@@pend_deleteaaronhumphrey2565 Christmas trees, bunnies and eggs, winter solstice celebrations, dying and rising gods, and virgin births, all of pagan origins. Regarding the New Testament, they relied heavily on reworking the writings of Homer. Read Dennis MacDonald. Look up the recent debate between Licona v MacDonald. th-cam.com/video/HVPEiqS_rcM/w-d-xo.html
We need an identity that is received, not achieved.
How about total mobilisation of the cooperating global church for global evangelism?
How can that happen?
(1) 8:13 (2) 26:19
Where can I find part 2 of this??
We're in the process of uploading to this channel, check back soon!
Start at 53:52: facebook.com/RedeemerCTC/videos/tim-keller-north-american-mission-the-inward-move/699476167094172/
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Is he claiming that Christianity’s origins don’t stem from Pagan cultures?
Yep. Clearly
@@pend_deleteaaronhumphrey2565 Christmas trees, bunnies and eggs, winter solstice celebrations, dying and rising gods, and virgin births, all of pagan origins.
Regarding the New Testament, they relied heavily on reworking the writings of Homer. Read Dennis MacDonald. Look up the recent debate between Licona v MacDonald. th-cam.com/video/HVPEiqS_rcM/w-d-xo.html
So Christianity arose up out of a pagan world. ("stems from"?) But it's a sharp departure from polytheistic paganism.