tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126810438046421971.post1071847271662601464..comments2008-08-30T00:16:09.786-07:00Comments on Jason's thoughts on stuff: the Message of the Gospeljasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239124155494172533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126810438046421971.post-61622104543537240082008-05-27T10:36:00.000-07:002008-05-27T10:36:00.000-07:00Great Thoughts!!!!!I just made a comment on anothe...Great Thoughts!!!!!<BR/><BR/>I just made a comment on another blog about a chapter i just finished in "The Art of Reading Scripture." It compares the life of Jesus to the life of St Francis. This is a man who embodied the life of Jesus in many ways. He was known for loving the poor and living as one of them, being homeless as he traveled, loving nature, sending out discples in pairs, and healing the sick.(sounds a lot like jesus!) Well, the whole point of the chapter was that when students of scripture approach the text, it is very easy to become consumed by the philosophical or the historical stuff. We often want to hear the deep insights of the Word. Well, this writer suggested that we out to first translate the Scriptures by the way we embody them. The most important exegesis is the kind that naively extracts the life of Jesus from the scriptures and imports that into our actions in the world. It is through such translation that we will together become a 'nation of priests.'Kurt Willemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378647876158657549noreply@blogger.com