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Interestingly, some read my other thread as advocating FOR centrism, when in reality it was noting that EVERYONE is a centrist to someone else so the claim is problematic. Perhaps some missed the argument. So here is another thread on the non-centrism of the gospel: 1/8
Jesus in Luke says, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’ 2/8
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating & drinking, & you say, ‘Here is a glutton & a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by all her children.” Lk 7:31-35
“The children& #39;s games mentioned in 7:32 illustrate the fact that these hearers complained equally when John refused to play & #39;Weddings& #39; and when Jesus refused to play & #39;Funerals& #39; When they & #39;piped& #39;, and asked for a message that was undemanding and cheerful, John fasted & talked 4/8
...about sin; he was too gloomy, they wanted something brighter. But when they & #39;wailed& #39;, and expected from the rabbi of Nazareth a solemn discussion on morals and religion, Jesus went to parties and talked about salvation; he was too exhilarating, they wanted something more 5/8
...proper. For the news of the kingdom is always new, unexpected, upsetting. It will not fit in with men& #39;s preconceived ideas, nor pander to their prejudices. It digs far deeper than their shallow understanding of the evils of Satan& #39;s kingdom, and soars far higher than their 6/8
...low view of the glories of God’s kingdom.” (Michael Wilcock, The Message of Luke, 92)
This means the gospel is not a middle ground between polarities. It is more like (but not exactly like) a combination of incompatible extremes--incompatible, that is, according to the 7/8
This means the gospel is not a middle ground between polarities. It is more like (but not exactly like) a combination of incompatible extremes--incompatible, that is, according to the 7/8
...human categories and ideologies. But the gospel is the wisdom of God and his children recognize it as such. 8/8
