Gay Marriage: Analysis Of Newsweek's Article
Post 1: The Beginning
Post 2: Journalistic Integrity
Post 3: Bible And Marriage
Post 4: Homosexuality and the Bible
Post 5: Remaining Issues
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.
Magnus:
Not necessarily. All one needs to believe and know is:
(1) that Israel is unfaithful and so is subject to covenantal judgment (Deut 28-32)
(2) that Rome often wins her victories by seige (which was a common strategy).
Thus, the Lucan differences are not an alteration of Jesus' message in the strict sense but developments of the implications of what Jesus said in that historical context. Such remarks could precede (or come after) AD 70. My own view is that Luke is writing in the late sixties where he is able to see how what Jesus said is in the process of being fulfilled (so not ex eventu).
dlb.