The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Anger

Actually, I was being a bit facetious when I referred to Luther as being "well-tempered"... that's why I included the <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" /> Smiley! hehe Luther was not known for possessing socialite virtues, if you know what I mean? He was quite gruff and even crude at times. However, those who were on the receiving end never had to wonder what he said. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

However, I do think the quote, I also included, in my above reply from Luther has some merit. We can see in Scripture that there were times when Paul, Peter and even the Lord Christ spoke with passion and even anger toward those who would pervert the Gospel and/or teach damnable heresy or even attempt to lead people astray. Yes, they even resorted to name-calling. The Lord Christ would not make the top ten list of the most Politically Correct individual of the year by today's standard.

There is one other Puritan quote which I think is also worth mentioning, and I have on several other occasions here already. The author is unknown to me, but I respect whoever it was as one who spoke in truth:

<p align="center">[color:"blue"]"Showing mercy to the wolf is showing cruelty to the sheep."[/color]</p>
In His Grace,