“It takes a crucified man to preach a crucified Savior.” –Alexander Maclaren
“I
abhor the thought of God being robbed of his glory…” That was part of
the response that a young man was giving in one of my seminary classes. I
shudder as I type the latter part of his comment. “…and if that means
the damnation of infants then so be it”.
It’s not my concern to throw this dude under the bus. Truthfully, I
see some of myself in him. Getting so wrapped in theology, idealism, and
the way things ought to be that I forget the way that things actually are. Grace
will likely grab hold of this young man and transform him. Jesus has a
way of doing that. While we roll our eyes at statements like this (and
maybe rightly so) Jesus moves in and administers grace. Grace that
crushes…but grace still.
I was concerned that day as I thought about this young man pastoring a
church. I was worried for him and for his congregation. Mostly because
broken men don’t say things like that. Even if it were theologically
true, broken men just don’t speak like that. As I’ve gone through
seminary for a few years now I am becoming convinced that students
should have to spend at least one semester in the furnace of suffering
before we can graduate.
Jesus was 30… Continue at Mike Leake
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