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From Oregon-
Update: There will be a memorial service for Marcus Borg on March 22 at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Marcus Borg, a liberal Jesus scholar, died Wednesday after a prolonged illness, said Pam Knepper, communications coordinator for Trinity Episcopal Church in Northwest Portland. Borg frequently lectured at Trinity, where he received the honorary title "canon theologian."
He was 72 years old, according to The Religion News Service.More here-
http://www.oregonlive.com/faith/2015/01/marcus_borg_liberal_jesus_scho.html#incart_story_package
From Patheos-
The news has been breaking that Marcus Borg has passed away.
Borg was an important figure in two areas that I also live and work in: Biblical studies, with particular focus on the historical Jesus; and progressive Christianity.
Borg wrote a number of excellent books, including ones which illustrated the ability of people who disagree in pronounced and fundamental ways with one another to be friends, as for instance in his co-authored book with N. T. Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions.
Even when I didn’t find his views persuasive, I appreciated his arguments, his clarity, and most of all his honesty, as for instance when he explained his reason for thinking that Jesus was not an apocalyptic figure: such end-of-the-world figures seemed to Borg to be out of their minds, while Jesus seemed sane.Read more:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2015/01/marcus-borg-1942-2015.html#ixzz3PZOcBfB1
From Christian Post-
If you talk about the rapture or salvation, or say you are blessed or favored, or let’s say you associate belief with doctrine, then you are likely just “speaking Christian” without knowing the real meaning of these terms, says an article on CNN’s belief blog.“Have you told anyone ‘I’m born again?’ Have you ‘walked the aisle’ to ‘pray the prayer?’ Did you ever ‘name and claim’ something and, after getting it, announce, ‘I’m highly blessed and favored?’” asks CNN’s John Blake in his weekend article.If this is you, Blake warns, “some Christian pastors and scholars have some bad news: You may not know what you’re talking about.”The writer quotes two Christian professors to say that many contemporary Christians have become “pious parrots,” constantly repeating Christian phrases they do not understand or distort.More here-
http://www.christianpost.com/news/heard-of-a-language-called-christian-53142/
