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Austin Farrer on a picture of the Eucharist

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Austin Farrer on a picture of the Eucharist A learned colleague who shall be nameless was giving me a description of the way in which some Eastern Christians worship God. ‘The best way to describe it,’ he said, ‘is to call it a sort of spiritual air-raid drill. The divine presence is the point of […]

Austin Farrer on boredom in church

Quote7 January 201428 January 2014 llwilmoth1 Comment

Austin Farrer on boredom in church Well, but if I go to church, I’ll be bored, and I shall scarcely pray. True enough, you’ll be bored; and I dare say your spiritual resources are very limited. You’ll be bored: but God will be publicly honored or — put it negatively — at least he won’t […]

Austin Farrer on redemption

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Austin Farrer on redemption What, then, did God do for his people’s redemption? He came among them, bringing his kingdom, and he let events take their human course. He set the divine life in human neighborhood. Men discovered it in struggling with it and were captured by it in crucifying it. What could be simpler? […]

Austin Farrer on committing to God

Quote3 January 201423 November 2018 llwilmoth1 Comment

We never come to God without committing ourselves to him entirely, so far as in us lies, and in the present moment. It seems sometimes to be preached, however, that by a decision once for all made, we can commit ourselves irrevocably. But if this is preached, then it is not true. Today’s decisions cannot […]

Austin Farrer on homiletics and theodicies

Quote1 January 20142 January 2014 llwilmoth1 Comment

Austin Farrer on homiletics and theodicies The Word of God brings upon human pain and strife the consolation of eternal love. It is often thought that the Christian preacher is called upon … somehow to prove that the intolerable evils which ravage the earth are only the price of greater good. But the answer naturally […]

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