Comments on: When a number breaks your heart… https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-a-number-breaks-your-heart/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-a-number-breaks-your-heart/#comment-22706 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:51:27 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3857#comment-22706 In reply to Rod St Hill.

Thanks Rod. Very perceptive comments. We need to rediscover, live and proclaim grace in a whole new way.

]]> By: Rod St Hill https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-a-number-breaks-your-heart/#comment-22705 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 07:26:20 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3857#comment-22705 Thank you for another thoughtful blog, Brian. Like you, I have never doubted that Jesus has the words of eternal life. In our church today I invited my sisters and brothers to pray for those who we perceive to be ‘trashing’ Christianity. I also invited them to pray for ‘imperfect’ Christians who feel they are disqualified from the grace of God. I wonder how many of our fellow citizens think they can’t measure up to God’s standards? A well-known conservative commentator lamented the decline of Christianity this week but identified as a, ‘imperfect’ Christian. Years ago one of my siblings rebuffed my attempt to talk to him about Jesus with the words, ‘I’d make a bad Christian.’ I assured him that God loves ‘bad’ Christians but he remains unconvinced to this day. I wonder how different things might be in Australia if we pastors presented the gospel differently and didn’t leave people with the impression that they have to meet some standard before they are acceptable to God. My heart breaks for those who would tick one of the Christian boxes on their census form but don’t because they don’t think they are good enough to qualify.

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