Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Theology of the Glory and the Cross

“A theology of glory works like that. It operates on the assumption that what we need is optimistic encouragement, some flattery, some positive thinking, some support to build our self-esteem. Theologically speaking it operates on the assumption that we are not seriously addicted to sin, and that our improvement is both necessary and possible. We need a little boost in our desire to do good works.”

Gerhard Forde, On Being a Theologian of the Cross p.16

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