Miguel De La Torres returned heretically Wednesday to the Associated Baptist Press opinion section. He was there to amplify and clarify arguments which in February ignited a Southern Baptist blog firestorm.
De La Torres performance gave heretics a good name. He explained that he didn't call Jesus a sinner for His response to the Canaanite woman, who in Matthew 15:21-28 sought to have her daughter freed of a demon. Equally important in our view, De La Torres said:
Many also thought I was being heretical by implying that Jesus learned something from the Canaanite woman’s persistence in demanding aid from him. But do the Gospels themselves not tell us that the fully human Jesus, as he grew into his divinity, “increased in wisdom and stature and favor with God” (Luke 2:52)?
You may recall that passions ran high. The original piece was called “tripe,” “heretical trash” and so on. Which our "heretic" touched in good-humored passing. He reserved his time Wednesday for more serious considerations, closing with the suggestion that "Jesus is not afraid of our honest inquiry." And with humility asked "if you are willing to be the sister or brother in Christ of a heretic dog like me?"
Read it all here.
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