Biography as theology of the cross

  • What we do find are dominant images—Caesarea Philippi, sacrifice, the cross, the single garment of destiny—images which can be truly understood only in the.
  • A theology of the cross seeks to understand Christian theology and life from the perspective of Jesus Christ's incarnation, ministry, self-sacrificial death.
  • He and his brother were adopted by Gotthard Julius & Rose Marie Deutschlander.

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    The Theology of The Cross: Reflections on His Cross and Ours

    August 9,
    The subject of the Theology of the Cross is a life-changing concept. Jesus Christ commanded his followers to take up their cross and follow Him. The author of this book makes the bold assertion: "No cross, no Christian." With no background on his statement, you will probably wonder, "How can that be right?"

    But the question in response is, "Have you taken up your cross?" That question would produce inner confusion in the minds of many of today's Christians. The reason is, we don't understand (and what church teaches?) what our cross is.

    Deutschlander tackles a subject that has been around since the Middle Ages, but is clearly evident in the New Testament when you become aware of it: the Christian takes up his cross when he continually struggles against his sinful nature. We fail in that struggle, which is why Jesus went to His cross for us. But each day we again pick up our cross, the suffering that comes up

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    Luther&#;s Theology of the Cross is Not a Theology of Suffering

    Marie here. medicinering for Ed&#;s symptoms&#;headache, nausea&#;are working pretty well., But the double vision persists, and overall weakness and wobbliness too. We appreciate greatly the cards and e-mails we&#;ve been receiving. You are a &#;great cloud of witnesses.&#;

    Ed talking now, Marie at the computer. For this Reformation Day posting we have dug back into the &#;barrel&#; and come up with one from our mission days in Singapore in , which did go to you as ThTh #, June 17, &#;Theology of the Cross. A Singapore Congregational Presentation.&#; Comes now a new and &#;improved&#; version. Well, maybe.

    The request from the Singapore Lutherans was to link the theology of the cross to the &#;modern world.&#; I don&#;t remember how it happened, but something in Singapore triggered in my mind the notion that Luther&#;s theology of the cross was NOT about pain and suffering, but about something else. Since the antithe

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    Biography as Theology: A Review

    James Wm. McClendon, Jr. Biography as Theology: How Life Stories Can Remake Today&#;s Theology. Wipf and Stock, nd. (Previously published by Abingdon Press, , )

    I originally decided to read James Wm. McClendon&#;s minor classic Biography as Theology as a possible text for a new seminary class on theology as autobiography. In this highly regarded book, McClendon purports to develop a novel method for theology by way of personal narrative. McClendon devotes a chapter to each of the following four individuals: Dag Hammarskjöld, Martin Luther King, Jr., Clarence Jordan, and Charles Ives.

    King, of course, needs no introduction. But that may be part of the problem: when McClendon published Biography as Theology back in , there was not yet the volume of literature on the great reformer that exists today. While McClendon&#;s portrait touches on some key moments in King&#;s life &#; the Montgomery bus boycott, Letter from Birmingham Jail, the &

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