I love this description of Jesus

[Pikku]

It's from a Mennonite site I've been reading for some time.

http://www.thirdway.com/Jesus/ID.asp

Jesus I.D.

Who is Jesus?

Jesus was a carpenter from Nazareth, Israel
The central question of Christian faith is precisely the question, "Who is Jesus?" Over the centuries almost all Christians have believed a perfectly astounding thing, namely that the carpenter from Nazareth, the one who went about loving poor, marginalized people; healing the needy; and demonstrating an incredible love for neighbors—this person is God in the flesh.

<snip>

Christians believe that Jesus is actually the creator of the universe, the one who put the galaxies in space, who created this incredible world. They say that Jesus, in person, actually stepped into our history.

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Snapshot of Jesus
In the historical documents we get an incredible picture of this Jesus of Nazareth. He cared for the neighbor, loved the poor, did many things that people across the centuries have loved him for (and been powerfully attracted to him). He challenged the authorities; he got angry, he cried.

The rest of the site is also good.
http://www.thirdway.com/

[Cheswick2.0]

1. that is a good discription

thanks for sharing that.

[Selwynn]

2. Not all Christians believe this

Christians believe that Jesus is actually the creator of the universe, the one who put the galaxies in space, who created this incredible world. They say that Jesus, in person, actually stepped into our history.

Not all Christians believe this.

[realisticphish]

3. well

if they believe in the concept of the trinity, then they HAVE to, by definition. but thats just me :shrug:

mind you, i think god created the world via evolution, im not a creationist

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[GOPBasher]

4. That's a cool site, thanks for that! n/t

[realFedUp]

5. Reading Jesus and Empire by Richard Horsley now

Jesus is depicted as opposing
the Romans and their hired surrogates who
were oppressing the citizens in that region
at that time.
Jesus was advocating the renewal of Israel and
the condemnation of the rulers.

You have to look at Jesus in historical
context....why did God incarnate himself
at that point in history?

Are the times similar now to then?

Jesus definitely didn't go along to get along.