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Putting God in a Small Box

I subscribed hoping that BR would provide a scholarly review of biblical truths and evidences. After reviewing the December 1992 issue, and specifically Marcus J. Borg’s column entitled “The First Christmas: I am a Christian who does not believe in the virgin birth, nor in the journey of the wisemen,” BR 08:06, I find that your publication would rather put God into a small box of your own making than believe in the miraculous God of the Bible.

It is one thing to provide scholarly criticisms of documents and other evidences concerning the Bible, but liberal reinterpretations that would limit the God of the universe to a story of men cannot be accepted nor subscribed to by me.

Lies of the Devil

Marcus J. Borg’s column (“The First Christmas,” BR 08:06) was more than I could stand. I refuse to allow these “lies of the Devil to keep coming into my home. Please refund my subscription as I do not want my money used to promote the heresies contained in your magazine.