tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post4747903595121784667..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Is John's Gospel Sectarian?Michael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-45194939593805586232009-01-10T21:46:00.000-06:002009-01-10T21:46:00.000-06:00Worth reading Miroslav Volf's dialogue with Gundry...Worth reading Miroslav Volf's dialogue with Gundry (his father in law!) on this issue in the Bauckham/Mosser volume on The Gospel of John and Christian Theology.David Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300884795726841940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-73553199647720159642009-01-10T13:19:00.000-06:002009-01-10T13:19:00.000-06:00Of course, John was sectarian. Throughout history,...Of course, John was sectarian. Throughout history, there have benn those who created a new theological understanding, when things did not work out according to expectation. This was to bring "hope" to believers, and the world, in times of despair.<BR/><BR/>John's Gospel was like Augustine's "City of God", after the sack of Rome, or Barth's Dogmatics, etc...Theologians undertake the disicpline to create a new vision for today that brings hope for tomorrow. It is re-creation of the historical.<BR/><BR/>The re-creation of the hisotrical is done through re-orientation to the transcendent, or re-interpretaion of the present, or systemization of the Bible's themes, or understanding people in a different light....Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-88877329519823000512009-01-10T04:11:00.000-06:002009-01-10T04:11:00.000-06:00Do you want to expand on the last two sentences of...Do you want to expand on the last two sentences of Gundry's quote? I'm not sure the logic follows from the the lack of explicit silence? If Jesus is the instrument of God's love and he is one with the Father and his actions carry out his father's love . . .Ben Byerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592189117724441117noreply@blogger.com