2024 marked the 8th year of the Postmodern Realities Podcast with 425 episodes. Subscribe to the Postmodern Realities Podcast on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you get your favorite podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/postmodern-realities-podcast/id1116873002 On this landing page, you can also search the hundreds of episodes for relevant, timeless content.
The commentor named Edreison writes: Any Christian that is offended by Mary is not a Christian. In response to that comment, a separate comment, here, intends to break the said statement down definitively. This commentor would say that someone who is offended by Mary or any Biblical Saint who was chosen by God, in God's purpose to make Himself known to mankind, would not be in the Spirit of true Christianity, especially if they are also offended by Christ or God the Son. The following comment is the context of how we are inspired to honor, and not be offended, by the God-chosen Biblical Saints, as well as Saint or Virgin Mary. Why would any Christian be offended by Biblical Mary? "Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel (Isaiah 7: 14)." According to Matthew 1: 22-23, this prophecy was fulfilled in Mary. When it comes to the word "Virgin," Mary was that virgin that God chose to be the Christ-bearer. One way to truly honor this Biblical Mary is to refer to her as "Virgin," even though there is a Biblical indication, that physically, Mary eventually had other children by normal human means with her husband Joseph. We honor elder people with "Sir," "Mr." "Mrs." "Madam," 'Your highness," and so on, and Jesus referred to elder women as "Woman (John 2: 4/John 19: 26)." The incarnation of Christ was a divine work which caused Mary to remain a virgin during the incarnation and after she delivered Christ, and up until she had another child by normal human means. Regardless of the Biblical implication that Mary, the mother of Jesus, had other children by normal human means, she is a Biblical person, like Saint Joseph, Saints Abraham, Isaac, Moses, and Joshua, etc., who was chosen by God to fulfill His word that Christ would be born to a virgin. We honor the Old Testament prophets, who God had appeared too in some form, and who God caused his voice to be heard audibly, for the sake of revealing the existence and will of God to man, and we refer to these as Saints: Saint Mary, and Saint Paul. Mary was a woman of whom God revealed Himself too, as the virgin who would have God's Son in the flesh, and we bestow the same honor, except Mary, because she was a woman, has a synonym to her being called Saint Mary, and that synonym is Virgin Mary, whether she remained a physical virgin on earth, or not, after she bore and delivered the Christ-child.
Melanie Cogdill (Managing Editor of the Christian Research Journal), and her guest Cole Brette, are tackling a most difficult subject about how the rise of "Divided audiences" must be satisfied when Christian Themed movies are made, such as The Passion Of The Christ (Newmarket Films, 2004), Amazing Grace (20th CENTURY FOX - 2006), The Final Inquiry (20th CENTURY FOX - 2007), Risen (AFFIRM - 2016), and multiple others. I discern that Cole Brette justly answered that the "Mary (2024)" film was not good, but it is not hurtful for Christians to watch. But, the separate commentor, here, says let's look closer: Director D. J. Caruso, who is a practicing Catholic, was inspired to tell the story of Mary in a "Human and relatable" way for audiences; he stated, "I wanted to inspire, particularly younger viewers to say, 'Wow, Mary could be my friend.' " We must not overlook those audience members from the Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, who, between they and Roman Catholicism, claim that they have the correct placement of Biblical Mary. Joel Osteen, a leader in the cult-like Word of Faith Movement, served as the executive producer of the film, so some BIG false prophet name had to be involved to better assure that the film sells. The Christian Research Institute (President Hank Hanegraaff) has Biblically shown where the Word of Faith Movement is taking God's word out-of-context, and forfeiting Biblical truth for the attaining of material and earthly prosperity. This reveals why it is so hard for Christian Film Directors to accomplish explicit Christian movie themes. Otherwise, in order for Christian Film Directors to get a Biblical Christ-centered themed point across to the movie audience, and in order for the movie to be a commercial seller, the modern way has now often (Not always) relied off of getting the Biblical story across by incorporating the theme only, which the audience must pick up and follow, without the movie specifying what the movie theme is based on, such as the movie "Narnia." While the said movie progresses, anyone who has heard and believed in Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection, will begin to pick up the Narnia theme: A "Lion" character portrays the earthly life of Christ, his suffering, death, and resurrection. Another example of Biblical themes where the specified theme and exact names of Biblical persons, are hidden using some other name, is the C.S. Lewis Cosmology Setting, depicting "War in heaven (Revelation 12: 7-10)" between angels and demons, in his Sci Fi Space Trilogy. The guest, Cole Brette, in this CRI Presentation, mentions a person which he cannot name, and this un-named person is a known prominent Christian author, and who has many awards for best-selling books. The un-named Christian author, who consistently published with Christian publishers, at one point began to dabble with "Thrillers," but even these were a hard sell, because the un-known author had consistently published with Christian publishers. The un-named author, who Cole Brette interviewed, eventually told Cole Brette that the biggest mistake he ever made was publishing exclusively with Christians. The guest, in this CRI Presentation, Cole Brette, uses the noun phrase "Organized religion" as playing a less central role in both public and intellectual life, because of secularization, as practical reasons for why movie production, with explicitly Christian themes, are less popular and less accessible. "Organized religion" is religion in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established, typically by an official doctrine: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and the Baha'i Faith. When secularism emphasizes beliefs, it perpetuates Christian traits under a different name.
2024 marked the 8th year of the Postmodern Realities Podcast with 425 episodes. Subscribe to the Postmodern Realities Podcast on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you get your favorite podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/postmodern-realities-podcast/id1116873002
On this landing page, you can also search the hundreds of episodes for relevant, timeless content.
All Christians should honor Mary. Mother of God ✝️☦️ pray for us.
Any Christian that is ofended by Mary, is not a Christian.
Have you ever heard of any Christian from any tradition to be "offended" by Mary?
The commentor named Edreison writes: Any Christian that is offended by Mary is not a Christian. In response to that comment, a separate comment, here, intends to break the said statement down definitively. This commentor would say that someone who is offended by Mary or any Biblical Saint who was chosen by God, in God's purpose to make Himself known to mankind, would not be in the Spirit of true Christianity, especially if they are also offended by Christ or God the Son. The following comment is the context of how we are inspired to honor, and not be offended, by the God-chosen Biblical Saints, as well as Saint or Virgin Mary.
Why would any Christian be offended by Biblical Mary? "Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel (Isaiah 7: 14)." According to Matthew 1: 22-23, this prophecy was fulfilled in Mary. When it comes to the word "Virgin," Mary was that virgin that God chose to be the Christ-bearer. One way to truly honor this Biblical Mary is to refer to her as "Virgin," even though there is a Biblical indication, that physically, Mary eventually had other children by normal human means with her husband Joseph. We honor elder people with "Sir," "Mr." "Mrs." "Madam," 'Your highness," and so on, and Jesus referred to elder women as
"Woman (John 2: 4/John 19: 26)." The incarnation of Christ was a divine work which caused Mary to remain a virgin during the incarnation and after she delivered Christ, and up until she had another child by normal human means. Regardless of the Biblical implication that Mary, the mother of Jesus, had other children by normal human means, she is a Biblical person, like Saint Joseph, Saints Abraham, Isaac, Moses, and Joshua, etc., who was chosen by God to fulfill His word that Christ would be born to a virgin. We honor the Old Testament prophets, who God had appeared too in some form, and who God caused his voice to be heard audibly, for the sake of revealing the existence and will of God to man, and we refer to these as Saints: Saint Mary, and Saint Paul. Mary was a woman of whom God revealed Himself too, as the virgin who would have God's Son in the flesh, and we bestow the same honor, except Mary, because she was a woman, has a synonym to her being called Saint Mary, and that synonym is Virgin Mary, whether she remained a physical virgin on earth, or not, after she bore and delivered the Christ-child.
@thy-ine Quote appreciated.
@@thy-ine Amen!
Beware of Christian Zionists (by their code and works - NOT Christian)
Melanie Cogdill (Managing Editor of the Christian Research Journal), and her guest Cole Brette, are tackling a most difficult subject about how the rise of "Divided audiences" must be satisfied when Christian Themed movies are made, such as The Passion Of The Christ (Newmarket Films, 2004),
Amazing Grace (20th CENTURY FOX - 2006),
The Final Inquiry (20th CENTURY FOX - 2007), Risen (AFFIRM - 2016), and multiple others. I discern that Cole Brette justly answered that the "Mary (2024)" film was not good, but it is not hurtful for Christians to watch. But, the separate commentor, here, says let's look closer: Director D. J. Caruso, who is a practicing Catholic, was inspired to tell the story of Mary in a "Human and relatable" way for audiences; he stated, "I wanted to inspire, particularly younger viewers to say, 'Wow, Mary could be my friend.' " We must not overlook those audience members from the Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, who, between they and Roman Catholicism, claim that they have the correct placement of Biblical Mary. Joel Osteen, a leader in the cult-like Word of Faith Movement, served as the executive producer of the film, so some BIG false prophet name had to be involved to better assure that the film sells. The Christian Research Institute (President Hank Hanegraaff) has Biblically shown where the Word of Faith Movement is taking God's word out-of-context, and forfeiting Biblical truth for the attaining of material and earthly prosperity.
This reveals why it is so hard for Christian Film Directors to accomplish explicit Christian movie themes. Otherwise, in order for Christian Film Directors to get a Biblical Christ-centered themed point across to the movie audience, and in order for the movie to be a commercial seller, the modern way has now often (Not always) relied off of getting the Biblical story across by incorporating the theme only, which the audience must pick up and follow, without the movie specifying what the movie theme is based on, such as the movie "Narnia." While the said movie progresses, anyone who has heard and believed in Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection, will begin to pick up the Narnia theme: A "Lion" character portrays the earthly life of Christ, his suffering, death, and resurrection. Another example of Biblical themes where the specified theme and exact names of Biblical persons, are hidden using some other name, is the C.S. Lewis Cosmology Setting, depicting
"War in heaven (Revelation 12: 7-10)" between angels and demons, in his Sci Fi Space Trilogy.
The guest, Cole Brette, in this CRI Presentation, mentions a person which he cannot name, and this un-named person is a known prominent Christian author, and who has many awards for best-selling books. The un-named Christian author, who consistently published with Christian publishers, at one point began to dabble with "Thrillers," but even these were a hard sell, because the un-known author had consistently published with Christian publishers. The un-named author, who Cole Brette interviewed, eventually told Cole Brette that the biggest mistake he ever made was publishing exclusively with Christians. The guest, in this CRI Presentation, Cole Brette, uses the noun phrase "Organized religion" as playing a less central role in both public and intellectual life, because of secularization, as practical reasons for why movie production, with explicitly Christian themes, are less popular and less accessible. "Organized religion" is religion in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established, typically by an official doctrine: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and the Baha'i Faith. When secularism emphasizes beliefs, it perpetuates Christian traits under a different name.
@thy-ine Thanks for chiming in.