I just discovered that one of the best short pieces of Christian writing that I have ever read is now available on the internet. I am referring to Dorothy L. Sayers' The Greatest Drama Ever Staged is the Official Creed of Christendom. I first read it years ago in an anthology of her writings. I see it is now available in Creed or Chaos, another fine collection of some of her shorter material. Sayers is also the author of the Lord Peter Whimsey detective series, the translator of Dante's Divine Comedy for Penguin Books, and author of The Mind of the Maker and The Man Born to Be King.
The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore -- on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atomosphere of tedium. We have very efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certified Him 'meek and mild' and recommended Him as a fitting household pet for pale curates and pious old ladies. To those who knew Him, however, He in no way suggested a milk-and-water person; they objected to Him as a dangerous firebrand. . .
And on and on she goes! Read it online here.