tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post757201583300911298..comments2024-03-26T04:24:11.094-05:00Comments on Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: What Can and Cannot Change in Our Relationship with GodDane Ortlundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583355241279798089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-14324164926977130772012-12-12T04:55:01.703-06:002012-12-12T04:55:01.703-06:00Hi friend. Good question. I wonder what your thoug...Hi friend. Good question. I wonder what your thoughts are. <br /><br />I think God does get angry with his own children, and would not be God if he did not. The question, though, is, what kind of anger? Even in the OT there is a distinction between the wrath that washes away the godless and the fatherly chastising anger that gets his children back in line. He loves us too much NOT to get angry when he sees us fail, just as part of my anger when my sons sin is because I love them so much and want them not to grow up to be miserable selfish men.Danenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-26184106819330598932012-12-12T00:39:18.375-06:002012-12-12T00:39:18.375-06:00Hey Dane, I'd be interested to hear your thoug...Hey Dane, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on how the "anger" of God, as real emotion in the divine life, fits into this scheme. I get the feeling that many evangelicals today understand the gospel in such a way that God can never grow angry with His redeemed people anymore because of their sin, as this would call into question or deny either his love or the accomplishment of the cross. Yet in the OT God is frequently angry at His redeemed people (including individuals such as Moses, Elijah, etc.) without this calling into question either His love for them or the reality of their forgiveness and right standing with Him. I can't see how this dynamic can possibly be understood to have "changed" in the NT--judgment still begins with the household of God, and God is truly, emotionally angry and grieved with us when we turn away from Him. Would love to hear your thoughts on this, and how you would "fit" this (however you understood it) into Chapel's framework. Thanks!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-13305957463836110042011-09-19T15:53:23.925-05:002011-09-19T15:53:23.925-05:00That's great! I like it!That's great! I like it!Bradnoreply@blogger.com