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Questions Week 5 Day 7

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DAY 7 SATURDAY

 HEBREWS 1:1-2 JOHN 3:17; 10:27-30

God has spoken in many and various ways through the prophets, and we might add, does speak today in many and various ways, but he has spoken uniquely through his son. The Christian faith is different from other religious perspectives because of the scandal of particularity. In Jesus, we believe, God has actually entered history as a human being. Jesus is        sui generis and not like any prophet, seer, or guru before or afterwards. He has direct access to divine knowledge no one else has and continues as Living Lord to guide history and creation. This role for Jesus can still allow for truth in other religions, but his historical revelation becomes the test for it. I am agnostic about whether adherents of other religions will be given eternal life because I see Biblical passages that suggest Jesus, as just judge, will allow for the downside of particularity, which is that many people have little or no opportunity to respond to him because of isolation or cultural limitation. What I know with conviction is that those sheep who know his voice and belong to him will never be lost. Which parts of this week’s discussion resonates with you? Which make you uncomfortable?

FAMILY TIME— Talk with your family about what is unique about Jesus.

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Questions Week 5 Day 6

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 JUNE 2, 2017

ISAIAH 44:10-20

The purely pluralist approach, which insists that all religions are the same or different paths to the same destination, is untenable to me because it ignores the actual, factual, historic, and fundamental differences between them. The great religions share several basic ethical insights but disagree about almost everything else. Yet this does not mean Christians should simply dismiss other religions out of hand. The centrality and uniqueness of Jesus can fit with a more generous approach which allows that God works outside of the church and outside of the Christian faith. Wanting to be known, God has been at work prior to the Jewish/Christian tradition and beyond it. We should expect to find traces of God’s truth in other faiths, and we should respect their adherents. Reflect on the passage from Isaiah. What is the prophet suggesting? Why is he skeptical about pagan traditions? Have you found traces of truth in another religion?

FAMILY TIME— What other religious faith do you know and admire? Explain why.

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