tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post5654876222529644914..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Brian McLaren and the Kingdom of GodJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-63360180017164805112010-10-27T00:34:14.617+01:002010-10-27T00:34:14.617+01:00Thank you for the book recommendations. I understa...Thank you for the book recommendations. I understand about John the Baptist being part of the fulfillment of prophecy. But why did God chose that particular scenario? There could have been a zillion different ways...but He chose that one. Jesus taught in parables and I sometimes wonder if John the Baptist and Judas were types of parables as well as part of prophecy. <br />As for the inherent little2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916624032227931576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-33860395214997092402010-09-02T07:31:48.633+01:002010-09-02T07:31:48.633+01:00Ah, well I've never had a problem with me thin...Ah, well I've never had a problem with me thinking too little!<br /><br />On questions like "What was the point of Judas?" or "What was the point of John the Baptist?", I think those are probably best covered in the regular systematic Bible teaching of a church.<br /><br />I just had a quick look on the John the Baptist question, and he's not ignored.<br /><br />He'Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-66985684915382352132010-09-02T04:38:42.796+01:002010-09-02T04:38:42.796+01:00Hi John,
While I do not agree with some of what I&...Hi John,<br />While I do not agree with some of what I've read in McLarens book, I have to credit him with at least challenging Christians to think about what they believe. <br />Too many Christians read, but do not bother to THINK about what they've read and so many times, they fail to grasp the lesson. <br />But many mainstream chuches have failed too. They present the same old lessons little2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916624032227931576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-89751649472442309312010-08-12T07:53:57.088+01:002010-08-12T07:53:57.088+01:00No need to be shamefaced about it. Yes, it sounds ...No need to be shamefaced about it. Yes, it sounds gnostic. And yes, it plays a bit on the whole Da Vinci Code "here's a secret about Jesus that no-one really knows" thing.<br /><br />And then comes up with Jesus "secret message" being roughly the same as Douglas' Adams parody of it.<br /><br />"<i>nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-73388735803601186312010-08-11T23:32:40.012+01:002010-08-11T23:32:40.012+01:00I've not read this, I'll (somewhat shamefa...I've not read this, I'll (somewhat shamefacedly) admit that I've always been turned off by the title. "Secret message" sets alarm bells ringing in my head, it always sounds a bit gnostic.Greg Meliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117833887171740473noreply@blogger.com