Comments on: A Review of The Ology by Marty Machowski https://reformedforum.org/review-ology-marty-machowski/ Reformed Theological Resources Thu, 07 Mar 2019 04:06:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Kevinphoff https://reformedforum.org/review-ology-marty-machowski/#comment-3560092 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 04:06:04 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=4962#comment-3560092 Top cryptocurrencies to invest in 2019: http://www.vkvi.net/cryptoinvestbitcoin41317

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By: Dan Glover https://reformedforum.org/review-ology-marty-machowski/#comment-3541984 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:06:02 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=4962#comment-3541984 In reply to Tammy Noel Thomas Smith.

Saying that Jesus learned things is not blasphemy, unless you want to attribute blasphemy to the writer of Hebrews (5:7-9) and to many of the church fathers. Also, if Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly during his earthly life and ministry, one of the things he would have had to do is respect Israel’s teachers, and learn the law and the prophets from them and from his parents (Deut. 6:4-9). None of this means that Jesus wasn’t God while he was a child. The incarnation means Jesus was also fully human – his deity did not diminish his true humanity or vice versa. Also, the story you refer to seems to indicate he was discussing the Scriptures, which probably means that he was listening/learning as well as questioning and teaching. At any rate, one item of disagreement ought not make the entire book, or its author, or positive reviewers, blasphemous in your mind…what do you do if a fellow Christian says something or a Christian teacher says something you disagree with? Do you excommunicate them in your heart and walk away from that relationship? Are you sure that you understand Machowski completely? Are you sure there isn’t an aspect of his portrayal of Jesus at 12 in the temple that is allowable if not fully agreeable to you? Has Machowski’s portrayal really strayed into blasphemy and heresy here, or is it just a point of legitimate disagreement which can still allow for the rest of this book to be of value? I am absolutely certain that Machowski holds to the full divinity of Christ even while in his mother’s womb. And even if you are convinced that Machowski botched this episode, why not teach your children how to disagree charitably with a fellow reformed evangelical brother rather than consigning the book to the pyre?

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By: Tammy Noel Thomas Smith https://reformedforum.org/review-ology-marty-machowski/#comment-3532457 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:02:59 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=4962#comment-3532457 I started reading this to our 5 children and when we got to the part of The Ology of Jesus,I I started having a hard time with this.It portrayed Jesus as having no knowledge and learning from the teachers.That’s not so.Jesus asked questions the very same way He asked questions to the woman at the well and Nathaniel when He saw him far away under a tree somewhere else.Jesus often asked questions,to the Pharisees even,not because He didn’t know but because He was asking that person to search their hearts.Jesus was not learning about God and His Word at the Temple when He was 12,He was doing the teaching.He knew the Word because He is the Word.This was very confusing to my children,as they believe and have been taught that Jesus was always God and had the power of God even in that manger.To speak anything else would be blasphemy.I didn’t care for this book at all,no matter how pretty the pictures were.

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