By Peter Kozushko, Senior Associate Pastor, Countryside Community Church
In case you were wondering how it went with the John Dickson public lecture at Countryside… it went really well, the place was packed!
Dr. Dickson did an outstanding job of presenting just a few of the historical portraits that we have of Jesus. He eloquently highlighted the references to Jesus as “Teacher” and made it clear that it is a mistake to focus only on that role, but also a mistake to ignore that role. He then shifted to Jesus’ role as “Healer” where he expertly pointed to the external historical evidence of the healings and addressed some of the objections that people have toward these claims. But then, John dug a little deeper into the implications of Jesus’ role as “Friend.” This is where the powerful message became clear, that Jesus’ goal was to reach out and rescue sinners that were shunned by the religious establishment. It was very well done.
In the end, John made it quite clear that this historical figure of Jesus is real, that his impact on our society is undeniable, and that he is of far too great importance to ignore.
My personal assessment is that this kind of introduction to the person of Jesus is extremely helpful for people who have doubts and questions about him or have never investigated the claims of Christianity, and we will definitely do this again in the future!
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