Brinsmead: gracious neighbors?

Saturday, November 3, 2018
    Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600
    Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639
Meditation:
The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
    slow to anger and rich in love.
    —Psalm 145:8 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The two great features of Protestant theology are its doctrines of justification by faith and the law as the rule of life. This is a synthesis of New Testament grace and Old Testament ethics. With this synthesis, Protestants have solved the problem of finding a gracious God, but they have not solved the problem of finding gracious neighbors. They can fellowship with God because he is gracious; but they find it difficult to fellowship with one another, because they are not so gracious.
    ... Robert D. Brinsmead (b. 1933), “Justification by Faith”
    See also Ps. 145:8; 28:3; 31:11; 86:15; 100:5; 103:8; Jonah 4:2; Eph. 2:4-5; 1 Pet. 2:3
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, show me how to love my neighbors better. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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