One or the Other

“If the Jews are right and Jesus did not rise from the dead, then we Christians of all men are most to be pitied (1 Cor. 15:19). And if He did rise from the dead, then modern Judaism is an attempt to have a Messiah-based religion while leaving the Messiah out of it. But that is like, as the old illustration goes, putting on a production of Hamlet, and leaving out the prince of Denmark.”

American Milk and Honey, p. 64

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On a WIld Stretch of Coast

“I pray that Your preachers would come down like fire,
Consuming the forests of deadwood and sin.
I pray that Your preachers would come like a storm,
Hitting the people on a wild stretch of coast.
I ask pulpit fervor, I seek pulpit fire—
The Word blazing forth, consuming the people,
The Word marching forth, eager to conquer.”

21 Prayers, p. 128

A Distant Parallel

“If we were looking for a term in English that had a similar etymology and cachet as ‘Pharisee,’ it would be something like the term ‘Puritan.’ Both words indicate some kind of desire for separation and holiness. Like Pharisaism, Puritanism was noble in its founding, had some glorious exemplars, was doctrinally rigorous, went to seed after a few centuries, and is now easy to mock.”

American Milk and Honey, p. 56