Where the Wild Things Are, a parable

Our world is filled with people, looking for a king that can make everything right, who takes away our loneliness and keeps out all the sadness...
Full video http://vimeo.com/22346207 or http://blip.tv/file/3696799
http://media.newhopechurch.ca/media/video/20100531-wild.mov

Pastor John Vansloten's blog
http://www.newhopechurch.ca/jvsblog/

Pastor John's first book
http://metallicaatchurch.org/

"I'm telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to square one and start over like children, you're not even going to get a look at the kingdom, let alone get in. Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God's kingdom."
Jesus in Matthew 18:2-4, MSG

"Yeah, it was gonna be a place where only things you wanted
to have happen would happen."
Carol ( a Wild Thing), about a world he made

The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling [a] together;
and a little child will lead them.
Isaiah 11:6 (re: Heaven)

He doesn't like being tied down... you musn't press him.
He's wild you know, not like a tame lion.
Mr. Beaver to the Kings and Queens in Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.
We are far too easily pleased.
C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• where
• the
• wild
• things
• are
• creatures
• movie
• happiness
• sadness
• anger
• love
• kings
• imagination
• loneliness
• christian
• Jesus

[newhopecalgary]

@phenomenalfilms

Male yes, I understand though as the bible was wriiten a certain way, Jesus however accepted male and female on equal terms, hopefully that makes it a bit easier to relate to him.

Keith

[phenomenalfilms]

@newhopecalgary Yes, I'm just tired of hearing of God as He all the time which may be difficult for you to relate with since I'm assuming you're male.

[newhopecalgary]

@phenomenalfilms

I think the trouble is that God is not really male or female but spirit and it is kind of hard for us to understand.

Keith

[Lrothtube]

While seeking new ways to witness to a changing culture is admirable, utilizing ways which compromise the Truth of the Gospel in any way is nothing more than promoting false doctrine and leading others away from Christ instead of to Him.