The following article by Anthony Buzzard is from the July 2010 issue of Focus on the Kingdom. He quotes from A Theology of the Jewish-Christian Reality by Paul van Buren, p. 79-83.
“In the beginning was the Word; the Word was in God’s presence, and the Word was God. He was present to God in the beginning. Through Him all things came into being, and apart from him nothing came to be.”
Greetings everyone! Sorry I’ve been so busy lately (selling a house - buying a new one). I haven’t had much of a chance to write or post anything here on KR.
I did read this article by Ray Faircloth the other day and really liked it. There’s been a paper of his and one or two others referenced here on KR before, so the name may seem familiar. Though I believe Sean may have met him in person at a conference or two in the past.
Enjoy and may Yahweh bless you!
JESUS WAS NOT THE AGENT OF THE GENESIS CREATION
By Raymond C. Faircloth
THE IDEA OF AN AGENT OF CREATION
Posted in Messiah Jesus, Doctrine, The Trinity, Media, monotheism, Jesus Only, Oneness, Christology, Other Religions, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ on June 21st, 2010 12 Comments »
This is from the 21st Century Reformation website:
Anthony Buzzard gives an extraordinary presentation to a conference of Bible students in Tennessee. Professor Buzzard gives a succinct evaluation of five prevailing views regarding Jesus Christ. He leads us through a consideration of the: (1) Trinitarian view; (2) the Arian view; (3) Binitarianism; (4) Oneness and (5) the “One God” view. In the end, Anthony makes a persuasive case for “View No. 5″: that Jesus is the Christ of God, God’s literally begotten human Son. Anthony Buzzard’s “Five Options in Christology” has been one of the most popular features presented on 21stcr.org. It is too good to miss.
View this slide presentation here:
http://www.21stcr.org/multimedia/five_options_in_christology/five_options_in_christology.html
Thinking Biblically about One of the Most Important Titles in the Bible
As Christians, we are so used to calling Jesus the Son of God that we can easily forget that the phrase “Son of God” has serious theological and biblical content. Though most believers conflate “Son of God” with “God the Son” and interchange a biblical notion for a philosophical one, I contend that it is a much better strategy to ground our conception in Scripture alone. In order to investigate divine sonship, I will first look at the two predominant prototypes—Adam and David—before moving on to think about how Jesus combines both layers of meaning. First, we begin in the beginning.