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- A domesticated Jesus embraces the culture’s values without challenging them; He is a “safe” Jesus who is no threat to the established way of doing things.
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Dec 3, 2008 · A domesticated Jesus embraces the culture’s values without challenging them; He is a “safe” Jesus who is no threat to the established way of doing things. Yet Christ did not come into the world to be “nice” or “safe,” and the Jesus we find in the Gospels cannot be domesticated.
Nov 16, 2021 · It seems like many Christians have “domesticated” Jesus Christ—or at least we try. Of course, doing so is not at all possible. He remains Lord of all, no matter what we say or do. But this has never kept believers from trying—trying to turn Jesus into a tame, trained Savior who serves their interests, their causes, and even their ambitions.
Nov 19, 2020 · We Cannot Domesticate Jesus. November 19, 2020 by: John Piper. Understand Who Jesus Is. In the middle of the last century the British writer C. S. Lewis got it shockingly right: A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.
Mar 13, 2012 · I am domesticating Christ anytime my behavior reflects my belief in a saving Christ who is too small to handle my day-to-day problems of worry or...
Apr 17, 2021 · The initial assumption is the opposite of belief is unbelief, but John uses the word “obey,” instead. If it is possible to believe in Jesus yet disobey Him, how should we interpret the part of this verse that says God’s wrath will abide on us if we disobey Jesus?
Dec 30, 2020 · The parables of Jesus cohere with his other teachings about the love of God and neighbor. Jesus assures his hearers, then and now, that God is good and that God loves us, cares for us, and showers us with good things (e.g., “look at the birds of the air;” “consider the lilies of the field”; Matt 6:25–33).
Oct 21, 2010 · Crosswalk.com: Dr. Kraus, where did we even get the idea -- if we even did it intentionally at all -- that in our culture we could "domesticate" this Jesus who in the Bible would not be tamed ...
