Monday, March 15, 2010

Book review up on WebSalt

I remember some time ago somewhere I was struck once by something some guy said. If my memory serves me correct it was Don Carson speaking about during the time of his PHD he never turned down an offer to preach if he was physically able to do so, regardless of the size of the group. That's gospel generosity, my friends. And I want to be like that.

Occasionally amongst the effluent spewed forth on the pages of this blog, there are articles which people wish to reproduce in other locations. If they want it and I support their ministry I am happy to oblige. A few months back the guys at Geneva grabbed a couple of articles, until they thought better of it.

The latest gospel ministry I've chosen to support through reproduction of my content is AFES WebSALT. My review of Paul Grimmond's Right Side Up has just gone up.

I'm slightly disappointed that the line was removed that read;
Paul Grimmond is the kind of guy who I imagine would nurse a sick kitten back to health
In fact, this entire post is almost entirely for the purpose of making sure the sentence isn't completely confined to the bowels of history. I should clarify however that this editing was done with my full approval. It also gives me a window into what Izaac thinks aloud would be like if my thoughts were written by someone with better taste.
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3 comments:

  1. Um, no he wouldn't. Grimmo is horribly allergic to cats, and I'm fairly sure he'd have little compunction about letting a sick kitten ... well, go to the big kitten farm in the sky, shall we say. I worked with the guy.

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  2. I'll take your word for it Emma! From my handful of personal dealings with Grimmo, the subject of cats never came up.

    However I have been mightily impressed by Paul's pastoral sensitivity in teaching the hard truths of God and the gospel. This is a blessing from God which comes through strongly in the book, as well as in what I know of the rest of Grimmo's ministry.

    Thus the cat comment.

    Which was my attempt at saying (in a fun way) that Paul teaches God's word with a welcome gentleness. I hope it didn't offend your sensibilities.

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  3. Oh, no. Not at all! I agree with you entirely. Grimmo is exactly like that. I did MTS under him, and have oodles and oodles of respect for his pastoral sensitivity. He is one of my favourite people (even AFTER working with him - now that's saying something isn't it?).

    I just know what he's like with cats, and it amused me. :)

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