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CC198: A New Argument for Christianity? w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund

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What's the Appeal of the Nary Er Option?

i was initially puzzled by that, and i just thought i'd share what helped me with that. John is different in all kinds of ways from the synoptic gospels. Is not surprising that it might be different in how it portrays jesus claims of divinity. The key here is to expect him to function as a jewish man in the context of his ministry. And once i saw that, it helped everything to snap into place. Because then i'm saying ok ya, mark too,. I mean, the whole point of the story is jesus forgives paralytic man's sins because he says: 'The son of man has forgiven your sins' So he's

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