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  • Is God The Father Marginalized in Christianity?

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    Dr. Skip Worden
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    The name of Jesus (or Christ) is common on Christian lips. “Jesus saves” is a typical expression, whereas expressions highlighting the Father or the kingdom of God are much less frequent, and explicit references to the Holy Spirit (or Ghost) are essentially missing. As the three manifestations, or “persons,” of the Trinity are consubstantial (i.e., of the same substance), the hypertrophy (i.e., maximizing one part of a system) is worthy of investigation. This is not to say that equal attention to all three is optimal; Jesus himself says in the Gospels that he came to preach the mysteries of his Father’s kingdom. This statement implies that followers of Christ should focus most on the Father and his kingdom. That this is not the case suggests that historical and contemporary Christianity has missed the point. This should hardly be surprising, for throughout the Gospel of Mark, strangers get Jesus’ point whereas the disciples tend to miss it.

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    The name of Jesus (or Christ) is common on Christian lips. “Jesus saves” is a typical expression, whereas expressions highlighting the Father or the kingdom of God are much less frequent, and explicit references to the Holy Spirit (or Ghost) are essentially missing. As the three manifestations, or “persons,” of the Trinity are consubstantial (i.e., of the same substance), the hypertrophy (i.e., maximizing one part of a system) is worthy of investigation. This is not to say that equal attention to all three is optimal; Jesus himself says in the Gospels that he came to preach the mysteries of his Father’s kingdom. This statement implies that followers of Christ should focus most on the Father and his kingdom. That this is not the case suggests that historical and contemporary Christianity has missed the point. This should hardly be surprising, for throughout the Gospel of Mark, strangers get Jesus’ point whereas the disciples tend to miss it.

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    Is God The Father Marginalized in Christianity?

    Enviado por

    Dr. Skip Worden
    The name of Jesus (or Christ) is common on Christian lips. “Jesus saves” is a typical expression, whereas expressions highlighting the Father or the kingdom of God are much less frequent, and explicit references to the Holy Spirit (or Ghost) are essentially missing. As the three manifestations, or “persons,” of the Trinity are consubstantial (i.e., of the same substance), the hypertrophy (i.e., maximizing one part of a system) is worthy of investigation. This is not to say that equal attention to all three is optimal; Jesus himself says in the Gospels that he came to preach the mysteries of his Father’s kingdom. This statement implies that followers of Christ should focus most on the Father and his kingdom. That this is not the case suggests that historical and contemporary Christianity has missed the point. This should hardly be surprising, for throughout the Gospel of Mark, strangers get Jesus’ point whereas the disciples tend to miss it.

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    Is God the Father Marginalized in Christianity?

    The name of Jesus (or Christ) is common on Christian lips. Jesus saves is a typical
    expression, whereas expressions highlighting the Father or the kingdom of God are
    much less frequent, and explicit references to the Holy Spirit (or Ghost) are
    essentially missing. As the three manifestations, or persons, of the Trinity are
    consubstantial (i.e., of the same substance), the hypertrophy (i.e., maximizing one
    part of a system) is worthy of investigation. This is not to say that equal attention to
    all three is optimal; Jesus himself says in the Gospels that he came to preach the
    mysteries of his Fathers kingdom. This statement implies that followers of Christ
    should focus most on the Father and his kingdom. That this is not the case suggests
    that historical and contemporary Christianity has missed the point. This should
    hardly be surprising, for throughout the Gospel of Mark, strangers get Jesus point
    whereas the disciples tend to miss it.
    The full essay is at God the Father.

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