
Speaking Christian
Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power—And How They Can Be Restored
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Narrated by:
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John Pruden
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By:
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Marcus J. Borg
Modern Christians are steeped in a language so distorted that it has become a stumbling block to the religion, says internationally renowned Bible scholar Marcus J. Borg. Borg argues that Christianity's important words, and the sacred texts and stories in which those words are embedded, have been narrowed by a modern framework for the faith that emphasizes sin, forgiveness, Jesus dying for our sins, and the afterlife. Here, Borg employs the "historical-metaphorical" method for understanding Christian language that can restore for us these words of power and transformation. For example:
- Redemption: now narrowly understood as Jesus saving us from sins so we can go to heaven, but in the Bible it refers to being set free from slavery.
- Savior: now refers to Jesus as the one who saves us from our sins, but in the Bible it has a rich and wonderful variety of meanings having nothing to do with the afterlife.
- Sacrifice: now refers to Jesus's death on the cross as payment for our sins, but in the Bible it is never about substitutionary payment for sin.
In Speaking Christian, Borg delivers a language for 21st-century Christians that grounds the faith in its deep and rich original roots and allows it once again to transform our lives.
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A good book that would be a good read for someone already familiar with the Christian story who is struggling with questions of Christianity's relevancy in the 21st century.What did you like best about this story?
I love the fresh take on the meaning of the language of faith and the ways in which Borg roots his understanding in the cultural and linguistic context of the Bible.Have you listened to any of John Pruden’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Haven't heard John Pruden before, but felt that his reading did not always capture the wry wit of Marcus Borg. I have heard Borg speak and sometimes I imagined passages having a different tone or nuance than the one that Pruden put on it.Great Book, OK Presentation
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Fascinating
Great book, extremely well read by the narrator
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My favorite book from my favorite author.
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thank God for Marcus Borg. much needed.
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Borg speaks of an anti-Christian doctrine, wherein the literal language and concepts of Christian faith, with which Borg disagrees and finds discomforting to his modern, progressivism.
This is dead faith. A belief in a historical Christ, alone, does not amount to the faith required to receive salvation. Only faith in the literal, sinless Son of God will suffice.
Abandonment of faith is not restoration of Christianity
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