tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post3608401835070128004..comments2024-01-09T12:59:32.666+01:00Comments on Narrative and Ontology: If the Messiah came, why do evil and death remain?Phil Sumpterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-86172509415198220972010-01-29T18:45:18.109+01:002010-01-29T18:45:18.109+01:00Hi Terry, sorry for the late reply. Thanks for you...Hi Terry, sorry for the late reply. Thanks for your comment, something worth thinking about, though it's a pity you can't go into more detail (feel free to change your mind!). I have to say, I find it hard to see how Jesus' baptism represents the decisive victory over evil and thus the inauguration of the New Age. He was tempted by the Devil directly afterward!Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-44019699360737153052010-01-26T19:09:02.948+01:002010-01-26T19:09:02.948+01:00This is a truly important dimension in reading the...This is a truly important dimension in reading the NT and a useful diagram. I think, however, that the diagram would be even more accurate in reflecting how the NT understands the significance of what God has done and is doing through Jesus if the inaugurated breaking in of the Age to Come begins at Jesus' baptism and not at Golgotha and the empty tomb. Space prohibits pointing out why this is a better way of representing what the NT is doing. A small tweak of your diagram would signal this dimension of NT Theology even more faithfully IMHO.<br /><br />Terry L EvesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874257913025676695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-73335514751315526162010-01-25T10:32:13.038+01:002010-01-25T10:32:13.038+01:00Hi Wordspeaker,
like John Hobbins, I use the New ...Hi Wordspeaker,<br /><br />like John Hobbins, I use the New and Old Testaments as my context for answering these questions. They function as my "rule of truth."Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-7686700624862328342010-01-24T17:20:56.417+01:002010-01-24T17:20:56.417+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.goliahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484401523720233875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-9048160955643044952010-01-24T14:43:35.545+01:002010-01-24T14:43:35.545+01:00Wordspeaker takes a path well-trod. Already in ear...Wordspeaker takes a path well-trod. Already in early Christianity, there were strands which turned away from the God who creates and saves and finds solace in a hidden God. <br /><br />The gospel of Thomas is a not-too-fanciful example. But such an approach has to leave a lot out. It is far less all-encompassing than Paul's understanding, for example.John Hobbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011346264727684917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-38154637015991516942010-01-23T20:04:22.391+01:002010-01-23T20:04:22.391+01:00God is not omnipotent. He is not all-powerful, it...God is not omnipotent. He is not all-powerful, it's like yin-yang, don't you think? It's obvious that satan is a very strong opponent who tends to win about half of the battles against God. But that's o.k. because God is trying as hard as God can to help us and as long as God is trying to help as much as possible I can still love that kind of God even is no gaurantee of being saved or victorious.wordspeakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779333451093118942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-24859149063972802242010-01-23T19:44:45.715+01:002010-01-23T19:44:45.715+01:00v. helpful, thanks.v. helpful, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com