By Schubert Ogden
One thing that much impressed me as a result of Marxsen's lectures and the discussions that followed them is how close we are in our understandings of the essential content of Christian faith. In his understanding, as in mine, through Jesus we are brought to faith in God, in that we are offered eschatological communion with God without any prior conditions and, therefore, are given to live as God's children, as children of the Father and brothers and sisters of Jesus as well as of one another.
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