Christianity's Unknown Gospel

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Summary: Gospel?
Review: ...He {the author)freely admits to, even as a child, having serious doubts about his former faith and whether or not Jesus really was divine.

In this rambling work, the author declares that Jesus was just an ordinary, sinful man who was made into a diety by the Greeks. The author claims Jesus was really buried in a trash pit, removed from "the Tomb" by a fellow named "Perez." He also claims that all Biblical references to Jesus being divine were added by "copyists" who didn't know what they were doing. Christians have been fooled for 2000 years is the claim of this former Christian pastor. How does the author know all of this? God told him, he claims. The "unknown" gospel has been revealed to the author after all this time. ... The author also admits he "modifies" Bible passages as he sees fit in making an argument.

It is written in a way that a lot of "conspiracy" books are written. ...

Rating:
Summary: Gospel?
Review: The author was expelled from the clergy roster of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod for his apostate book and views. He has not repented and is still bitter even to this day. Read this book with careful eyes.

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Summary: Apostate and unrepentant pastor wrote this book
Review: The author was expelled from the clergy roster of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod for his apostate book and views. He has not repented and is still bitter even to this day. Read this book with careful eyes.

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Summary: Christianity's Unknown Gospel
Review: This book is not an easy read, but the persistent reader will find an intriguing personal vision of the historical figure Jesus and a concommitant sketch of how the Gospel narrative reaches out to 21st century men and women. While not a mainstream covenant theology work because of its emphasis on individual experience rather than group response, the text draws heavily on Old Testament imagery as the root of Jesus's call to what the author terms "sonship." The title is itself an enigma: the Gospel which the author proclaims is in fact known to him by a claim of direct revelation. On the other hand, Christianity does not and perhaps cannot claim this Gospel as long as it is weighed down by human traditions and formulations. For this reader, the book's weakness lies in the ambiguous role given to the Holy Spirit. With the author's emphasis on the direct Word of God the Father to the listening believer, and on the parity of Jesus with all "sons of God," it is not clear what role a mediating Spirit can or does play.