P.T. Forsyth on turning from liberalism to orthodoxy
It also pleased God by the revelation of His holiness and grace, which the great theologians taught me to find in the Bible, to bring home to me my sin in a way that submerged all the school questions in weight, urgency, and poignancy. I was turned from a Christian to a belieer, from a lover of love to an object of grace. And so, whereas I first thought that what the Churches needed was enlightened instruction and liberal theology, I cam to be sure that what they needed was evangelization.
- Positive Preaching the Modern Mind, 3rd Edition (Carlisle: Paternoster, 1998, reprint), 177.
"I was turned from a Christian to a believer, from a lover of love to an object of grace."
ReplyDeleteGreat quote! This reminds me of something I recently heard on Whitehorse Inn; to paraphrase: The law says, "DO THIS and you will live", the gospel says, "LIVE, and you will do this".
I think liberalism is really "law" disguised as "love". (Of course, the sum of the law is love.) But, life "in Christ" is what truly liberates us and enables the gospel to be spread.