The Scandal of Joshua Ben Adam
 9 Part Series
By Robert D. Brinsmead (VERDICT 1998-1999)

PART 1: Introduction
This Man and the Christian Religion are Not Compatible.

• Joshua Ben Adam Not Jesus Ben Parthenos

• The Real Motivation to Remodel the Man

• Did Jesus Really Exist?

PART 2: The Big Picture

• The Vertical Order 

• The Horizontal Order: A New Development of Human Consciousness

• Methodology

• No Titles

PART 3: No Discrimination

• No Religion

• Excursus on Paul

• Lord of the Dance

• No Apocalyptic

PART 4: No Sin - Except

• The Christian Situation

• No Atonement

• The Scandal of His Death 

• The Roots of Blood Atonement 

• No payback Justice: No Atonement in Ben Adam's Teaching 

• The Christian Chamber of Horrors 

PART 5: No God Above

• A New Vision of Humanity

• The Distinction Between the Natural and the Human

• Being Human is the Image and Likeness of God 

• A New Vision of God

• God can be a Dangerous Idea

• God in Solidarity with Us

PART 6: No Home (Except): The Itinerant Spirit

• Restrictive Structures No Home for Ben Adam (No Home......in Any Sect......in Any Exclusive Group.......in any Establishment......in Any Creed...)

• Joshua ben Adam didn’t find a home in any written tradition

• The Big Picture of Human Freedom and Progress

• No Home Big Enough Except God

PART 7: No Barriers

• INTRODUCTION

• THE HEBREW VISION OF GOD

• THE HEBREW VISION OF HUMANITY

• THE HEBREW VISION OF JUSTICE

• THE HEBREW VISION OF ELECTION

• THE CHRISTIAN VISION OF GOD

• THE CHRISTIAN VISION OF HUMANITY

• THE CHRISTIAN VISION OF JUSTICE

• THE CHRISTIAN VISION OF ELECTION

• BEN ADAM AND ISLAM

• BEN ADAM AND ATHEISM

PART 8: No Living By the Book

• Chapter 1: Ben Adam and Scripture

• Chapter 2: Paul and Scripture

• Chapter 3: The Fourth Gospel and Scripture

• Chapter 4: The Christian Religion and Scripture
  a. The Failure of Tradition
  b. The Failure of Written Text
  c. The Failure of the Vertical
  d. The Failure of an Exclusive Revelation

• Conclusion

PART 9: The Resurrection

• The Story Thus Far

• The Collapse of Resurrection Apologetics

• The Legend of the Empty Tomb

• The Believability of the Resurrection

• The Resurrection and the Scandal of God's Justice

• The Retreat of the Christian Religion from the Centrality of the Resurrection

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