General Paul A Rader (Ret) is featured over at JAC (Journal of Aggressive Christianity) with a submission titled, “Reaching for Metaphors of Grace.” It’s a great read and foundational to my own submission, which follows his: “Change My Heart – Personal Reflections on ‘Deep Change’: http://www.armybarmy.com/JAC.html.
Rader writes, in part, “Preaching to students during the six years of my presidency at a Christian college, I have worked at trying to make this truth (Scriptural holiness) accessible and compelling to this generation of students – the millennials.” In order to do this, he continues, “I am still searching for more adequate metaphors to relate this truth to our time.”
Three of the metaphors he relates are: The “Shorter Way, Middle Way and Longer Way.” These “Ways” resonate with me and offer a menu of “Ways” to fit differing personality types and differing cultural upbringings. I’ve written before how I’ve struggled with Brengle’s “Shorter Way” and then, with a rush of relief, discovered and connected with Coutts “Longer Way.” In other words, when it comes to holiness, “One size doesn’t fit all.” It's the “crisis” size that fits all.
Thank you General Rader for this inspired insight; it’s music to this beginning Septuagenarian’s ears.
JN
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