Discussion on Homosexuality and the Bible
Summary on Emergent/Emerging Church Movement
Dr. Darrell Bock is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also is Professor for Spiritual Development and Culture there. He is an Editor at Large for Christianity Today and is a Past President of the Evangelical Theological Society (2000-2001). He is the author of over twenty books and is a New York Times Best Selling author. He has been blogging on this site since May, 2006.
Dr Bock,
I understand that you base alot of your facts on the Bible and the Christian faith but, why throw such a wrench into what is being presented in this program? All the dramatic sences in this film aside, what was shown and what was found are actually tangable evidence of the possibility that this very well could be the Jesus family tomb. On one hand you have Bible stories, and yes, they are stories interpreted over the centuries by many different people, and based on on what? faith? We dont know what actually happened or how it happened to Jesus. We only know what we have been taught and what we have read. I dont believe the journalist did what he did to disrupt the Christian faith. I think he is only trying to help us put Jesus into a human perspective. Was he the son of God? we dont know that and never will, we only have faith that he was some super natural force sent here by God. Even if what we watched tonight is or isnt Jesus and his family, He was still a human being with feelings, needs and emotions like the rest of us. I compare this to Martin Luther King, You and I know who and what he was, but in 2000 years what will they say about him? Of course, he'll be imortal and there will be noone to tell the real story. it will have changed many many times over the years. The Bible is the Bible and the facts are the facts, open your mind and research this yourself.