tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215077578479252542.post5243310321193804631..comments2024-03-15T17:06:31.642-05:00Comments on The Piety That Lies Between: A Progressive Christian Perspective: Meanings of the ResurrectionEric Reitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06135739290199272992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215077578479252542.post-31911214881986862282011-04-27T14:44:39.233-05:002011-04-27T14:44:39.233-05:00Eric,
For me the most relevant meaning of the re...Eric,<br /> <br />For me the most relevant meaning of the resurrection is that God not only exists but is present in our lives, that the way to salvation is open, that the Kingdom is in view. To affirm that Christ is risen is to affirm the living and interacting presence of God. I wish Christians were less preoccupied with the afterlife, and more with the here and now, and what Christ’s work means for the here and now. As for the afterlife we may trust that God will take the most perfectly loving care of us always. <br /><br />I’d like to comment on a bit you wrote in your article, namely that Jesus did not stop to preach truth to power. Perhaps I misunderstand how you mean that phrase, but in my understanding Jesus did not even offer non-violent resistance to the powers that be. He didn't speak truth to power but truth to the weak. He lived as if the power of men did not exist at all; He lived as if He was already in paradise. Not in that He ignored the pain around Him, but that He did make no distinction between the oppressed and the oppressors, and loved and helped all without distinction. Which is probably what most irked the powerful. For the power of men can deal with the power of men; that’s what that power is about. But the power of Christ, the power of truth, is to not at all resist evil. At least that's my understanding of the radical nature of Jesus' ethical teaching.Dianelos Georgoudishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925591703967774000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215077578479252542.post-84874259821044675122011-04-26T07:48:09.566-05:002011-04-26T07:48:09.566-05:00thank you for this. I think, what would I do in su...thank you for this. I think, what would I do in such circumstances,if i was literally faced with torture and horrible death, would I be able to go thru with it looking into the face of death...and still hold onto what i beleive is true and right.. I might just be really tempted to change something and justify myself in order to save my skin. I think there is a light years wide gulf between jesus's being and myself. I ask him for his life each day.Rob Kapchannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215077578479252542.post-64384607280277691502011-04-25T22:45:40.497-05:002011-04-25T22:45:40.497-05:00Eric,
I enjoyed this immensely,
StevenEric,<br /><br />I enjoyed this immensely,<br /><br />StevenSteven Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677314285938844360noreply@blogger.com