Keller
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“Keller asked the Oxford students to imagine an Anglo-Saxon warrior in Britain in AD 800. Inside he feels the impulse to destroy anyone who disrespects him. That’s the response his honor/shame culture demands, and so he does. But he also feels sexually attracted to men. His culture demands that he suppress those feelings, so he…
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“Confronted with this kind of violent reaction when they seek to mold their congregations into instruments of evangelism and social healing, pastors gradually settle down and lose interest in being change agents in the church. An unconscious conspiracy arises between their flesh and that of their congregations. It becomes tacitly understood that the laity will…
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“Kathy Keller recalled a class when ‘Betty’ Elliot walked up and down the aisles, listing her qualifications to be ordained. ‘I am better versed in Hebrew and Greek than any of you,’ she said, ‘as well as multiple other languages. I have more communication skills than do any of you, male or female. I am…
S.W.F. Knecht 