My Jesus Can Beat-up Your Jesus
May 15, 2008 by Christian
In an attempt to further the conversation on Halden’s blog about Mark Driscoll’s testosterone filled version of Jesus, I offer this harrowing quote that depicts Jesus, not as a sufferer, but as a fighter:
My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God’s truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison.
~ Adolf Hitler in Norman H. Baynes, ed. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-1939. Vol. 1 (Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ. Press, 1942), pp. 19-20.
Although you might get a little flack for making this association, I suppose this actually gets right to the heart of the matter. If we fail to see that the character of God’s power and strength is revealed in the powerlessness and weakness of Jesus, we miss the meaning of the gospel. I’m afraid the sentiment of this quote runs quite deeply.
ricky bobby likes to imagine jesus as baby jesus. driscoll likes chuck norris jesus. i prefer hipster douchebag jesus.
nah but seriously, nice work taking rubin to task over at halden’s.. a thing of beauty.