Category: Quote of the Day

Holy desperation does not mean unholy frenzy. The way out of a stupor is not the way into a stew. The cure for rigor mortis is not Saint Vitus’s dance. Too many excited Christians wake up suddenly and slash off ears, as Peter did, leaving the Lord to repair the damage done by their misdirected zeal. When the house is on fire we need to keep cool. Otherwise we shall throw clocks out of the windows and carry feather pillows downstairs.

In spite of what James says in chapters two and five, we still play up the wealthy churchmember, the big-shot parishioner, above the humble saint who may happen to live on the wrong side of the railroad tracks. After all, not too many of the rich (Matthew 19:23), the wise, the mighty, and the noble (I Corinthians 1:26) will make the grade. We need to brush up on what Paul called the weakness and foolishness of God.