tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357262844016295998.post7057918133982006037..comments2023-11-03T05:53:50.641-07:00Comments on With new eyes: Empire Baptized - Wes Howard-Brook (book review)Wesley Rostollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110189635576168594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357262844016295998.post-7748990132804825672017-07-08T08:53:18.211-07:002017-07-08T08:53:18.211-07:00Once a Christian takes the position that "pas...Once a Christian takes the position that "pastoral epistles to Titus and Timothy were fraudulently written in the name of Paul," suddenly all the books of the Bible itself are susceptible to being viewed as frauds. If there is no definitive Divine Revelation in written form, then there is no definitive church, no definitive Gospel (Good News), no definitive Great Commission, no definitive evangelization, no definitive discipleship, no definitive anything. Suddenly I am reminded why throughout its history (including the present time) so many Christian people have hated and rejected the Anabaptist movement. I have learned a great deal of value from Anabaptist writings, but I want nothing to do with people who assert that some of the books of the Bible are frauds and fakes on par with Joseph Smith, Jr.'s notorious fake Book of Mormon. If the canon of the Holy Scriptures is not definitively known, then nothing about God and Christ is definitely known, and all we are left with is some sort of New Age Esoteric Gnostic type of idiosyncratic personal religious practice and belief.Barto of the Oratoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918583357415568406noreply@blogger.com