Robin meyers emerges in saving jesus from the church as a national voice for a new christianity. In the course of our time together, well discover how we might live our lives in ways that contribute to saving jesus for the 21st century. This crisis may feel a world away, but we have the chance to show love and bring hope. Saving jesus redux meets january 12 jan and pamelas talking circle jan sinn and pamela smith can always find something interesting to talk about, and in this adult forum were inviting you to join a conversation about aging, choices, energy, and resilience. New contributors including brian mclaren, diana butler bass, and robin meyers join marcus borg, walter brueggemann, john dominic crossan, matthew fox, amyjill levine, and a host of. Diana butler bass marcus borg rita nakashima brock john b. Saving jesus redux will help us determine if the jesus of our expectations can or should be saved. Do you have questions about our church or the many activities that occur on our campus each week. If you look too closely at the list, youll get in the way of your own. There is a tremendous amount of power and truth packed into those two words. Saving jesus from the church how to stop worshiping christ and start following jesus by robin r.
Jesus and the kingdom of god with john dominic crossan and marcus borg, on location in the galilee and jerusalem. On the other hand, you can take a book like this, and ask god to guide you to the page you most need to understand a centering exercise first would help with this, and then let your hand click on the mouse while youre sort of looking at the archive of posts, but not looking too, too closely at the archive of posts. The life and times of jesus the messiah by alfred edersheim. Join a host of experts for a conversation around the relevance of jesus for the 21st century. Saving jesus chapter 2, a nightwing fanfic fanfiction. We dont have answers, but well bring interesting questions. Your american friend, jesus saving jesus magnus parvus. Jesus saves is a popular slogan on bumper stickers, signs at athletic events, and even banners being pulled across the sky by small airplanes. Rather than lamenting declining membership and waning cultural influence of the mainline faith communities, meyers travels back to the beginning of jesus life and embodied teaching to find a new way forward that is faithful to the earliest ways of those who sought to. Jesus risked himselfeven gave his lifeto rescue mankind.
Jesus translator had obviously done the writing, as it was in english. Countless others have moved beyond the traditional religious conventions of the past but still value the challenge and spirit of the teachings of a prophetic, compassionate jesus. The life and times of jesus the messiah ntslibrary. Jesus saves anyone and everyone who wants to be saved, but many of us say no thanks and cling stubbornly to religion, or to the delusion that we can somehow save ourselves, or that we dont need saving, or even that god doesnt exist. Inventory by author oct 2016 title location artist. Saving jesus from the church quotes showing of 45 indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious that we dont need more arguments on behalf of god. Living the questions provides the theological grounding, rationale, and vocabulary to help you articulate the foundations of progressive christianity.
He writes with a refreshing honesty and a disarming authority. Meyers calls for a radical change in churches by putting the faithful on the path of jesus and seeing christianity as compassion, not condemnation. The message of the incarnation is that even though each of us is a clumsy mix of assumptions, prejudices, missed opportunities, and good intentions, god can. Saving jesus redux is total revision of living the questions popular 12session dvdbased small group exploration of a credible jesus for the third millennium. Having peace about your souls eternal destiny is one of the benefits that go along. New contributors including brian mclaren, diana butler bass, and robin meyers join marcus borg, walter brueggemann, john dominic crossan. While jesus was alive on earth his physical blood was in his physical body. Saving jesus redux is total revision of living the questions popular 12session dvdbased exploration of a credible jesus for the third millennium. John shelby spong, author of jesus for the nonreligious. This is by a pastor at mayflower congregational church in oklahoma. Jesus takes up the cause jesus has little or nothing to say of the poor and oppressed about the poor and oppressed jesus public ministry. New contributors, including brian mclaren, diana butler. Sadly, few who see the phrase jesus saves truly and fully understand what it means. Denying his existence is just another way of avoiding the big issue.
Assurance of salvation accepting the lord jesus christ as your savior is the best and most important decision you have ever made in life. The subject of salvation is not a doctrine simply to debate about. Jesus is the most important figure in all of human history. Join other members of gpmc on the third monday of each month from 7. Is it the jesus of our childhood sunday school class. Jesus ran into the immigration building with the others. Purchase of saving jesus redux curriculum edition includes a oneyear renewable license to use the downloadableprintable participant reader and facilitator guide. It is a total revision of a popular adult education resource from living the questions.
Ever feel like jesus has been kidnapped by the christian right and discarded by the secular left. Dedication to the beloved memory of nicholas irwin wright 26 february 192016 march 2011. Join in dialogue with over two dozen theologians and scholars around the relevance of jesus for today. Saving jesus redux series nov 7 dec12 jesus is rightly the center of the christian faith. Saving jesus redux is a 12session dvdbased small group exploration of a credible jesus for the third millenium. Saving jesus redux home edition is a 12episode video exploration of a credible jesus for the 21st century. Simply jesus a new vision of who he was, what he did, and why he matters n. Leave blank for cover image presbytery of the peaks. Sometimes fairy stories may say best whats to be said. Come learn about this process and experience a circle led by elaine matthes and rev.
Jesus in a way that can only be described as transformational. Saving jesus redux borg, crossan, levine, et al dvd, video 59 u2 everything must change brian mc laren dvd, video 68 w1 painting the stars bruce sanguin dvd, video 58 u1 january adventure 20 bruggermann dorrien cd, audio 43 n1 the shape of god cynthia bourgeault rohr dvd, video 77 z1. Raganreid 162014 be it known unto you all, and to all the people of israel, that by the name of jesus christ of nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom god raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. Saving jesus, freeing christ, is an admittedly grandiose title christ is italicized to denote an image rather than a proper name.
Saving jesus redux is a total revision of living the questions popular 12session dvdbased small group exploration of a credible jesus for the third millennium. For the minds behind saving jesus redux, there is a more complex mix of reading the bible as metaphor and history. Paul, rome and the kingdom of god with john dominic crossan and marcus borg, on location in turkey. Saving jesus redux is total revision of living the questions popular 12session dvdbased small group exploration of a credible jesus. Newcomers reception are you new to the sunshine cathedral community.
Join 25 experts for a conversation around the relevance of jesus for today. Its about getting back to the true message of jesus and the idea that jesus didnt want to be worshipped or to found a church, but was a teacher who wanted people to follow his example. Drawing on the revelatory insights of the analytical psychology of jung and his interpreters, it proposes a radical revisioning of the historical jesus of nazareth and the archetypal. New contributors including brian mclaren, diana butler bass, and robin meyers join marcus borg, walter brueggemann, john dominic crossan, matthew fox, amyjill levine, and a host of others for a. Review of saving jesus from the church so what faith. This coming sunday we will continue our look at the saving jesus redux series with a focus on chapter 12, why jesus is worth saving. It is meant to be felt and understood because the eternal destiny of real people is in the balance. It is a difficult idea to present with the confines of a short series. Saving jesus redux from living the questions 01032014 patrick s no matter what you believe or dont believe, no one can deny the impact that jesus of nazareth and his followers have had on the world for the last two thousand years, for better or for worse. He is a well read scholar and a superb communicator. Special limited time offer save 50% on saving jesus redux curriculum edition now through tuesday march 24th when ordering online at. Saving jesus from the church is a wake up call to the 21st century church. The name of the program is saving jesus, and this holiday season will mark the sixth year the company has supplied the devices to organizations and churches.
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