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No matter if Jesus was born of a virgin or not? Whether Jesus was born in a cave or a camp, to a virgin or a woman with her children more? Nothing changes if Jesus was not actually physically raised from the dead? He is a little less influential, less important, less moral? These are his words or his actions less important, or inspiration, if he had a girlfriend or a mate? So why, asks Meyers, is that everyone is talking about more?
The title and accompanying cover that much of what to say about the new book by Oklahoma City resident, writer, teacher, researcher, journalist of the Union, and controversial Rev. Robin Meyers. The man in blue in the reddest state has set his new book for the masses for what he hopes will be a unity, not division, the result. With that title, one might think that a stretch, but the approach Meyers and respect for the argument is persuasive to those who cross the prologue.
This book tries to dissect, as the words begin to describe the human side of Jesus and the divine, created in his memory. Jesus was a man of peace, unconditional love, inclusion, helping the sick and the poor, forgiveness and brotherhood. Deity, however, is much more about the commandments and rules, practices and rituals, and they do not. Dr. Meyers says that only by believing in Jesus has no impact on our daily lives. Following Jesus, however, can change everything.
Dr. Meyers is trying to find common ground in all divisions and debate about religion. Meyers said of his book that he hopes that Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics, and as we can see that when you remove what we disagree – and there are many things that we agree – everyone can see that following the teachings of a human being like Jesus will be the most productive task just nod to the belief in a deity, like Christ.
Meyers central purpose for the book? Finding a reason for the millions of Americans who have left the church of disappointment, confusion or betrayal to return to try a new approach to faith: As a result of what Jesus means not only believe in their history.
While politicians in the prologue (Meyers realizes a dream in which he was isolated from the modern stereotypes of Christianity and its alliance with the Conservative policy, war and greed), Meyers bad loans of their reasons is a quasi-personal – the objective position that fits the rest of his book. Careful and patient, Dr. Meyers taught and lead to a rate that is tolerable to the religious scholars and more accommodating to the casual reader.
In his book, less political and more reflective now, Dr. Robin Meyers is the common ground in the world of Jesus and provides a call to action that unites us under a banner of hope and reconciliation.
I was particularly fascinated with the reading of Robin R. Meyers saving work of Jesus for the Church: How to stop and start worshiping Jesus Christ followed, not only because I had read his previous book, because the Christian right is wrong: a minister's manifesto readmission your faith, your flag , his future, but also because I lived in this area of the country for many years. Meyers fourth century as pastor of the Mayflower Church congregation, was gunned down their message and the power of a congregation of Christians who are committed to serving others and are a powerful witness of discipleship.
For me the meaning of the book is that the emphasis in worship Christ in the Christian community has come at the expense of truly following Jesus, which resulted in overlapping layers of misunderstandings and mistakes in the way of worshiping God and seeing many of the words of Jesus, embodied in the Sermon on the Mount, and even the admonitions to live a life of sacrifice in the service of others in conflict with, and indeed in protest at the dominant culture of greed and intolerance have been minimized or even in contradiction to pull some text out of context in order to make Christianity a gospel of prosperity or "Gospel of the market" is largely about "Me, Myself and I" Their results also to the union of Christianity with the culture of our consumer-driven and the primacy of the Empire State, motivated by the fear generated by the need for security and the achievement of personal status, wealth, opportunity and the domain to the exclusion of anything. This consequently leads to an attitude of suspicion and hostility, also decisively toward the other "that can threaten our way of life, prosperity and moral certainty, when in reality, Jesus inaugurated a new and generous hospitality. This has also led in recent years the political positions that are actually contrary to what Jesus lived and what he taught, and the hostility and misunderstanding of scientific truth.
Meyers makes both issues, "stop worshiping Christ and begin to follow Jesus," a common thread throughout the book. One wonders, from the conservative point of view, the latter could also achieve much more with the former lightweight and simply to dispel the misunderstandings that have arisen since the early centuries of Christianity when the church merged with 's Empire . The author, however, was a member of the Jesus Seminar, and he believes most recent biblical studies and history can help us have a more realistic view of Jesus as a human being and unlock the radical and convincing Your call to follow. Moreover, this reading offers uncompromising hospitality to those who are not totally sure of their faith, have difficulty accepting many of the principles that some consider essential to faith, but could in fact be peripheral, or facing to with questions and doubts, and feel more prepared and asked the teachings of Christ. Meyers style of writing "unscientific, at times, but more often colorful, entertaining and provocative, with a vision after vision is a phrase here or a sentence. In many respects, similar to Meyers tone of a prophet of the Old Testament writers and as evangelical and fundamentalist often speak or write in a similar way, the message of Meyers is more in line with what the prophets said in his criticism without fear of political and religious structures of his time, and its call for justice, mercy and truth, especially with concern for the disadvantaged, the poor, and the right to vote. Sometimes we question their conclusions on a certain reading of the historical Jesus, but in his reading of Jesus' call "to follow, no doubt, is right on the mark.
In this book, the comparison with Jesus is a liberal McLennan, which I read in a row with the Meyers book I would say that Meyers's book is a little sharper cutting and "more aggressive, though not cheap, though passionate. Perhaps this is justified by the fact that the religious environment of your area where the church with such force that appears in the wrong side of many issues related to the call of Jesus to follow him. Meyers says, "No wonder so many good people avoid the term" Christian "like the plague. Consumption has become synonymous with hypocrisy, meanness, and attention. "Meyers book represents an important contribution to ensuring that the bright light of Christianity in the present and the future for Christians of all points of view can be reviewed, Christians can not hope to a more powerful and Christianity as a moral and spiritual strength that can avoid irrelevance and ineffectiveness in his presentation by recognizing their own misperceptions, personal interest, the approval of the injustice and the pursuit of power politics.
Occasionally a book comes to life and acts as a hand holding a snowball, disturbing of all the molecules rearrange my life and my inner landscape. My university Introducing new textbook Testament class, compassion Henri Nouwen: A Reflection on the Christian life, Parker Palmer know how we are known: Education as a spiritual journey, and a handful of others have gone further to be attractive and stimulating forces to be truly transformed my life. To this list short, now add a new one: the saving work of Jesus by the Church: How to stop and start to worship Jesus Christ followed by Robin R. Meyers. It is a book that really should come with a warning label on it, like "This book will change both her life, her ministry, her faith, friendship, and almost everything else .. . Or you will be too afraid to go out like that! "
Meyers, pastor of Mayflower Congregational Church in Oklahoma City and author of four books, studies the situation of the church and contemporary Christianity – conservative and liberal – and I do not think much of it is in tune with the message of Jesus. The bottom line is that the Church Meyers has been exaggerated and do not believe that actions indicate that she is following Jesus, and each chapter is going in the right direction.
Meyers is very firmly to the phasing out of the theological spectrum, and his book does a good job of deftly skewers more conservative forms of Christianity or biblical interpretation. But the left has to be well prepared to host regular roasting well. This step is fairly typical:
"In today's world that is desperate for something real, nowadays many big churches are like Disney World, more than God, while the major churches are too many parts of the Great Books Club The point is that fiction is more cruel that all your dreams can come true if we recite the prayer of Jabez "or that discipleship is the same as the illumination … The first question that every fan should expect to be question and answer is: What are you willing to give up following Jesus? "(p. 145)
Each chapter contrasts "common" Christianity, with a progressive, common understanding of Jesus 'teaching'. They cover a wide territory:
* Jesus, Master, is the Savior
* Faith, which, I
* The Cross of futility, not forgiveness
* Easter as the presence, not proof
* Original blessing, not original sin
* Christianity as compassion, not condemnation
* The discipleship and obedience, not observed
* Justice and Alliance and uncontrolled
* The divine prosperity as dangerous, not
* Religion as a report, not justice
This prophetic book would be an ideal resource for the study group (and actually asks to be read together), but unfortunately does not include questions for discussion. Mainly as a summer Sunday school class, a study team, a study of young adults, and the study of the congregation. The book assumes the reader is at least somewhat "familiar with contemporary biblical scholarship progressive (which has gone beyond a literal understanding of Scripture), so little time is spent exploring the terrain which has been excellently covered scholars like Borg, Pagels, Brueggemann, Levine and others (see his notes plenty of room for many other big books). In contrast, the saving work of Christ is always an excellent summary of the grants and then turn to the question that is often overlooked: "I know what I / we do now?" No step "by step guide to follow Jesus ", but if you read carefully (especially with others), Meyer's work undoubtedly will help us all stop pretending to be followers of Jesus so that Jesus can save a church long distorted his message.