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But What Kind of a Jesus Is He?
FREDERICK J. GAISER
(see full text of essay under “Editorial”)
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When you say “Jesus,”
whom do you picture in your mind’s eye? And what kind of Jesus is it that
stands at the center of the New Testament? It depends, of course, on which
texts you read. And, of course, if we include the Jesus of Christian faith
and Christian tradition, beyond the New Testament, the pictures become all
the more diverse. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Is there any “real”
Jesus? Does anything go? Are there any criteria?
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The 2008–2009 Word & World Lecture
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Learning Our Place: The Agrarian Perspective of the
Bible
ELLEN F. DAVIS
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To be fully human in biblical perspective is to know our place: as
creatures linked to all other creatures; and as creatures dependent on the
health of the natural systems. The Bible is an agrarian book, and God’s work
as Farmer and Caretaker of the earth provides the ultimate model for human
behavior.
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Articles
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“Things That Matter”: Historical Jesus Studies in the New
Millennium
MARK ALLAN
POWELL
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People are less riled up over historical Jesus studies today than they
were a decade or so ago, but the issues still matter, and they have profound
implications for theology and piety, as well as for politics, philosophy, and
the very self-image of Western civilization.
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The Miracle Stories in the Gospels: The Continuing
Challenge for Interpreters
ARLAND J.
HULTGREN
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The miracle stories have been interpreted in a variety
of ways over the past decades and centuries. A review of those
interpretations points the way to the work of present readers, who are called
to hear the theological intent of the stories and to proclaim them to the
world.
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Who Do You Say That I Am?
KATHLEEN McMANUS
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Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?” leads us
through the confessional language of the creeds to an experience of God in
Jesus Messiah. Experiencing Jesus as teacher, healer, and proclaimer
of the reign of God makes us share in God’s incarnate vulnerability. Finally,
we are directed to a companion question, “Who does Jesus say that we are?”
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Jesus and the Trinity
LOIS MALCOLM
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In the New Testament and in the work of contemporary
Trinitarian theologians, the experience and power of the Spirit emerge as
central features in understanding the relation between the Father and the Son
and the meaning of the Trinity.
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Jesus in the Balance: Interpretation in the
Twenty-First Century
MAGGIE ROSS
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“The work of silence” is an interpretive tool largely lost in our time.
As a result, we turn “putting on the mind of Christ” into imitation of Christ
and faith into propositional belief.
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Jesus and the Angels
SUSAN R. GARRETT
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Some ancient Jews
wrote about God’s glory as an angel-like being who participated in the very
being of God. Christians drew upon these stories, but insisted that the divine
glory had now become present not in an angel but in Jesus Christ. More, as
disciples of Christ, we, too, are called to reflect God’s glory to one
another and to the world.
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Meeting Jesus with Young Children: Accompanying
the Youngest Members into Christian Community
ELIZABETH M. HUNTER
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We invite young
children into Christian community and the story of Jesus because Jesus did—not
because they will be “future” church members, but because they are already
fellow members of the body of Christ.
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Jesus: Real to Reel
RICHARD S. ASCOUGH
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Films based on the
life of Jesus have been made since the advent of the medium, all reflecting
their own times and the particular perspectives of the authors, directors,
and actors. A taxonomy of the various periods and an introduction to means of
analysis offer aids to congregations interested in using the films for
discussion.
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Resources
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Texts in
Context: Preaching Jesus
DAVID J. LOSE
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The Bible presents not just one picture of Jesus—in fact, not even just
four. Preachers need to find consequent ways to proclaim Jesus that honor
both their theological confession and their careful reading of biblical texts.
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Face to
Face: Must Every Christian Sermon Name the Name of Jesus?
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Yes!
GRACIA GRINDAL
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No!
FREDERICK J.
GAISER
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Reviews
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The Fourth Gospel in Four Dimensions: Judaism and
Jesus, the Gospels and Scripture,
by D. Moody Smith
CRAIG
R. KOESTER
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Fracture: The Cross
as Irreconcilable in the Language and Thought of the Biblical Writers, by
Roy A. Harrisville
JAMES L. BOYCE
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Call and
Consequences: A Womanist Reading of Mark, by Raquel Annette St.
Clair
PHILIP RUGE-JONES
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The Consolations of
Theology, ed. by Brian S. Rosner
ANDREW ROOT
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Martin Luther and
Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering, by Paul Chung
LOIS MALCOLM
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The Westminster Handbook to
Women in American Religious History, ed. by Susan Hill Lindley and
Eleanor J. Stebner
NANCY KOESTER
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