Yet Another Gospel?
Anne Rice’s first person narrative of the seven year-old Jesus in "Christ the Lord" is quick becoming a best-seller.
It is strange that people would rather read the imaginative rumblings of an undocumented (and I would say unimportant) episode in Jesus’s life.
I’m sure the purpose of that lack of documentation is that we be encouraged to read the Scriptures instead.
Her premise that Jesus's spirituality and Godliness developed as he grew physically already defies all available information.
How does she explain the 12-year-old that stood before a group of religious experts and proceeded to discuss Godly matters with them? Where did he find that supreme confidence and authority from, while still a child (albeit crossing over into manhood?).
As a born again Catholic, why not attain the humility of quietly and actively serving God according to the Bible, rather than attempting to write another Gospel?
This is the problem with modern Christianity. People cannot, and will not accept God’s word at heart. They prefer to write their own versions.
