tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post112796790561401257..comments2024-03-12T03:53:57.725-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: The Bible and the gospelBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1130982941831322202005-11-02T20:55:00.000-05:002005-11-02T20:55:00.000-05:00It is written that God (Yah) preached to Abraham a...It is written that God (Yah) preached to Abraham and in Hebrews it says the prophets of old heard the Gospel and the people of faith. Paul's Gospel was all about the death and resurrection, but the Gospel that Yashuah preach would have had very little of that. So you are right the Gospel is all over the place. Isaish said how lovely on the mountains are the feet of those who teach the Gospel of peace. Hmmmmm do you suppose peace has something to do with it from Alef to Tav?Robert Roberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306478382456638725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1128057667640775542005-09-30T01:21:00.000-04:002005-09-30T01:21:00.000-04:00Ok, that makes things clear for me.Ok, that makes things clear for me.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236115781570052603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1128056012857080862005-09-30T00:53:00.000-04:002005-09-30T00:53:00.000-04:00Hi Eddie. I didn't mean to suggest that the gospel...Hi Eddie. I didn't mean to suggest that the gospel has no content, only that it does not have a narrowly defined theological content in the NT. The concept is interpreted in very diverse ways, but it is always related to the eschatological salvation of Israel's God which appears in Jesus (i.e., this is its general "content").<BR/><BR/>In answer to your second question, it seems to me that it's appropriate to speak of the whole biblical witness as an evangelical witness, since the biblical writings themselves are basically kerygmatic in character. <BR/><BR/>I'm not making any claim here for every individual part of the Bible, but only for the biblical witness "as a whole". So I'm just suggesting that the "gospel" is the central witness of the Bible, and that the unity of the whole Bible is constituted by this message. In this general sense, I think Küng is right to say that the Bible as a whole is evangelical.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I may well be wrong about all this, and that's fine with me! After all, my main point is that our understanding of the gospel (and thus of the biblical witness) always remains open to further insight into the biblical texts themselves.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1128027401298911132005-09-29T16:56:00.000-04:002005-09-29T16:56:00.000-04:00Ben,If we are going to go by NT usage of the phras...Ben,<BR/><BR/>If we are going to go by NT usage of the phrase, do we go with Paul or Jesus? I dont see how the "gospel" in either Paul's letters or Jesus ministry was "a fundamentally open concept which remains always related to the decisive saving act of Israel’s God in the man Jesus of Nazareth." It is <I>good news</I>, and news always has a content. <BR/><BR/>"Küng is also right to point out that the word “gospel” refers not just to one part of the Bible in isolation from other parts, but to the biblical witness as a whole."<BR/><BR/>Does not this betray the NT usage?]<BR/><BR/>What are your thoughts?Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236115781570052603noreply@blogger.com