Jews Rejected God's Offer

I'll tell you some of the sources used by the apologists if you tell me yours.
I gotta go to work now, and its a pain copying all these names down. I'll get back to ya, though. One question: How do you and I agree on who is and is not an authority? For every naysayer there is an opponent. I suspect that we will not agree on this, but we will see.

OK, I looked up some of the sources that you mention. Ramoss, I can not say that these people are atheists. they certainly do not square with the Christian apologetic literature which I have read from the likes of Greg Boyd, R.C. Sproul, and Josh McDowell.I found that Robert Kysar, Ph. D., is Professor of Preaching and New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta. He is the author of many books about the Bible.Dr. Kysar is the author of nearly twenty books and scores of articles and reviews and videos. He is considered the national authority on the Gospel of John. During his career he has been active with social service agencies, college committees, community organizations, professional organizations and with the Lutheran Church.I also saw the types of similar books mentioned with your source. My tradition is one of Biblical Inerrency, whereas these scholars are critics. Are they right? If so, does that negate the reality of a living Spirit and a living Word? I will concede that your source, although more from Lutheran/Catholic scholarship, is respected and thorough.My only fear is some of that Gnostic stuff. It is definitely NOT of my Orthodox belief. My experiences have come more from the Charismatic impartated side of Christianity, whereas the respected sources that you mention are of the "study of religion" which includes the Gnostic stuff. Im still leery of educated wisdom, but I can readily see where many more people are leery of backwoods fundamentalism.This message has been edited by Phatboy, 12-10-2004 01:56 AM

What was GODs specific pact with Christians?

I guess our old member PD showed this. OK, so Paul said that the Jews refused Jesus...We have discussed your belief that Paul was trying to create a new religion. The Dispensationalists say that God reveals more of Himself through scripture in time. Of course, you will then resort to your belief that the Bible was written by man and that humans made up all of this! I like the idea that God has revealed a bit more of Himself to each generation throughout History. Comments?