The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore – on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have very efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certified Him meek and mild, and recommended Him as a fitting household pet for pale curates and pious old ladies.
October 22, 2008 at 2:20 pm |
yes. give me dorothy sayers or give me death.
October 26, 2008 at 1:03 pm |
Yeah. I really need a lesson in religion from someone who gave away an illegitimate child rather than be judged by a Christian society.
October 26, 2008 at 1:38 pm |
Yeah. That´d be right up there with reading and endearing the Christian writings of someone who was a most notorious murdered of the Christian people: Paul the Apostle.
Good thing we don´t hold mistakes and peoples dark pasts ovethem, acting unforgiving in every sense. Good thing our Christian Love “keeps no record of wrongs” as Corinthians says to do.
One mistake, even a tragic one, that we would mistakenly rank as being an extra bad one (which God does not do) does not determine someone´s new, free and redeemed life in Christ.
Maybe you need to recognize Dorothy Sayers the way Christ does, forgiven and free.
March 31, 2009 at 9:38 am |
I know of a man who committed adultery, then had the woman’s husband murdered to cover it up. I’ve learned a lot at God from him. In fact, he was a “man after God’s own heart”.