Theology Friday - Taste

I spent some time this morning reading through a sermon that an old Puritan guy named Thomas Chalmers wrote. It’s called The Expulsive Power of a New Affection and the basic argument is that you won’t abandon an immoral love (or “taste” as he calls it) if you don’t have a greater love to replace it. So, for example, if money is what you think will bring you joy, meaning, and purpose in life, you will do whatever it takes to get your hands on it. It will become your functional god. According to Chalmers, the only way you will be able to turn away from the love of money is to have another, greater love. You need a new affection that will be able to displace the old one.

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Where Are All the Artists?

Like many people around the world, I was watching the Academy Awards show on Sunday night. It was quite a production. I was glad to see Slumdog Millionaire win it all even though I have yet to see the film. From what I have heard and read, it sounds to me like it is one of the more redemptive movies of the year.

One of the more intriguing moments of the evening came during Sean Penn’s speech after winning the Best Actor Award for his performance in the film, Milk. Milk is about homosexual activist Harvey Milk and his rise to political office in San Francisco in the 1970s. During Penn’s speech, he commented about how unjust the recently passed Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage) in California was and how ashamed the people who supported and voted for that proposition ought to be. They will be ridiculed by their children and grandchildren, according to Penn.

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Theology Friday - Pierced

I have been reading through this great book called Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution and have found it both theologically stimulating and personally challenging. I came across one of the best explanations of the central aspects of Christian faith on page 104 and I thought I would share it with you. Read is slowly and take it in. It will make your day…

“God the Father gave his Son to save rebellious, God-hating people, knowing that he would be despised and rejected by those he had made, that he would be a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. He spared sinful people from condemnation, death and punishment, but he did not spare his own beloved Son, with whom he was well pleased.

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It Matters Where You Are…

Every Wednesday I get the opportunity to study for my weekend messages at a local library. It is easily one of my favorite times of the week. There’s nothing like the smell of old books and pencils, really. This last Wednesday, while walking to my study area at Trinity Western University, I began developing a theory that I thought I would share here. So here goes…

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