Those Who Have No Imagination
StoryHistorical Account★★★★One of the men who send Joan to the stake in George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan afterward confesses that he has done a very cruel thing because he did not know what cruelty was like until he saw a young girl burning to death. Whereupon the Bishop of Beauvais asks: “Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those who have no imagination?” IMMORTALITY
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The point
In Shaw's play, a man who condemned Joan of Arc admits he only understood cruelty after witnessing her death, prompting the Bishop to ask whether Christ must suffer in every age to save those without imagination.
Scripture
Hebrews 4:15Romans 5:81 Peter 3:18Matthew 25:40Romans 12:2
Audience
AdultsYouthSmall Group
Occasions
Communion · Good_friday
Tone
Sobering · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 73 words
Subjects