His story begins:
Borg sees Jesus differently.
As a historian and biblical scholar, Borg was a member of the Jesus Seminar, a scholarly group that spent years evaluating historical evidence of Jesus' life and sayings. Borg emerged from the process with deeper faith in Jesus and a different understanding of Scripture.
You can find out more here.
Two interesting quotes from Professor Borg
Faith, Borg says, is a matter of living in relationship with Jesus and working politically, first for justice and then for peace.
Jesus "is for us the decisive revelation of God — of what can be seen of God's character and passion in human life," Borg says. "But for followers of Jesus, the unending conversation about Jesus is the conversation that matters most."
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