This is interesting reading for the light it sheds on religious language as presented in the Gospels.
N. T. Wright suggests that the most succinct expression of the gospel is “Jesus is Lord.” Robert W. Jenson suggests that the most succinct expression of the gospel is “Jesus is risen.” Which one is right?
I’m confident one need never choose. How can one talk about Jesus’ lordship without talking about his resurrection, and how can one talk about Jesus’ resurrection without talking about his lordship over creation? But if I have to decide between the two, I think I’ll go with Jenson on this. Surely it was the message of the resurrection, published in Jerusalem after that wondrous Easter Sunday, that launched the Christian Church into the world as a vigorous missionary sect. To claim that God had raised Jesus was to proclaim that the long-awaited kingdom had arrived, though in a way that no one was expecting. It was to proclaim that Jesus’ love for his friends…
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Philosophy of Religion A Level 