The Honorable Bird
Story★★★★Dorothy Sayers tells of a Japanese convert struggling to grasp Christian theology. “Honorable Father, very good,” he said to his missionary teacher. “Honorable Son, very good. But Honorable Bird, I do not understand at all!’6 1 Haddon Robinson, “On Target,” Focal Point. 2 Bill Bright, Hc,w To Be Filled With the Spirit (Arrowhead Springs, CA: Campus Crusade for Christ, 1971), 12-13. 3 J. Oswald Sanders, The Holy Spirit and His Gifts (Grand Rapids, Ml: Zondervan Publishing Co., 1970), 72. •J. I. Packer, KnC1Wing God (Downers Grove, IL: lnterVarsity, 1973), 107. 5Sanders, The Holy Spirit and His Gifts, 7. ‘Philip Yancy, foreword of Robenson McQuilkin ‘s Life in the Spirit. •
Found in Preacher's Sourcebook of Creative Sermon Illustrations, Robert J. Morgan · page 444
The point
A Japanese convert struggles with understanding the Holy Spirit, pointing to the cultural challenge of grasping the Trinity.