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November 21, 2008
Books : Cat and Dog Theology
Cat and Dog Theology: Rethinking Our Relationship With Our Masterby Bob Sjogren and Gerald Robison
Anne as I saw the author of this book speak a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it enough that I bought one of his books. This is an “Every Christain should read it” book.
To quote from the book:
There’s a joke about cats and dogs that conveys their differences perfectly-A dog says, “You pet me, you feed me, you shelter me, you love me, you must be god!”
A cat says, “You pet me, you feed me, you shelter me, you love me, I must be god!”
The books is about how some Christians are like Cats – they act as if Christianity is about them and what God can do for them, while what God is looking for are Christians who are more like dogs who realize that Christianity is about God and how glorious He is. God is not our servant who exists to meet our needs. We are His servants who exist to bring glory to Him. Sometimes God is glorified by blessing people and sometimes God is glorified by people suffering and dying as martyrs and frequently God is glorified by situations in between the two extremes. What matters though is if God is glorified, not how comfortable we are.
This is a lesson I learned a while back – I exist to serve God in whatever way brings Him glory. This book however is one of the best presentations of the idea I have seen.
Posted by Steven at November 21, 2008 05:00 AM
