01.29.07
Posted in Christology (Systematic), Theological Issues at 1:28 pm by Kam Weng
In their protests against established religion, many youths today cry aloud the slogan, “Hostile to the church, but friendly to Jesus.� The question, however, is, which Jesus are they friendly with? Is it the Jesus of the liberal theologian, the liberationist, the Gnostic or even perhaps the Jesus of Hollywood? Bonhoeffer would certainly approve of their insistence on the centrality of Christ, unclouded by traditional religious trappings. We must, however, be fully aware of the great temptation to substitute the Christ of tradition with a Christ who is constructed out of some current concerns or personal fancies.
Read more...
Permalink
01.16.07
Posted in Christology (Systematic), Dialog, Islam at 3:20 pm by Kam Weng
The Gospels make clear that Jesus was not only bringing a special message. He personified what God reveals. He was not only an ‘emissary’ but the personality in and through whom God is known. Whereas in Islam the Quran is the very ‘text’ of divine truth, the New Testament is the access to the Christ-expression of God. The Scripture has its being by derivation from the prior and primarily reality of ‘the Word made flesh’
Read more...
Permalink
01.05.07
Posted in Christology (Biblical), Dialog, Islam, Theological Issues at 1:06 pm by Kam Weng
Christians buttress evidence for the historical factuality of the cross by appealing to eyewitness-accounts and reports found in non-Christian historical sources (Josephus, Tacitus). Muslim critics therefore grudgingly acknowledge that historically a crucifixion did occur. However, they suggest that someone other than Jesus was crucified. They argue that Christians have misunderstood the significance of the cross because they are victims of an illusion. God, they claim, replaced Jesus with someone that bore his likeness.
Read more...
Permalink
