Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg's discussion... For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.aaa.net.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm.

These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection...

More from Tom Wright:

'Christian spirituality is focused on Jesus, the messiah of Israel... There is no split Christology in the New Testament, no Jesus of history played off against a Christ of faith. The scandal at the heart of the Christian faith is that Christians are committed to worshipping a first-century Jew, believing that in him the living God, the God of Israel, the creator of the world was and is personally present... Christian spirituality... classically meditates not simply on the Christ of faith but also on the Jesus of history, believing them to be one and the same person and discovering, through getting to know this person as living, active, present, loving, and grieving, that they are recognizing in him the human face of the one true God.' (p. 210).

[Note from Rowland: To be fair to Tom and Marcus I'm presenting their summary-views before I offer some of my own... You'll have to *think* first, and then wait for my appraisal].

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Shalom! Rowland Croucher