Comments on: The Paradoxical Cross http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-paradox-of-the-cross Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kingdom People - April 2009 « Kingdom People http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/#comment-4686 Kingdom People - April 2009 « Kingdom People Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:19:08 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3144#comment-4686 [...] Jesus Wants the Rose! - Matt Chandler The Paradoxical Cross - Michael Bird Bonhoeffer on Brotherhood John Updike’s Seven Stanzas on Easter Death Has Been [...] [...] Jesus Wants the Rose! – Matt Chandler The Paradoxical Cross – Michael Bird Bonhoeffer on Brotherhood John Updike’s Seven Stanzas on Easter Death Has Been [...]

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]]> By: Dan Martin http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/#comment-4684 Dan Martin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:54:34 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3144#comment-4684 But my point was cross-vs-resurrection as the lynchpin of the story. This is a vital difference. But my point was cross-vs-resurrection as the lynchpin of the story. This is a vital difference.

]]> By: Dan Martin http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/#comment-4683 Dan Martin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:52:32 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3144#comment-4683 Fair enough, Paul. I'm not advocating sacramentalism either. . .I was only quoting a different Paul I know you've read. . .Rom 6:4, Col. 2:12. He may have MEANT baptism in the spirit, but all he SAID was "baptism." Fair enough, Paul. I’m not advocating sacramentalism either. . .I was only quoting a different Paul I know you’ve read. . .Rom 6:4, Col. 2:12. He may have MEANT baptism in the spirit, but all he SAID was “baptism.”

]]> By: Dr. Paul W. Foltz http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/#comment-4682 Dr. Paul W. Foltz Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:02:13 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3144#comment-4682 We share it through the baptism of the spirit, which makes us one with Christ. not in water baptism, which only gets one wet. We share it through the baptism of the spirit, which makes us one with Christ. not in water baptism, which only gets one wet.

]]> By: Dan Martin http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/#comment-4681 Dan Martin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:27:40 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3144#comment-4681 <i>God has triumphed in the cross of Jesus, and we share the triumph with him.</i> This quote encapsulates much of what bugs me about classical evangelical thought. God's triumph is with his resurrection of Jesus, and raising him to his right hand over all principalities, powers, etc. The claim of the triumph of the pre-resurrection cross is not just foolishness to the world, it would have been foolishness to the apostle Paul himself. . .which is why he said "if Christ is not raised, we are of all men most miserable." We share the death of Jesus in the cross (through baptism) but it is the new life to which we, too are raised, that is the triumph! He is risen indeed! God has triumphed in the cross of Jesus, and we share the triumph with him.

This quote encapsulates much of what bugs me about classical evangelical thought. God’s triumph is with his resurrection of Jesus, and raising him to his right hand over all principalities, powers, etc. The claim of the triumph of the pre-resurrection cross is not just foolishness to the world, it would have been foolishness to the apostle Paul himself. . .which is why he said “if Christ is not raised, we are of all men most miserable.”

We share the death of Jesus in the cross (through baptism) but it is the new life to which we, too are raised, that is the triumph! He is risen indeed!

]]> By: Dr. Paul W. Foltz http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/04/18/the-paradox-of-the-cross/#comment-4685 Dr. Paul W. Foltz Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:37:01 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3144#comment-4685 Amen and Amen . It's preaching is foolish to the world, but to the Redeemed, it is the power of God. Amen and Amen . It’s preaching is foolish to the world, but to the Redeemed, it is the power of God.

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