Jesus the Purifier by Dr. Craig Blomberg
Schedule
Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am
UTC-07:00Location
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church 10150 E. Belleview Avenue Greenwood Village, CO 80111 | Greenwood Village, CO
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We are pleased to have Dr. Craig Blomberg give us a presentation on his most recent book, Jesus the Purifier: John's Gospel and the Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus. In recent years, secular scholars have increased their confidence in the accuracy of the gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Yet these same scholars continue to hold the gospel of John in low regard as a source of reliable historical information. Dr. Blomberg contends that the gospel of John is also a valid source of information about Jesus. He does this without making assumptions derived from his own faith commitment to Christ. He uses only standard historiographical method to demonstrate the accuracy of John.
Dr. Blomberg notes one aspect of Jesus that comes to the fore in the gospel of John: Jesus as a purifier. The Old Testament teaches that when people come in contact with sin, or the effects of sin, they are contaminated. They become defiled and unclean. Jesus reverses this. When the sinful come in contact with Jesus, they are purified! Jesus is the Purifier.
About our Speaker
Dr. Craig Blomberg joined the faculty of Denver Seminary in 1986. He is Denver Seminary’s Professor Emeritus of New Testament.
Dr. Blomberg completed his PhD in New Testament, specializing in the parables and the writings of Luke-Acts, at Aberdeen University in Scotland. He received an MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a BA from Augustana College. Before joining the faculty of Denver Seminary, he taught at Palm Beach Atlantic College and was a research fellow in Cambridge, England with Tyndale House.
In addition to writing numerous articles in professional journals, multi-author works and dictionaries or encyclopedias, he has authored or edited over 30 books, including The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, Interpreting the Parables, commentaries on Matthew, 1 Corinthians and James, Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey, From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation, Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship, Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions, Making Sense of the New Testament: Three Crucial Questions, Preaching the Parables, Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals with Sinners, and Handbook of New Testament Exegesis.
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