"God is the eccentric host who, when the country-club crowd all turn out to have other things more important to do than come live it up with Him, goes out into the skid rows and soup kitchens and charity wards and brings home a freak show. The man with no legs who sells shoe laces at the corner. The old woman with the moth eaten fur coat who makes her daily rounds of the garbage cans. The old wino with his pint in a brown paper bag. The pusher, the whore, the village idiot who stands at the blinker light waving his hand as the cars go by. They are seated at the damask-laid table in the great hall. The candles are all lit and the champagne glasses are filled. At a sign from the host, the musicians in the gallery strike up 'AmazingGrace.' If you have to explain it, don't bother."
From: "Telling the Truth: the Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy & Fairy Tale."
No other book, well other than the Bible itself, has helped me understand the "outlandishness" of our God and His gospel better than this. It's a must read for all Christians.
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