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Summary: At first there was the logos
Review: This book answered for me the question of how Christians can claim to be followers of THE Way without denigrating and dismissing those of other faiths experience with God."At first there was the logos, and the logos was with God, and the logos was God. This one was at first with God. All things came to be through him, and apart from him not one thing that was created came to be. In him was life, and the life was the light of human beings. And the light is shining in the dark, and the dark has not apprehended it." Logos means "word", "saying", "speech", "reason", "plan", etc. It is differentiated from God, yet identified as God. The logos is the only link between God and God's creation. Our life is only resident in the logos. Not only life, but also light, that is, it shines in the dark -- everything that is not of God. So, any path that leads to God is in the logos. There is no other way. "And the logos became flesh and lived among us... As for God, no one has ever seen him; the only-child God, the one who is in the father's bosom, that one has explained." And later this only-child God says, "I have other sheep, which are *not* of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd." It's a message that is so inclusive it includes ALL truth, and so exclusive because there is no other reality. The truth is not Christianity. The truth is the logos. I've probably taken this conclusion a step beyond what the author has directly mined from translating on the original author's intent in the fourth gospel, but Countryman invites you to reflect on the truth and draw conclusions. It's more than a Bible study, it's an experience with God.
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Summary: At first there was the logos
Review: This book answered for me the question of how Christians can claim to be followers of THE Way without denigrating and dismissing those of other faiths experience with God. "At first there was the logos, and the logos was with God, and the logos was God. This one was at first with God. All things came to be through him, and apart from him not one thing that was created came to be. In him was life, and the life was the light of human beings. And the light is shining in the dark, and the dark has not apprehended it." Logos means "word", "saying", "speech", "reason", "plan", etc. It is differentiated from God, yet identified as God. The logos is the only link between God and God's creation. Our life is only resident in the logos. Not only life, but also light, that is, it shines in the dark -- everything that is not of God. So, any path that leads to God is in the logos. There is no other way. "And the logos became flesh and lived among us... As for God, no one has ever seen him; the only-child God, the one who is in the father's bosom, that one has explained." And later this only-child God says, "I have other sheep, which are *not* of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd." It's a message that is so inclusive it includes ALL truth, and so exclusive because there is no other reality. The truth is not Christianity. The truth is the logos. I've probably taken this conclusion a step beyond what the author has directly mined from translating on the original author's intent in the fourth gospel, but Countryman invites you to reflect on the truth and draw conclusions. It's more than a Bible study, it's an experience with God.
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