The titles of Jesus (son of God, messiah, light of the world, etc.) are not found in the earliest layer of tradition and are not part of self proclamation of Jesus. This does not make them wrong. Rather, they are… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they assigned that Jesus almost certainly was not born of a virgin, did not think of himself as the… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Some people find the experience and practice of compassion as a spiritual discipline to be a more direct route to the transformation of the… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Religion is much more than language, but to be Christian does mean speaking Christian for most people. The language many of us use has… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Jesus disclosed that God is compassionate. Jesus spoke of God that way: "Be compassionate, as God is compassionate." Compassion is the primary quality of… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
The titles of Jesus (son of God, messiah, light of the world, etc.) are not found in the earliest layer of tradition and are… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
God loves us already and has from our very beginning. The Christian life is not about believing or doing what we need to believe… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Reality is permeated, indeed flooded, with divine creativity, nourishment, and care. — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
People who think of God as a warrior may become warriors themselves, whether in a Christian crusade, a Muslim jihad, or an apocalyptically oriented… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
It is important to show people ways that we can reclaim Christianity from some of the misunderstandings of our time. — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
'Believing' cannot tip the scales in making a historical judgement about whether something really happened. I can choose to believe that George Washington threw… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
