Comments on: Christians and the Other http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/16/christians-and-the-other/ Conversations in Theology and its interaction with Culture Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jr. http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/16/christians-and-the-other/comment-page-1/#comment-5173 jr. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:05:13 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/16/christians-and-the-other/#comment-5173 actually, i wasn't drawing.  i was running around the stage, flailing and jumping on stuff :D glad you enjoyed it.  i'd be curious and grateful to hear your criticisms. actually, i wasn’t drawing.  i was running around the stage, flailing and jumping on stuff :D

glad you enjoyed it.  i’d be curious and grateful to hear your criticisms.

]]> By: theotica http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/16/christians-and-the-other/comment-page-1/#comment-5171 theotica Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:42:59 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/16/christians-and-the-other/#comment-5171 JR nice work, particularly your handling of paul. our views differ in places, but i like your direction. the question i've been asking lately is whether Jesus intended to start a religion? whether he wanted to institute christianity? i haven't quite answered it yet, but i wonder if judaism wasn't a pilot project rather than the only project. did Jesus mean his ministry to criticize, not just the pharisees, but the religious impulse? on another subject, i think it's really difficult to perscribe/describe what the christian distinctive looks like, behaves like today. how do i demonstrate a servanthood that is conspicuous in my judeo-christian culture? i think sacrifice has to be a part of the conversation. poverty, too. but this leads to the problem not of a culture that is judeo-christian, but a church that is fully american and capitalist. but again, kudos. (i also especially liked the immutable household God part. i wanted you to push it further, but i realize you ARE indeed a baptist minster. i hope you got good feedback, btw.) although i couln't see your drawings, it made me smile knowing you were making them. i teach by stick figures. we are one in the spirit. JR nice work, particularly your handling of paul. our views differ in places, but i like your direction.

the question i’ve been asking lately is whether Jesus intended to start a religion? whether he wanted to institute christianity? i haven’t quite answered it yet, but i wonder if judaism wasn’t a pilot project rather than the only project. did Jesus mean his ministry to criticize, not just the pharisees, but the religious impulse?

on another subject, i think it’s really difficult to perscribe/describe what the christian distinctive looks like, behaves like today. how do i demonstrate a servanthood that is conspicuous in my judeo-christian culture? i think sacrifice has to be a part of the conversation. poverty, too. but this leads to the problem not of a culture that is judeo-christian, but a church that is fully american and capitalist.

but again, kudos. (i also especially liked the immutable household God part. i wanted you to push it further, but i realize you ARE indeed a baptist minster. i hope you got good feedback, btw.) although i couln’t see your drawings, it made me smile knowing you were making them. i teach by stick figures. we are one in the spirit.

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