Comments on: What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/ By Russell D. Moore. Russell D. Moore serves as the teaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. In addition, Dr. Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Find sermons and other resources to help Christians engage the culture from a biblical worldview at www.russellmoore.com. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:56:14 +0000 By: Take a Look: 8 Principles, Bill Cosby Wisdom, Where the Wild Things Are - Power of the Home - Power of the Home http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-193506 Take a Look: 8 Principles, Bill Cosby Wisdom, Where the Wild Things Are - Power of the Home - Power of the Home Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:07:55 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-193506 [...] – If you have ever read “Where the Wild Things Are” to your children read this article by Dr. Russell Moore. Maurice Sendak, who just died, doesn’t seem, at first glance, to have much [...] [...] – If you have ever read “Where the Wild Things Are” to your children read this article by Dr. Russell Moore. Maurice Sendak, who just died, doesn’t seem, at first glance, to have much [...]

]]> By: Moore to the Point – What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church | Iredeem.org a Gulf Coast Pensacola Church Ministry http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-185487 Moore to the Point – What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church | Iredeem.org a Gulf Coast Pensacola Church Ministry Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:59 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-185487 [...] Moore to the Point – What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church [...] [...] Moore to the Point – What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church [...]

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]]> By: Wade C. Davis http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-185096 Wade C. Davis Thu, 10 May 2012 14:26:09 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-185096 Amen Dr. Moore! Our advocate can tame this wild world and it is only through His permissive will, the wild is allowed to be wild. We can be, for example, protected by being hedged in like Job (1:10). I have heard it once said, however, that the Lord has a perfecting love and not a doting one. He perfects us in our trials that we find in the wilderness (James 1:4). With this in mind, the wilderness turns and changes from being a threat to a bitter-sweet element we find in our growing pains. Once we've cleared the forest, however, we become even more aware of how He carried us through as we rest in His light that overcomes the darkness. I hope Mr. Sendak came to know the salvation of Christ Jesus. I hope he heard the voice in the wilderness declaring the Gospel and received the gift of eternal life. May it all be for His glory, Wade Amen Dr. Moore!

Our advocate can tame this wild world and it is only through His permissive will, the wild is allowed to be wild. We can be, for example, protected by being hedged in like Job (1:10). I have heard it once said, however, that the Lord has a perfecting love and not a doting one. He perfects us in our trials that we find in the wilderness (James 1:4). With this in mind, the wilderness turns and changes from being a threat to a bitter-sweet element we find in our growing pains. Once we’ve cleared the forest, however, we become even more aware of how He carried us through as we rest in His light that overcomes the darkness.

I hope Mr. Sendak came to know the salvation of Christ Jesus. I hope he heard the voice in the wilderness declaring the Gospel and received the gift of eternal life.

May it all be for His glory,
Wade

]]> By: Combing the Net – 5/9/2012 « Honey and Locusts http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-185022 Combing the Net – 5/9/2012 « Honey and Locusts Wed, 09 May 2012 23:16:40 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-185022 [...] What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church — I believe wholeheartedly that Christians can and should read non-Christian literature, because it has much to teach us. (In fact, an entire chapter was devoted to this topic in Tony Reinke’s Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books, which I reviewed earlier this week.) In this article, Russell Moore gives us an example of how we can learn from good books that speak to the human condition like Where the Wild Things Are, even when they are written by a thoroughly foul author like Sendak. [...] [...] What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church — I believe wholeheartedly that Christians can and should read non-Christian literature, because it has much to teach us. (In fact, an entire chapter was devoted to this topic in Tony Reinke’s Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books, which I reviewed earlier this week.) In this article, Russell Moore gives us an example of how we can learn from good books that speak to the human condition like Where the Wild Things Are, even when they are written by a thoroughly foul author like Sendak. [...]

]]> By: Paul P http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-184998 Paul P Wed, 09 May 2012 19:13:20 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-184998 I love that moment when Max returns to his room and finds his dinner still hot. I've always envisioned that as what our return to heaven would be like. There, a thousand ages to our wild, fallen world are like an evening gone, and however much we've disappointed our Father, His grace is waiting for us if we simply ask for His forgiveness. I pray that Mr Sendak chose to accept God's mercy and that hot dinner. I love that moment when Max returns to his room and finds his dinner still hot. I’ve always envisioned that as what our return to heaven would be like. There, a thousand ages to our wild, fallen world are like an evening gone, and however much we’ve disappointed our Father, His grace is waiting for us if we simply ask for His forgiveness.

I pray that Mr Sendak chose to accept God’s mercy and that hot dinner.

]]> By: Wednesday Gumbo | Mark Moore http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-184953 Wednesday Gumbo | Mark Moore Wed, 09 May 2012 11:55:53 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-184953 [...] 9.     Maurice Sendak died Tuesday.  He’s the author of Where the Wild Things Are, a book I had as a child.  It scared the absolute be-jeebers out of me then, and I still don’t like it today.  Russel Moore tells us What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church. [...] [...] 9.     Maurice Sendak died Tuesday.  He’s the author of Where the Wild Things Are, a book I had as a child.  It scared the absolute be-jeebers out of me then, and I still don’t like it today.  Russel Moore tells us What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church. [...]

]]> By: Reflections on “The Wild Things” « A Brick in the Valley http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-184941 Reflections on “The Wild Things” « A Brick in the Valley Wed, 09 May 2012 10:31:55 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-184941 [...] Maurice Sendak has died. Russell Moore posted about the “wild things” in life (see What Maurice Sendak can teach the church) and below is a post I wrote a couple of years [...] [...] Maurice Sendak has died. Russell Moore posted about the “wild things” in life (see What Maurice Sendak can teach the church) and below is a post I wrote a couple of years [...]

]]> By: Clifford Simon http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-184877 Clifford Simon Wed, 09 May 2012 04:30:03 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-184877 When Max went across a sea in a boat, and when he looked the wild things straight in the eye and said, "Be still!", Max became Christ the King who got in a sea in a boat and said "Be still!" to the storm. The allusion gives the book extra charm, at least for me as an adult. (After eating up your mother, I guess, what could be wilder than ascending to be a very god?) When Max went across a sea in a boat, and when he looked the wild things straight in the eye and said, “Be still!”, Max became Christ the King who got in a sea in a boat and said “Be still!” to the storm. The allusion gives the book extra charm, at least for me as an adult. (After eating up your mother, I guess, what could be wilder than ascending to be a very god?)

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]]> By: What I Read Online – 05/09/2012 (a.m.) | Emeth Aletheia http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-184827 What I Read Online – 05/09/2012 (a.m.) | Emeth Aletheia Wed, 09 May 2012 00:36:28 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-184827 [...] Moore to the Point – What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church [...] [...] Moore to the Point – What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church [...]

]]> By: Christiane http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/05/08/what-maurice-sendak-can-teach-the-church/#comment-184772 Christiane Tue, 08 May 2012 18:34:40 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8849#comment-184772 I loved that book for my daughter when she was little. She had hundreds of little books to choose from, but that was her all-time favorite for us to read to her. She knew every word by heart, but still wanted us to read it aloud. She wanted to HEAR it. :) Sometimes people have more faith and understanding about God than even they can fathom. God judges the hearts of men. I leave people always to His great mercy for judgement, as I know that our kind who are fallen can never quite get judging others right, and we can only love one another with God's grace helping us. All goodness comes from God and returns to Him. For a while, we can benefit from it here on Earth, when others share it with us. I hope M. Sendak had a 'change of heart' somewhere along the journey he was on, and is at peace now. I can hope because I understand 'mercy' having received it many times from the Holy One. I loved that book for my daughter when she was little.
She had hundreds of little books to choose from, but that was her all-time favorite for us to read to her. She knew every word by heart, but still wanted us to read it aloud. She wanted to HEAR it. :)

Sometimes people have more faith and understanding about God than even they can fathom. God judges the hearts of men. I leave people always to His great mercy for judgement, as I know that our kind who are fallen can never quite get judging others right, and we can only love one another with God’s grace helping us.
All goodness comes from God and returns to Him. For a while, we can benefit from it here on Earth, when others share it with us.

I hope M. Sendak had a ‘change of heart’ somewhere along the journey he was on, and is at peace now. I can hope because I understand ‘mercy’ having received it many times from the Holy One.

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