Steve Chalke: the wrath of God and the experience of Grace

May 1, 2018 by

by Archbishop Cranmer:

Steve Chalke tweeted about the wrath of God which is apparently often heaped on his head by ‘Church people’ (as opposed to Christians?), compared to the grace he experiences directly from God, which is obviously preferred. A gracious response was tweeted, setting the wrath-grace contrast in a slightly wider saintly context. This energised a few wrath-pourers:

Funny, isn’t it, how the ‘I follow Paul’ and the ‘I follow Apollos’ crowds forget they are mere human beings.

It is as though Steve Chalke believes that the ‘Church people’ who criticise him dwell somewhere in the 8th century BC with Amos and Hosea, obsessed with enemy invasions, political turmoil, royal assassinations, religious decline and social degradation; and that he is the embodiment of the New Covenant of grace and love, passionately pleading for reformation and righteousness (along the lines of his preferred exegeses, obvs).

And so he tweets the word of the Lord, who does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets. Steve Chalke suffers persecution and emotional agonies in his quest to communicate the diverse character of God and warn of how ‘Church people’ have been unfaithful. His vocation is preeminent, even though snares await him on all his paths.

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