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This whole twitter 'theological hot take' that Jesus didn't die for sin is stupid. Believe it if you want, but don't call yourself Christian. The earlier pre-Pauline proto-creedal confession we have is "Christ died for sin ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν" (1 Cor: 15:3-4.
ὑπὲρ is a marker of cause or reason denoting 'for,' 'for the sake of,' or 'on behalf of'
NT scholarship has pretty conclusively recognized that Paul's "I received" and "I past on" marks this with a proto-creedal quality that predates Paul, probably into early 40s or even 30s.
NT scholarship has pretty conclusively recognized that Paul's "I received" and "I past on" marks this with a proto-creedal quality that predates Paul, probably into early 40s or even 30s.
You can be all "we're cool 21th century 'Christian' and we know Jesus didn't die FOR sins"... at best your rehashing 20th century liberalism and maybe rebranding it with some new theological models.
Your theological models may be fine & dandy. But if they undo a proto-creed & you think they are more authentically Christian, you're doing it wrong.
You think you know better than literally every person claiming Christ as Savior since the beginning. Sorry, that's not Christian.
You think you know better than literally every person claiming Christ as Savior since the beginning. Sorry, that's not Christian.
And for all the post-modern talk about "community" and "doing theology in community" and "listening to the voices of the past/diverse communities" is hogwash when THEE common confession of all the communities from the beginning gets thrown out.
It's just punk arrogance.
Sorry.
It's just punk arrogance.
Sorry.
/End Rant
