The May 2009 Lutheran Witness has what the author claims to be a fair review of the blockbuster novel The Shack. I claim the review is lame. I can’t claim the novel is lame since I haven’t read it. My only defense for not reading it is that even though I like Bob Dylan’s music I could hardly stand the Bob Dylan bio-pic filled with his music because he is played by a young black boy, an old woman, and a down-and-out youth. So I don’t think I can get through a book where God the Father is portrayed by an African American woman who is a gourmet chef, and the Holy Spirit is portrayed as a female Asian gardener. Jesus is portrayed as a carpenter which seems tame in comparison. (more…)
Archive for May, 2009
The Shack – Don’t Leave With What You Didn’t Bring
Monday, May 25th, 2009The Pyramid has Crumbled
Monday, May 18th, 2009Surely “someone’ wanted it to happen this way. Defenders of the LCMS polity use the analogy of a pyramid standing on its tip. The congregations are the base; the Synod is the tip. Well, that pyramid has crumbled. (more…)
Plain Label Christianity and Hall Monitors
Monday, May 11th, 2009There are hundreds of shampoos on the market; far too many to make any logical, rational, certain choice, so I choose one called “Generic Shampoo.” There are hundreds of beers too. All have competing claims and counter claims so I drink one called Beer. There are dozens of cars on the market each claiming to be the best, so I drive one called “Non-Detroit, Japanese, or European.” I reported for jury duty to a large courthouse with many rooms; I couldn’t decide which one to enter, so I stayed in the hall. (more…)
More on Kakistocracy
Monday, May 4th, 2009Kakistocracy is “government by the worst men in the state: opposed to aristocracy” (Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, 995). I believe in an earlier blog I made mention of this and how I perceived it to be true of all governments democracies and republics included. My view came from Daniel 4:17, “The Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And bestows it on whom He wishes. And sets over it the lowliest of men.” Far from being the best and brightest, it’s the worst and dullest who rule whether they get there by bloodlines or lines at polls. If the cream is rising to the stop, it’s sour cream. Since then, I’ve come upon a Christ-centered view to which I’m drawn. (more…)