Sayers: contempt of material things

Friday, November 9, 2018
    Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433
Meditation:
    But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
    —2 Peter 2:1-2 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Contempt of material things as such is, in fact, no more orthodox than pantheism—it is the great dualist heresy which always lies in wait for an over-spiritualized Christianity.
    ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957), The Poetry of Search and the Poetry of Statement, London: Golanz, 1963, p. 64 (see the book)
    See also 2 Pet. 2:1-2; Luke 24:36-43; John 1:14; 16:13-15; 20:26-27; Rom. 9:21; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1 John 4:1-3
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, make us truly grateful for your provision. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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