tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post5225066928211871293..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: Fictional JesusesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-66429023380563117012015-05-09T17:54:34.011+01:002015-05-09T17:54:34.011+01:00You know what? Everything you've just written ...You know what? Everything you've just written here tells me you'd be an excellent novelist. That's what people like reading about. <br /><br />:0)<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-51955724004168702262015-05-09T14:57:22.049+01:002015-05-09T14:57:22.049+01:00I love this whole post, especially the last paragr...I love this whole post, especially the last paragraph. <br /><br />(And I always find it fascinating when writers talk about their fictional characters leading the way -- that must be exciting and reassuring to see the story unfold that way. I would not/could not ever write a story, because I'm certain my characters would sit on the bed, look out the window, think about knitting and not knit, go to the bathroom, not answer the door, eat some peanuts, watch an episode of Sherlock, and then at night go to bed.)<br /><br />xoxo :)Julie B.http://www.justjulieb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-12156063537210732892015-05-07T12:08:41.091+01:002015-05-07T12:08:41.091+01:00:0) xx:0) xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-36359825542387734932015-05-07T11:52:51.803+01:002015-05-07T11:52:51.803+01:00Just yesterday I was saying to my daughter that fr...Just yesterday I was saying to my daughter that from my study of the various NT books, history, and experience of various denominations I think we need a slogan. <br /> "Christianity. Putting words in Jesus' mouth for more than two thousand years." <br /><br /> I really should make the time to sort out what he taught from what was taught about him after the fact. That would certainly be an interesting project,yes?<br /><br /> Very thought provoking post Pen, it's good to be given a bit of something to work on in my mind and heart!Rapunzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381797135241461102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-68128511687319809622015-05-07T07:53:20.877+01:002015-05-07T07:53:20.877+01:00:0) xx:0) xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-41817454739080697142015-05-06T23:04:55.832+01:002015-05-06T23:04:55.832+01:00Great post thank you Pen. I need to remember this...Great post thank you Pen. I need to remember this myself!DaisyAnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680034482022415405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-65194107279095915142015-05-06T11:20:28.503+01:002015-05-06T11:20:28.503+01:00:0) So interesting! I wish I could reach out my lo...:0) So interesting! I wish I could reach out my long skinny arm like Rubber Rabbit and carry you across to England to present a paper for our theology group. xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-42639581467127863772015-05-06T10:58:28.764+01:002015-05-06T10:58:28.764+01:00Oh, I wouldn't either, Pen. Abraham--not a Jew...Oh, I wouldn't either, Pen. Abraham--not a Jew. He was from Ur in Chaldea. Isaac--not a Jew. Jacob--not a Jew. The problem is that the OT has been categorized as Jewish when it was no such thing. There were all twelve tribes at the base of Sinai, as well as a mixed multitude of folks who left with Israel. Yahshua had every opportunity to say "Okay, I'm keeping the commandments so you don't have to." Instead, he equated love for the Father TO keeping the commandments (and I don't mean the levitical law). A peek through the history of the early church easily shows that "the Jews"--meaning the Pharisees and Sadducees--blamed the new sect for their problems with the Romans, while the Romans, in a move contrary to their live-and-let-live-just-pay-your-taxes policy, needed to squash rebellion and uprising in Palestine. The new church, especially once they had moved under hierarchy and away from the model left us by Yahshua, made themselves vulnerable, and by the time Constantine came along wanting to unify his empire, they were hungry fish waiting for bait at Nicea.Jennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-12050097522350853462015-05-05T22:37:40.731+01:002015-05-05T22:37:40.731+01:00:0) I wouldn't like to presume Jesus risen is ...:0) I wouldn't like to presume Jesus risen is limited to a Jewish identity, though.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-43561641163095974172015-05-05T21:17:19.231+01:002015-05-05T21:17:19.231+01:00There is this idea of a "personal savior"...There is this idea of a "personal savior" that has a lot of folks all running round being best buds with Yahshua Messiah, the "Man Upstairs," or whomever it is they're friends with. Yahshua sits on the righthand on of the Father until such time as He returns to establish His Kingdom upon the earth. We make Him small. All that said, I do indeed get the notion that we make of Him what we will according to our knowledge of Scripture and experience in the faith. I think a lot of those who say that He is alive and working in them, so to say, rather unfortunately think He also celebrates Christmas and Easter and eats ham sandwiches. Jennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-25950154648050426302015-05-05T17:05:52.403+01:002015-05-05T17:05:52.403+01:00I knew a man in prison, once, who said when he was...I knew a man in prison, once, who said when he was brought before the magistrate he was asked if he had anything to say for himself. He said he took out his packet of fags, flipped open the lid, and muttered into it: 'Beam me up, Scottie.'<br />Don't try this at home. He was in prison for quite a ing time.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-72091294066448263602015-05-05T15:07:07.763+01:002015-05-05T15:07:07.763+01:00The teleportation machine on board the Enterprise ...The teleportation machine on board the Enterprise is known as a transporter, Pen. ;)<br /><br />Great post. So, so true. The little God and the big Me. Seen it often, and have been guilty of it myself.<br /><br />- PhilippaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com