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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
This Intolerant God
This impatience of the Bible that refuses to accept anything less than total fidelity is only a reflection of the intolerant God of the Bible who insists on having all your affections. Dale Ralph Davis, The Word Became Fresh
Hmm. I'd never call God `intolerant' myself, since there is a sense in which he is very tolerant: Romans 9:22 `What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?'.
Hmm. I'd never call God `intolerant' myself, since there is a sense in which he is very tolerant:
ReplyDeleteRomans 9:22 `What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?'.