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Got this tonight from Matt Robinson: I did see Bob at 4:30 and the oxygen was down to 75% (Good sign.) A few people have said he has opened his eyes while they were in the room with him. As Wendy says below, I understand that the up and down of the recovery is to…

Failure is an element of Jesus’ moral logic: when it comes to discussing what Jesus has to say and what he taught about following him, what he said about loving God and loving others, then failure looms large in the Gospels. The simple fact is this: Jesus’ followers failed, and they failed sometimes quite miserably,…

Here is a parable (I will summarize it) about Jesus (not by him). It is not titled, but I’ll call it the Parable of the Repentant Bird (#21 in The Muslim Jesus):

Gracious Christianity follows many today by not making Scripture the prolegomena to a theology, this one a gracious theology, but letting it flow out of Spirit and Bible. I have many times said that I think the order is Christ/Spirit/Church and then Bible, for the Bible is the inspired “script” of Jesus and the Spirit…

The question we asked recently, and to which so many responded, is an important one: What to do about the Lord’s Supper? To answer a question like this involves decisions on a variety of issues, including whether or not one has no known sins in his or her life, whether or not the table is…

A few more sayings about Jesus in the Muslim tradition reveal once again how Jesus was appropriated for specific concerns as Islam developed. A politically quietist attitude on Jesus’ part can be seen in this saying: “Just as kings left wisdom to you [Jesus’ disciples], so you should leave the world to them” (#8).

Any Christianity worthy of the name is gracious. Here’s an opening definition from Jacobsen/Sawatsky: “Being church is being Christian together” (89). What do you think of this definition?

If those who are summoned to the table of transformation by Jesus are to love God, they are also to love others, and this has significant implications for the issues that swirl around homosexuality and the Church. It works in two directions, and not just one:

Chp 5 of Gracious Christianity by Douglas Jacobsen and Ben Sawatsky is called “The Spirit and Life.” The reality and power of the Holy Spirit cuts like a knife through a Christian faith that transforms and a Christian faith that falls lifeless on its face in the midst of our torrential times. Some are calling…

In Tarif Khalidi’s new translation of the “Muslim gospel,” he provides 303 sayings and stories about Jesus in the Muslim tradition. I’m finding them fascinating. I’ll comment on a few to give us a taste of how Muslims appropriated Jesus into their own faith.
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