The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said ... "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." (John 20:26b, 29b)

Most of us are familiar with the controversy that has been going on over the issue of "colorizing" old black-and-white movies. Do Humphrey Bogart and the Maltese Falcon or Jimmy Stewart and his Wonderful Life look better in the original black-and-white photography or with color added by one of the latest wrinkles in computer technology?

There is a strong parallel between the discussion of colorizing old movies and the discussion that has gone on for centuries in the Christian church, over the issue of the divinity of Jesus - a discussion that has resulted in the classic doctrine of the "two Natures" of Christ. The creeds of the church traditiona…