To say what Serene Jones says is to deny the basic truths of the Christian faith and the inspiration of the Bible, especially of the gospels and 1 Corinthians 15. I don't judge whether she's a Christian. God will be her Judge.Can you deny the Virgin Birth and Physical Resurrection of Jesus and be a Christian?
My answer is no. I agree with St Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. Linked for reference.
Yet in a New York Times opinion piece interview with Serene Jones, a Protestant minister, president of Union Theological Seminary the answer is "sure!."
Here is the interview:
Opinion | Reverend, You Say the Virgin Birth Is ‘a Bizarre Claim’?
Let me know your thoughts.
It's important to for Ongoing Faith in Father and His miracles that is for certain.Matthew, Luke and the historic creeds seem to think this is very important information and for a reason.
But what about Paul's own Gospel? I consider that even more relevant as a Lutheran, since Paul is the core of our understanding of the Gospel.
"If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9)
I don't remember a Gospel of Paul?
If someone believes in a Jesus who did not get resurrected, do they get saved?Can you deny the Virgin Birth and Physical Resurrection of Jesus and be a Christian?
My answer is no. I agree with St Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. Linked for reference.
Yet in a New York Times opinion piece interview with Serene Jones, a Protestant minister, president of Union Theological Seminary the answer is "sure!."
Here is the interview:
Opinion | Reverend, You Say the Virgin Birth Is ‘a Bizarre Claim’?
Let me know your thoughts.
Paul clearly articulates the Gospel in Romans. He talks about the significance of Jesus Christ for sinners in general.
Ok, I thought you meant that Paul had a written Gospel like Matthew, Mark, Like and John.
In a way, he does, though. We know he received the Gospel from other Christians of the apostolic age, making his witness apostolic, the same as the other 4 Gospels. If anything, historians actually consider his testimony better in some ways because his epistles are the earliest NT documents we have.
I agree, I have always noticed in my discussions with my Catholic friends, that the writings of Paul seem to be less important, and they will usually defer to the Gospels, early fathers (accept for maybe Augustine) and tradition.
That's because Catholics traditionally allegorize him into being an Aristotilian just like them. It's really quite ridiculous. It's only more modern Catholic scholars that are willing to consider Paul at face value. Most take a track similar to N.T. Wright and at least admit he teaches a forensic view of justification.
I think Orthodoxy's approach to Paul is more complicated, but he's still not as prominent as
No.If someone believes in a Jesus who did not get resurrected, do they get saved?
So there it is, the answer.
I believe the Apostle Paul makes this clear in 1 Corinthians 15So there it is, the answer.
It's even worse: Union Theological Seminary is a bedrock of Marxist Liberation Theology.Theological liberals like (UTS) will go to great lengths at discrediting God's Word and miracles. It only reveals whose side they are batting for.
Can you deny the Virgin Birth and Physical Resurrection of Jesus and be a Christian?
My answer is no. I agree with St Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. Linked for reference.
Yet in a New York Times opinion piece interview with Serene Jones, a Protestant minister, president of Union Theological Seminary the answer is "sure!."
Here is the interview:
Opinion | Reverend, You Say the Virgin Birth Is ‘a Bizarre Claim’?
Let me know your thoughts.