he had to say and feel that what he said is correct and important I felt as though he could say more or say it differently. There are moments where I feel like he is saying all the right things but in a way that I would not quite put it. Maybe I just want my cake and be able to eat it, too - as in, I love what appears to be a Barthian influence but he doesn't say it like Barth :) rnrnrn Mike,rnI sensed a Barthian thread throughout the book as well. I just posted my thoughts on question 4 (it’s in 2 parts on my blog) and while I like what he had to say and feel that what he said is correct and important I felt as though he could say more or say it differently. There are moments where I feel like he is saying all the right things but in a way that I would not quite put it. Maybe I just want my cake and be able to eat it, too – as in, I love what appears to be a Barthian influence but he doesn’t say it like Barth rnrnrn

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-634 Jonathan Brink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:49 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-634 Chad, I think you are saying what I was trying to say, but better. I kept feeling like he was saying something valuable but I couldn't quite connect with it. Chad, I think you are saying what I was trying to say, but better. I kept feeling like he was saying something valuable but I couldn't quite connect with it.

]]> http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/#comment-1314 Jonathan Brink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:49 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=331#comment-1314 Chad, I think you are saying what I was trying to say, but better. I kept feeling like he was saying something valuable but I couldn't quite connect with it. Chad, I think you are saying what I was trying to say, but better. I kept feeling like he was saying something valuable but I couldn't quite connect with it.

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