tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post2555144340177338196..comments2023-10-23T12:23:54.134-05:00Comments on Larry James' Urban Daily: James Cone: the Cross and the lynching treeLarry Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-11770144489711877922008-05-24T20:02:00.000-05:002008-05-24T20:02:00.000-05:00Anon, it is clear you have no sense of the transce...Anon, it is clear you have no sense of the transcending application of the message and the experience of the cross. This is Cone's message and meaning. Your perspective is "historyless" with no understandable connection to your time, to your own historic and cultural context. . .not only are you a literalist, you are attempting to stand above history and limit the redempitve and enlightening power of the cross and God's involvement in human suffering and over against political, social and theological systems that ignore current reality and allow for the conintuance of the oppression that God stands against in all ages and times. Simply put, you just missed Cone's point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-53856671811463841322008-03-19T15:24:00.000-05:002008-03-19T15:24:00.000-05:00What Dr. Cone fails to embrace through his theolog...What Dr. Cone fails to embrace through his theological grid, is that the Cross was a symbole of humility; a prophecy that equals the balance for all of humanity. The antipathy of Dr. Cone is seen through his social worldview, but evidently not through the Word. Although, not mentioned very frequently, the Portugese were trading African slaves long before the British came into the picture. How does Dr. Cone reconcile the Sierra Leone port-of-call, to those along the eastern seaboard. Dr. Cone's presuppositions may fit his theology, but may he be forgiven for preaching a Gospel, other than the one (Paul) preached.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com