By Douglas Todd
What follows is the revelation arrived at by a fictional character named Thomas, a conservative seminary student, in [John] Cobb’s book "Doubting Thomas: Christology in Story Form." After months of struggling with new ways of understanding Christ, Thomas finally tells his wife: “Now I see that Jesus saves me from the need to cling to a particular theology, that he frees me to be open to new ideas — to truth whatever it is. I’m excited by that. I think I understand why his yoke is easy and his burden is light, how he is truly life and light and the way for me to follow. “I feel that the spirit he gave is with me as I’ve never felt it before. I feel free to love everyone, whatever they believe. I don’t need to defend Christianity any more. Its truth will win the day and the chaff, of which there has been so much, will blow away.” [link]
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