HeyJaredBrian Felushko
Former conservative Christian apologist and fundamentalist pastor; now retired and continuing deconstructionist, who is uncertain about almost everything theological and hermeneutical.
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The Canonical Gospels — Part 4 (opens the original)
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[Note: This is the fourth article in a series of 4 that have arisen from my renewed and recent reflections on the realities and natures of the four canonical gospels.]Given that the quest for the historical Jesus — which predominantly relies on the four canonical gospels as primary literature — has resulted in diverse, and, at times, contradictory, portraits of Jesus of Nazareth, what can I learn from these first century narratives?Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive
The Canonical Gospels – Part 3 (opens the original)
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[Note: This is the third article in a series of 4 that have arisen from my renewed and recent reflections on the realities and natures of the four canonical gospels.]James D. G. Dunn writes,One of the things that needs to be made clear here is the distinction … between “data” and “facts.” The data are the various reports we still have (particularly the Gospels, of course), and our knowledge of first-century Israel-Palestine, for example. From these data, historical method attempts to derive fact
The Canonical Gospels - Part 2 (opens the original)
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[Note: This is the second article in a series of 4 that have arisen from my renewed and recent reflections on the realities and natures of the four canonical gospels.]Whoever wrote each of the canonical gospels — i.e., those texts later attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — one can learn some things about each author through a considered reading of the texts themselves.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<form class="sub
The Canonical Gospels – Part 1 (opens the original)
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[Note: This is the first article in a series of 4 that have arisen from my renewed and recent reflections on the realities and natures of the four canonical gospels.]The four texts included in all versions of the New Testament that are each attributed to individuals named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are, first and foremost, anonymous writings. These attributions — to Matthew (presumably one of the twelve original disciples of Jesus), Mark (presumed to be a relative of the apostle named Simon P
On Being a Christian Community Where Love is the Quality that Truly Matters the Most[1] (opens the original)
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First, Get (or Revive) Convictions about the Primacy of LoveIf we are going to be a community of Christians where love is the quality that is more important than all others—a quality by which we are known even by our non-Christian neighbours—we must have, individually and collectively, a clear and abiding conviction that nothing matters without love. And that love, as the author of 1st John wrote, “[is] not in word or in speech, but in truth and action” (1 John 3:18).[2] First and foremost, our
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