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Mark D. Roberts
Was Jesus Divine? Early Christian Perspectives – Interim Conclusions (Part 4)
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Mark D. Roberts
In my last post I summarized several key factors in the early Christian discovery of the deity of Jesus. These were: Jesus Spoke with God’s Own AuthorityJesus Forgave Sins as if He Were GodJesus Assumed the Character of Divine WisdomJesus Claimed Unprecedented Intimacy with GodThe Death and Resurrection Showed that Jesus was the Divine Savior…
Was Jesus Divine? Early Christian Perspectives – Interim Conclusions (Part 3)
By
Mark D. Roberts
In my last post, I argued that the resurrection of Jesus, though not proving that he was God, did vindicate him and his ministry. Through the lens of Easter, the early Christians began to see things about Jesus that they had not really noticed before. Or if they had noticed, they simply accepted these things…
Was Jesus Divine? Early Christian Perspectives – Interim Conclusions (Part 2)
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Mark D. Roberts
No matter how Jesus lived, no matter what he said or did, if he had simply died on a Roman cross like so many other Jews in the first century A.D., then that would have been the sad ending to his story. We would never have heard of Jesus. He wouldn’t even have been a…
Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Where Have You Fixed Your Attention?
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Mark D. Roberts
Where Have You Fixed Your Attention? Psalm 16:1-11 I know the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. Psalm 16:8 Psalm 16 begins with a cry for divine help: “Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge” (16:1). Yet the…
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