Boasting in the Cross
Proper boasting is found only in what God has done in Jesus
Boasting in the Cross
Boasting that Doesn’t Matter
But far be it from me to boast
Boasting in What Matters Most
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
All this evidence shows us the constantly varying forms of abhorrence at the new religious teaching.
All this evidence shows us the constantly varying forms of abhorrence at the new religious teaching. In comparison with the religious ideals of the ancient world the Christian message had inevitably to be described in Suetonius’ words as a ‘new and pernicious superstition’ (superstitio nova et malefica, Nero 16.3). These accounts, with their marked contemptuous characterizations, are no coincidence. The heart of the Christian message, which Paul described as the ‘word of the cross’ (λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ), ran counter not only to Roman political thinking, but to the whole ethos of religion in ancient times and in particular to the ideas of God held by educated people
The heart of the Christian message, which Paul described as the ‘word of the cross’ (λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ), ran counter not only to Roman political thinking, but to the whole ethos of religion in ancient times and in particular to the ideas of God held by educated people.
by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
All this evidence shows us the constantly varying forms of abhorrence at the new religious teaching
If the world has been crucified to Paul and Paul to the world, then the two are dead to each other and no longer have anything in common.