An Oregon Theologian is Retiring

Oregon's leading theologian walks his dog up and down the trendy streets of the Pearl District. His neighbors know Henry, the shaggy gray Glen of Imaal terrier, whose short legs set the pace. But few recognize Marcus J. Borg, the graying guy in the wool cap, as the spokesman for a different approach to Jesus Christ.
At 64, Borg is a public theologian and a private mystic. He writes theological books, several of which have made best-seller lists, and he reads murder mysteries. He was trained at Oxford University, and he teaches at Oregon State. He lives in a neighborhood overflowing with espresso, and he drinks Taster's Choice instant decaf.

The above is a direct quote from a leading newspaper in Oregon. Professor Borg was associated with the controversial Jesus Seminar group out of Nashville, TN. Like the Jesus Seminar, professor Borg wants to redefine the Jesus of the Gospel narratives.

Professor Borg claims that the Jesus of the Gospel narratives is a fanciful Jesus, concocted by fanatical Christians. So he sees a Jesus of faith, created by Christians, and the historical Jesus, who was just a good man though preeminent.

Professor Borg argues that in church history the concern was not about certain facts about Jesus but rather about the person of Jesus. He says that not until 300 years about the church has given into certain beliefs about Jesus.

But I would ask professor Borg, who got his PhD from Oxford, How much have you read church history? Have you read the Nicaea creed and what occasioned it?

If certain truths about Jesus are not necessary, then we are opening the pandora's box for a multitude of Jesus. But the Bible says that correct belief of Jesus is part of saving faith (1 Cor 15; Rom 10; John 8).