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A review by thecatladybooknook_penny
Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine by Dorothy L. Sayers
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
I found so much to love about this book (see quotes).....and also so much that bored me to tears. Sayers has a wonderful way with words and I look forward to reading more of her works, but this was just okay for other than the parts I loved.
A few favorite quotes:
He (Jesus) was not merely a man so good as to be "like God" --He was/is God.
We have very efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certified him "meek and mild," and recommended him as a fitting household set for pale curates and pious old ladies. To those who knew him, however, he in no way suggests a milk-and-water person; they objected to him as a dangerous firebrand. True, he was tender to the unfortunate, patient with honest inquirers, and humble before heaven; but he insulted respectable clergymen by calling them hypocrites. He referred to King Herod as "that fox"...."
He was emphatically not a dull man (Jesus) in his human lifetime, and if he was/is God, there is nothing dull about God either.
A few favorite quotes:
He (Jesus) was not merely a man so good as to be "like God" --He was/is God.
We have very efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certified him "meek and mild," and recommended him as a fitting household set for pale curates and pious old ladies. To those who knew him, however, he in no way suggests a milk-and-water person; they objected to him as a dangerous firebrand. True, he was tender to the unfortunate, patient with honest inquirers, and humble before heaven; but he insulted respectable clergymen by calling them hypocrites. He referred to King Herod as "that fox"...."
He was emphatically not a dull man (Jesus) in his human lifetime, and if he was/is God, there is nothing dull about God either.