Comments on: @SamirSelmanovic Responds in a Tweet: “To Jesus, it was not all about Jesus.” http://www.novuslumen.net/samirselmanovic-responds-in-a-tweet-to-jesus-it-was-not-all-about-jesus I write within the tension of spirituality and culture, politics and theology, existing and emerging forms of church, the Kingdom of God and Empire America, modern and postmodern thought, & the gritty drama that is my pilgrim story. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:52:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Justin http://www.novuslumen.net/samirselmanovic-responds-in-a-tweet-to-jesus-it-was-not-all-about-jesus/comment-page-1#comment-69988 Justin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:16:44 +0000 http://www.novuslumen.net/samirselmanovic-responds-in-a-tweet-to-jesus-it-was-not-all-about-jesus#comment-69988 God being "wholly" revealed in Jesus doesn't exclude Him from being 'revealed' in a myriad of other ways. We must be careful not to confuse ontology with a particular mode of revelation; while we can rightly say, "God is revealed in music & etc," we can't say, "God IS music & etc." However, (and this is why there's no false dichotomy) we can rightly say, "Jesus reveals God," because ontologically speaking, orthodoxy screams from the top of its lungs, "Jesus IS God!" I'd say it like this, "God reveals Himself through the text, good wine, & so on, but God IS Jesus"...if ya feel me. Colossians 1:15, God being “wholly” revealed in Jesus doesn’t exclude Him from being ‘revealed’ in a myriad of other ways. We must be careful not to confuse ontology with a particular mode of revelation; while we can rightly say, “God is revealed in music & etc,” we can’t say, “God IS music & etc.” However, (and this is why there’s no false dichotomy) we can rightly say, “Jesus reveals God,” because ontologically speaking, orthodoxy screams from the top of its lungs, “Jesus IS God!” I’d say it like this, “God reveals Himself through the text, good wine, & so on, but God IS Jesus”…if ya feel me.

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]]> By: Greg http://www.novuslumen.net/samirselmanovic-responds-in-a-tweet-to-jesus-it-was-not-all-about-jesus/comment-page-1#comment-69794 Greg Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:37:45 +0000 http://www.novuslumen.net/samirselmanovic-responds-in-a-tweet-to-jesus-it-was-not-all-about-jesus#comment-69794 It seems like you've got a false dichotomy going here. To say God is "wholly" revealed in Jesus does not mean that God is "only" revealed in Jesus. Why could one not believe that God is revealed as he is in Jesus, and that Jesus is the truest, best, most satisfying picture of God we have, and yet still also be free to find God in music, in the sunset, in the lives of the people around us? It seems like you’ve got a false dichotomy going here. To say God is “wholly” revealed in Jesus does not mean that God is “only” revealed in Jesus. Why could one not believe that God is revealed as he is in Jesus, and that Jesus is the truest, best, most satisfying picture of God we have, and yet still also be free to find God in music, in the sunset, in the lives of the people around us?

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