Comments on: Quotable: Joshua Searle and Theology After Christendom – Take 3 https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/#comment-12159 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:42:23 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2968#comment-12159 In reply to Joshua Searle.

Thanks Joshua. Feel free to use the quote in your next book! Rosemary and I also miss Spurgeon’s and hope we can get back one day. My regards to all there.

]]> By: Joshua Searle https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/#comment-12156 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:59:06 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2968#comment-12156 Thanks, Brian, for your excellent blog and for giving my new book some much-appreciated publicity!

I recently came across a great quote from your book, ‘The Big Picture’, which I wish I’d used in my own ‘Theology After Christendom’: “Legalism makes grace less remarkable. It reduces grace to a backstop required only by those foolish enough to leave their salvation to their deathbed, thus being unable to prove that they always had what it takes to earn their way into God’s kingdom by adherence to the stated norms of the church of the day.”

Hope you’re doing well. We really miss not having you and Rosemary around at Spurgeon’s College.

Blessings,

JTS

]]> By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/#comment-12118 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:50:52 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2968#comment-12118 In reply to Noel.

So glad you find them helpful Noel. I enjoy tracking down content for the blog.

]]> By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/#comment-12117 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:49:12 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2968#comment-12117 In reply to Graham Irvine.

You could well be on to something there Graham. Well worth thinking about.

]]> By: Graham Irvine https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/#comment-12102 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:46:23 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2968#comment-12102 Thanks Brian. Especially like the 4th quote. I’ve been chatting with friends about this idea of beginning the conversation about Christian faith about sin. It seems to me that the emphasis on salvation form sin often leaves people caught in the space of wondering if firstly their sins are really forgiven because I keep doing them and secondly have I committed a sin that has negated my salvation? I wonder if our conversation about our faith began with the good news that Jesus is the answer to the chaos of the world via his kingship rather than via our own personal sins, if this might be a better pathway to more conversation?

]]> By: Noel https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-joshua-searle-and-theology-after-christendom-take-3/#comment-12030 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:50:53 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2968#comment-12030 Look forward to this each week. These post are helping me emerge from the darkness. Thanks.

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