Customer Reviews for HarperOne Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith
HarperOne Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith
Borg outlines his own spiritual journey from early naivete to a period of skepticism to a more authentic understanding of Christ that takes into account the findings of modern critical scholarship. He urges his readers not to be overly concerned with creeds and doctrines, but to be attuned to the Spirit. 160 pages, softcover. HarperSanFrancisco.
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Date:May 16, 2009
Paul Browne
This book is not for those who wish to believe in a literal Bible, it is for those believers who have questions about what Jesus taught to His early followers, what would bring out thousands of peasants to listen to this 'Son of Man' who changed so many tenents of the Jewish law that it lead to a new understanding and religion. It answers questions that many who want to believe have asked or have tried to rationalize on their own with a logical, historical, biblical perspective. Borg is clear and leads to a wholesome understanding of Christianity
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Date:October 21, 2008
Dee
This book brought me back into the Church in a meaningful way. It accurately described my experience (and perhaps the experiences of others in my generation's cohort) and it provides an understandable and compassionate picture of what had separated me from God's love, and more importantly, how I can continue to experience the good news of Jesus in my life every day! There is a good spirit in-filling the message of this book, and I thank God's Spirit for bringing it to my attention. I'd give it a higher review but I'll wait until I study it in a group setting.
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Date:October 19, 2008
Cindy
As a Biblical Christian, I found this book extremely offensive. Mr. Borge seems determined to discredit the Gospels and replaces it with his own version of how Jesus' life and death logically should have gone. I would have returned it to the store but, I wouldn't want anyone else to read it either.
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Date:August 19, 2008
Robert Easter
Borg is a leading member of a group of arch-skeptics known as "the Jesus Seminar" which claims that the only record, if any, we have that such a person as Jesus ever existing are the words, "give to Caesar what is Caesar's." The "Spirit" to which they are attuned has no time for traditional Christianity or for honest scholarship, but asks questions assuming there is no answer. A very sad case, indeed!
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