THE ENDURING PROBLEM

II Toward a Definition of Christ

Same Christ as their Autority, yet varieties of Christian experiences "All descriptions fall short of His fullness" Read More

Love
God is at forefront of Christ’s devotion love of God and of the neighbor "Because he loves the Father with perfection of human eros, therefore he loves men in the perfection of divine agape" Read More

Hope, obedience, faith, humility
"not escatology but sonship to God that is the key to Jesus’ ethics" Jesus shows humility before God (in absolute dependance & trust), but “he neither exhibited nor commended and communicated the humility of inferiority-feeling before other men" amd He puts no faith in the institutions and traditions of his society nor his disciples.
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Theocentric
Points away from the many values of man’s social life to the one who alone is good


Go to: the Enduring Problem| Part I (Problem) | Part II (Def. of Christ) | Part III (Def. of Culture) | Part IV (Typical Answers) |