http://revbishop.com/archives/511 Adventures of a pastor sorting out this conspiracy of grace Tue, 08 May 2012 18:05:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://revbishop.com/archives/511/comment-page-1#comment-410 Chris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:49:29 +0000 http://revbishop.com/archives/511#comment-410 Cathy, Thanks for your thoughts. There is always a couple of layers that we have to peel back to get at the heart of what Jesus ways saying. I love the way Jesus took things poeple understood and allowed them to view them from a different angle. Caesar was a son of the gods, but the early Church came to know Jesus as THE Son of GOD. Kind of like the way early hymns were put to the tune of pub songs because everyone already knew how to sing them while sober or drunk. Why not add good lyrics to a tune that is known and sing our faith? Context and location are always so important. Cathy,
Thanks for your thoughts. There is always a couple of layers that we have to peel back to get at the heart of what Jesus ways saying. I love the way Jesus took things poeple understood and allowed them to view them from a different angle. Caesar was a son of the gods, but the early Church came to know Jesus as THE Son of GOD.
Kind of like the way early hymns were put to the tune of pub songs because everyone already knew how to sing them while sober or drunk. Why not add good lyrics to a tune that is known and sing our faith? Context and location are always so important.

]]> http://revbishop.com/archives/511/comment-page-1#comment-409 Cathy Watkins Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:53:56 +0000 http://revbishop.com/archives/511#comment-409 So I've been reading this book "Jesus For President" by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw about how Jesus was political in his message and how he taught. Too often we as modern day Christians forget about the politics of the time and the culture in which Jesus lived and taught as we try to understand Scripture. The history of the Jews and Jesus' time are areas that I have been trying to gain a better understanding of lately and this book has indeed enlightened me. My answers to the aforementioned questions can be expounded with a little knowledge of history now. Although Jesus was seen as opposing Caesar it was not necessarily in the ways we often think of. Yes, his kingdom was a much different one that he set out to establish, but his teaching was definitely of the times. "Son of God" was a popular title given to kings and emperors. These were thought to be appointed by God(god)to rule. While, we know Jesus was without a doubt sent by God to rule a different kingdom the Jews and Romans didn't get that yet. Jesus was very clever at using the imagery of the times to establish his kingdom all the while wreaking havoc with the Romans and Jews. So I’ve been reading this book “Jesus For President” by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw about how Jesus was political in his message and how he taught. Too often we as modern day Christians forget about the politics of the time and the culture in which Jesus lived and taught as we try to understand Scripture. The history of the Jews and Jesus’ time are areas that I have been trying to gain a better understanding of lately and this book has indeed enlightened me.
My answers to the aforementioned questions can be expounded with a little knowledge of history now. Although Jesus was seen as opposing Caesar it was not necessarily in the ways we often think of. Yes, his kingdom was a much different one that he set out to establish, but his teaching was definitely of the times. “Son of God” was a popular title given to kings and emperors. These were thought to be appointed by God(god)to rule. While, we know Jesus was without a doubt sent by God to rule a different kingdom the Jews and Romans didn’t get that yet. Jesus was very clever at using the imagery of the times to establish his kingdom all the while wreaking havoc with the Romans and Jews.

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