Three things are important to the EMMANUEL, "content, compassion and community." We discuss these topics regularly, because, in them one can sum up the core of that which is authentic Christian faith and what is not.
The core content of our faith is Jesus himself, of course; not merely propositional statements about him, and not even the historical data about him, but the actual living person of Jesus. Any claim to representing the Christian faith that does not point one to the resurrected Jesus himself is not the historical faith. It is something "other," no matter how orthodox it may appear in every other respect. There really is a core content to our faith, and how one relates to Jesus marks the beginning of a transformed life.
This link will take you to Dan's first two community addresses about the core content of our faith. We are exploring these subjects as we prepare for the shared ten week lecture series on "The Sermon on The Mount" with Dr. Blaine Charette and Dan Rice. We hope you will find these preparatory community addresses helpful. We will put "The Sermon on the Mount" series on this site as well. The ads for those events are just below this post.
The core content of our faith is Jesus himself, of course; not merely propositional statements about him, and not even the historical data about him, but the actual living person of Jesus. Any claim to representing the Christian faith that does not point one to the resurrected Jesus himself is not the historical faith. It is something "other," no matter how orthodox it may appear in every other respect. There really is a core content to our faith, and how one relates to Jesus marks the beginning of a transformed life.
This link will take you to Dan's first two community addresses about the core content of our faith. We are exploring these subjects as we prepare for the shared ten week lecture series on "The Sermon on The Mount" with Dr. Blaine Charette and Dan Rice. We hope you will find these preparatory community addresses helpful. We will put "The Sermon on the Mount" series on this site as well. The ads for those events are just below this post.
DOWNLOAD: http://www.danielriceart.net/EMMANUEL/JESUS/ , then simply click on the MP3 files. These are large files, so it will take some time - depending on your computer and download speeds of your service provider. One is a 49 meg file and the other is 50 megs, however, it's genuinely worth the time. Remember, "Good things come to those who wait." :-D
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