{"id":376,"date":"2007-06-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-03T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/06\/tragicomic-hope-1.html"},"modified":"2007-06-03T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-03T02:00:00","slug":"tragicomic-hope-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/06\/tragicomic-hope-1.html","title":{"rendered":"“Tragicomic Hope” (p2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul said that he was not ashamed of the gospel.  (Romans 1.16)  At first, it sounds so admirable but why would he be ashamed of the gospel?  <\/span>Who would be ashamed of good news unless there was something about it that was a little odd.  <\/span>Simply put, the gospel is a cosmic comedic tragedy.<\/span><\/p>\n

>>>\u201dThe blues is the most profound interpretation of tragicomic hope in <\/p>\n

America<\/p>\n

.\u201d Cornel West, Democracy Matters p216<<<<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\n

<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Paul said, \u201cbut we preach Christ crucified:  <\/span>a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.\u201d  <\/span>I wish I could preach the gospel like Paul.  <\/span>I am too good at making it sound attractive.  <\/span>But have you ever thought about those two words together:  <\/span>Christ crucified.  <\/span>How can that be?  <\/span>Christ\u2014the long awaited, anointed messiah of God\u2014crucified.  <\/span>Crucified\u2014tortured, disgraced, suffering did nothing\u2014Christ.  <\/span>No wonder people had a hard time with it.  <\/span>Jews needed rescuing from the Romans and Christ died at their hands.  <\/span>The Romans respected power and crushed God with their might.  <\/span>I wish I could get comfortable at making the gospel as absurd as it really is.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gospel is a great reversal.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Up is down.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Right is left.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

            <\/span>Death is life.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        <\/span>Christ crucified!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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