link: Was blind but now I see...
link: Was blind but now I see
When the Church got into the habit of making faith simple or easy and doctrine reasonable and flexible to fit the times and situations of the people, the pews emptied. But when the full measure of what faith is and requires was laid before the people, they took up the cross and followed Him. The easier and simpler we try to make faith and the easier and simpler we try to making following Him, the worse it will be for the Church. It is in the desperate doubt that has surveyed every other option and found none that the broken are restored, raised up from despair and disappointment to follow Him. It is in the hesitance before the call of God that saints are made from sinners and the strong forged from the weakest of stock. Make worship easy and simple and fun, they said. But they did not come and those who came did not bother to stay. But hold up the mystery of the faith and invite the doubts to rest in the arms of the one and only who has seen the Father and, well, the Church lives.
Pr. Peters has written another fantastic piece, this time on the difficulties of the Christian faith and the disastrous results that came with our attempts to make Christianity easy and appealing. This article is worth five minutes to read slowly and hours of consideration regarding how we put this into practice in our parishes.