So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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I am challenged by this refreshing approach to Jesus, set in the context of his time, challenging all believers to re-consider their previous understandings of Jesus. His chapter on the function of parables is outstanding, prodding all of us who think we got things down pat, to open ourselves up to the possibility of having come short.
It seems that he is relying heavily on J H Yoder's Politics of Jesus.
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john290, October 20, 2006
I am challenged by this refreshing approach to Jesus, set in the context of his time, challenging all believers to re-consider their previous understandings of Jesus. His chapter on the function of parables is outstanding, prodding all of us who think we got things down pat, to open ourselves up to the possibility of having come short.It seems that he is relying heavily on J H Yoder's Politics of Jesus.
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