Question
This past Sunday I attended a Unitarian Church with my friend Joshua. The reason being was to hear Dr. John Dominic Crossan. Dr. Crossan is the co-chair for the Jesus Seminar, a new movement in theological circles to thwart the facts of the Bible through textual criticism. He is one of the leading liberal theologians of our day. Dr. Crossan, in a one hour symposium, reconciled the Old Testament and the New Testament in a way I am still pondering. He ended it with this:
"Justice without love is brutality. Love without justice is banality."
What are your thoughts?
posted by Jason Mayes @ 12:25 PM
6 Comments:
okay, I'm just going to come out and say it-
I think I agree with his closing statement
Yeah, I think I may as well. It is humbling to think that a person who doesn't know Christ personally can summarize the Old and New Testaments so succintly.
Ok for me the first part I can agree with, the second part I am still chewing on. First I had to look up the meaning of "banality" which could also mean "dullness", "predictability", or "triteness". So is another way to phrase it, if you love someone, and in order to keep that love alive and vibrant, you will deal honestly with that person(which can hurt sometimes, i.e. speak the truth in love)??? Am I off????
ha! honestly I thought I was crazy for "maybe" agreeing with someone who by all "standards" does not know my living Saviour.
(not to be demeaing or rude but...)
from the mouth of a donkey... right?
(inferring that He will and can use ANYTHING to speak His truth)
instruments are good and bad, but the musician makes them great.
...and I think that Jen's conclusion on this dude's conclusion is right... ha, and "hi" Jen, I just realized that you are a "J-Mayes"
Yes I bear the branding of "Mayes" which means that unfortunately I have to claim Jason as my brother. We all have our trials and tribulations.....
(listen to this)
I actually LIKE this Jason fellow... I mean sure he's weird and has the StRANGesT accent in America (North America, well... the United States of America) but he's a pretty great guy
(as for his brothering skills... I have NO CLUE)
~
and to make a correction to an earlier comment-
instruments can be REALLY NICE or pretty crappy, but that can't make a bad musician any better... only a GREAT musician can play beautiful music from any instrument
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