Jesus

thoughts from Kwok is giving the readers to question themselves, her idea is putting out the portion of Jesus being Christ very thought provoking as she puts, her thoughts on how Jesus and Christ is unsettling could find from the synoptic gospels. From a comparison between Mark and Luke, in the book of Mark, Jesus seems very meek and lowly at the same time, local also Jewish. And from the book of Luke, Jesus is conqueror, living as dominant culture along with Hellenistic concept. The way it…

The fact that most Christians live and swear by is that Jesus Christ lived, died and resurrected while saving the world from its sins and ever since, has granted forgiveness. This is the doctrine which many hold dear and true to their hearts. Many still, however, know very little about Christ as an individual and his interactions on earth with people like us. The primary truth about Jesus Christ is that he is the son of God who represents all truth and justice in the flesh. Because he is the…

The human knowledge of Jesus, thinking that he had to learn to walk and talk just like you and me. To think the word made flesh had to be potty trained just seems weird but understandable if God has come to experience the human condition. What jumped out at me in this chapter was the reference to Jesus living by sight not by faith and that it was held as Catholic theological tradition by Aquinas and others. “In his human mind Jesus enjoyed the beatific vision and hence lived by sight, not by…

As we have been discussing in class over the last few weeks, the Gospels, while all telling the same story, tell it in different ways. Some contain more details, some less, and sometimes they even contrast each other. The accounts of the trial of Jesus are no different— while they do have a number of similarities, they all differ slightly from each other. One of the first things Frigge points out about this topic of the Gospels differing from each other is, “As part of a specific community in…

Signature of Jesus is a book about offering Christians to live “faith” and not religion. What this means is that the author Brennan Manning wants us as readers to live our lives like Jesus; committed to simplicity, purity of heart, and obedience to the gospel. From reading and studying the first pages of The Signature of Jesus, I learned the very purpose in which why Brennan Manning wrote the book. The purpose of the Signature of Jesus is to try and influence ourselves to live like Jesus. Jesus…

who Peter was. Peter was a fisherman, a Jew, a Galilean, and a disciple of Jesus Christ. Peter joined the ministry of Jesus at the beginning and studied under Christ for three and half years. During his time with Christ, Peter made many mistakes, but he also had many triumphs. Peter was the only disciple to walk on water, and Peter was in the “inner circle” of Jesus’ disciples. He had the opportunity to get close to Jesus and learn everything that he could from Him. This time spent with Christ…

The Meaning of Jesus is authored by two friends, Marcus Borg and Tom Wright, who have debated their opinions, respectfully, over the years. While they take different approaches, they respect and look at each other’s views fairly and face their different points directly. Obviously, if you find the idea of the Bible unbelievable, The Meaning of Jesus will seem boring, but if you are open to the possibility of, or find the Bible intriguing and interesting, or even a slight interest in finding a…

Who Is Jesus I am thankful to my grandparents and to my mother for introducing me as a toddler to Jesus. As a child, Jesus meant the man who died on a cross to forgive all of us of our sins. At 42 years of age, I still know that to be true, but oh how my definition of who Jesus really is has grown. As a Teen Raised in a very strict Pentecostal church in the 80’s and early 90’s, Jesus became a name that meant restriction, fear, and sometimes, even punishment. I can recall wanting to get my ears…

The timing of the birth of Jesus was the right time because it was the appointed time of God. God knew, before the earth was created, what He wanted to do and how life and history would unfold. This may sound odd, but I visualize the beginning of the world up until the birth of Jesus as a pregnancy. Just like time that goes by in a pregnancy, there are trimesters, or periods of time that are marked by specific events culminating in the birth of a child. Jesus, is that child and the different…

passage Luke summarizes the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, including his teaching, miraculous deeds, and calling of his first disciples. Jesus declares that the time has come for God’s promises to be fulfilled. The hopes revealed in the Old Testament start becoming true through his life and ministry. Luke emphasizes that Jesus is Messiah, who is sent by God the Father to proclaim and demonstrate the Good News. We see that not everyone is open to this, as Jesus meets some opposition straight from…