On this weeks Kitchen Table Steve and I discuss my earlier article on Civic Religion
The Kitchen Table 32 – Judgement Day
This is the song I mentioned….
The Blog of David Robertson
The Blog of David Robertson
On this weeks Kitchen Table Steve and I discuss my earlier article on Civic Religion
The Kitchen Table 32 – Judgement Day
This is the song I mentioned….
Re: the reality T. V. show, I suppose that is an outworking of his vision of the Weimar Republic as an ideal “welcoming” society that we discussed earlier. Maybe his mindset really is that every perversion is to be welcomed and none are to be censured as sinful. 🙁 Nothing surprises me anymore. 🙁
I found a good rebuttal online to the Progressives’ fundamental denial of Christ’s physical resurrection.
“Q. A priest explained to me that Jesus didn’t rise physically—but that he rose spiritually (in our hearts). What do you think? [Tony]
A. When I accompany families to funerals, I often see funeral directors doing their best to console the bereaved with phrases like, “He is still here, alive, in your hearts and in your memories…” But there’s a world of difference between my memory of my grandmother and the resurrection of Jesus Christ! Christians don’t simply commemorate some great guy by trying to extend a few of his ideas; they believe that Jesus of Nazareth rose from the tomb to reign and open the gates of a real Kingdom. The historical and physical truth of this event is the guarantee of a relationship with a living God, because otherwise faith would be nothing but fantasy, autosuggestion, and ideology (even if full of good intentions and effective at consoling).
From the perspective of the biblical authors, it is clear not only that they understood the resurrection as historical and physical, but also that they deemed it necessary to provide elements to preclude a purely symbolic understanding of their narratives. Matthew explicitly recounts an anti-Christian controversy claiming that Christians stole Jesus’ body from the tomb (Matthew 28:11-15). John relates Jesus’ encounter with Thomas, where he offers him the opportunity to touch him physically (John 20:24-29). Paul argues against the views held by some Christians in the Corinthian community who believe it is possible to be a Christian without believing in the resurrection of Jesus (1 Corinthians 15).
At this level, a symbolic reduction of Jesus’ resurrection is not a possible interpretation of the biblical texts. The New Testament clearly evokes a historical and physical understanding of the resurrection. This resurrection obviously has great symbolic and spiritual power, but anyone who wants to cling to a symbolic or spiritual resurrection “in their heart” must be aware that they are calling into question the testimony of the apostles and the biblical texts. It is simply no longer the Good News “by which you are saved” (1 Corinthians 15:2).”