Bryan M. Christman

Behold, My Mother and My Brethren! (eBook, ePUB)

The Beginning of the Gospel and Becoming a Christian in (Post) Christendom: Volume I-Mark 1:1 to 4:41

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this Kierkegaardian reading of Mark's Gospel two of the most creative and passionate witnesses of Christ's gospel are brought together to mutually inform its superlative wonder. Both writers winsomely revealed the nature of human existence in sin, and the new life Jesus lived and made possible for all, as the paradoxical "God-man." They highlighted "the single individual" against the frenzied crowd "in untruth"--driven by despair whether conscious or unconscious--and vulnerable to enticing publicity and deceptive propaganda. The entrenched societal systems unjustly determined for time and eternity who God favored or disfavored. In dramatic contrast, Mark and Kierkegaard both elucidated God's "good news" calling forth the highest and "happy passion" of faith capable of creating a new family unconstrained by the status quo of the established order's old wineskin. In short, through the gospel they powerfully challenged "the system," whether modern "Christendom" or its first-century equivalent and did so by "merely" following Jesus "out over 70,000 fathoms," weathering demonic storms and overcoming dehumanizing societal bureaucracies set against them and humanity at large. This Kierkegaardian reading of Mark reveals two kindred spirits, after Christ's spirit, demonstrating the redemptive love of God for all humanity, centered in Christ.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666799910
• Artikelnr.: 66253308

Autorenporträt

Bryan M. Christman, a lifelong landscaper and aspiring writer, is husband to Debbi, father of four, and grandfather to a number of lively grandchildren. He has degrees from Alfred State College and the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. He authored The Gospel in the Dock (Resource, 2021) and the article "Lewis and Kierkegaard as Missionaries to Post-Christian Pagans."