Father Robert Barron, from the Archdiocese of Chicago, wrote an eloquent piece appearing on CNN to debunk the "Jesus was a nice guy, maybe even a philosopher, but he certainly wasn't divine," crowd of "Christians" (also known in faculty lounges as "historical Jesus" scholars). Such "biblical scholars" have an ax to grind against traditional Christianity and are more interested in advancing a political agenda, while they ignore glaring, conspicuous passages in the Gospels (and in Paul's Letters, and elsewhere) that unequivocally state that Christ is God and further, that He rose from the dead.
When the first Christians proclaimed the Gospel, they didn’t say a word about Jesus’ preaching; what they talked about was his resurrection from the dead. Look through all of Paul’s letters, and you’ll find a few words about Jesus’ “philosophy,” but you’ll find, constantly, almost obsessively, reiterated the claim that God raised Jesus from death.
The great New Testament scholar N.T. Wright points out, moreover, that the very emergence of Christianity as a messianic movement is practically unintelligible, on historical grounds, apart from the reality of the resurrection.
Read the rest of this great piece HERE.
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