How ought evangelicals to think about Mary, the mother of Jesus?
I am a born-and-raised protestant. I grew up in a “non-demonimational” Vineyard Christian Fellowship church. I have since spent a lot of time in Episcopalian parishes, but I have been called back to the Vineyard church of my youth, and there I shall remain, until the Lord leads me elsewhere. All that to say, I am by no means Roman Catholic. And yet, through a close reading of the church fathers during my time at Biola University, and through ongoing conversations with Christians of the past (in books) and Christians of the present (in person), I have come to appreciate a few things about Mary, that very unique young lady whom was given the position of being Jesus’ mother, things which I subconsciously thought were vain and idolotrous to appreciate, or at least, non-evangelical.
I appreciated Matt’s thoughts, and I look forward to reading Scott McKnight’s book on this topic. In the meantime, let me offer three of my most modest and least controversial observations about Mary and her unique place as a character in the story of the universe, in hopes that my fellow evangelical readers can join me in breathing a little more easily when they think about Mary, without, in so doing, seeming (God forbid!) Roman Catholic on the one hand and without ignoring the facts on the other hand.
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