Things Fall Apart (2010)
“Brown’s successor was the Reverend James Smith, and he was a different kind of man. He condemned openly Mr. Brown’s policy of compromise and accommodation. He saw things as black and white. And black was evil. He saw the world as a battlefield in which the children of light were locked in mortal conflict with the sons of darkness. He spoke in his sermons about sheep and goats and about wheat and tares. He believed in slaying the prophets of Baal.
Mr. Smith was greatly distressed by the ignoranc...e which many of his flock showed even in such things as the Trinity and the Sacraments. It only showed that they were seeds sown on a rocky soil. Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord’s holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life—to drive the crowd away from His church.MoreLess
Mr. Smith was greatly distressed by the ignoranc...e which many of his flock showed even in such things as the Trinity and the Sacraments. It only showed that they were seeds sown on a rocky soil. Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord’s holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life—to drive the crowd away from His church.MoreLess
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Guest 9 months ago
This novel presents us with a vivid, authentic, and smoky tribal life of African indigenous peoples, showcasing the relationships between people, interactions, and social systems of the primitive tribal life; It presents the beauty and ignorance in human nature, the pain and fear in the depths of the heart, and the helplessness and sadness of fate. Each character is vivid and authentic, and when reading, it really captures the reader's heart. When British colonizers arrived on this land, the lives of the clans were challenged by the faith of a new God, and people had different attitudes in the process...The most valuable aspect of this novel is its portrayal of the real lives and human nature of African indigenous people; They are just like us, and even like us in modern times. In the face of new cultural shocks, our inner selves disintegrate. What we hold onto, and what we are replaced ...each one write his own fate...
This is a very deep-touched novel.
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