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I will be preaching in chapel at New Orleans Baptist on Thursday and speaking at New Orleans Baptist this Friday. John Dominic Crossan and I will be discussing the actual message and meaning of Jesus. Above is a link to the full program. Ya’ll come.
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posted February 24, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I plan to be there Friday. Looking forward to it.
posted February 24, 2010 at 7:21 pm
I wish I could be there Ben ..
I would love to be able to listen to you both.
Blessings.
posted February 25, 2010 at 5:33 am
Will you please ask Dom Crossan if it isn’t past time to move away from his sociological model imposed on the Galilee? When will he fully recognize the implications of the archaeology of the Galilee?The frescoed residence at Yodefat found by expert Galilean archaeologist Motti Aviam. The private mikva’ot in the quasi-”middle class” residences above the large cave in Yodefat housing a giant olive press that produced more olive oil than a small village could use. The frescoed walls in the synagogue of the thriving town of Migdal where typical residences were near the beautiful synagogue. How much evidence is necessary to move Dom Crossan away from the brokerless-kingdom-political Jesus and help him imagine Jesus in a Beit Midrash attached to the Migdal synagogue, teaching and healing and exorcising demons (Mary of Migdal)in ways that persuaded his followers that this was more than another gifted rabbi?
posted February 25, 2010 at 7:55 am
ove to see it Ben, Crossan of course knows lots of history [his view!] but should be no match for a well versed theologian [who still belives in the resurection].
posted February 26, 2010 at 9:06 am
My common, unschooled mind can’t fathom how Crossan’s tower can stand when it has no foundation. Since Crossan seems to base everything on his late-dating of the Gospels (ignoring the stuff in the Gospels and relying instead on other “first strata” sources) wouldn’t most of Paul’s letters qualify as “first strata” sources since they were written between 30-60AD and show Jesus to be Son of God, Messiah and Savior?