SoCal Theologica: Musings from the West Coast

Tim Keller answers questions concerning his new title The Prodigal God. Here is an excerpt from Tim’s response to the use of the term Prodigal.

The word ‘prodigal’ is an English word that means recklessly extravagant, spending to the point of poverty, of ‘being in want’ (Luke 15:14.) The dictionaries tell us that the word can be understood in a more negative or a more positive sense. The more positive meaning is to be lavishly and sacrificially abundant in giving. The more negative sense, is to be wasteful and irresponsible in one’s spending. The negative sense obviously applies to the actions of the younger brother in the Luke 15 parable of the two sons. But is there any sense in which God can be called ‘Prodigal’?

Read the entire post here. See Alex Chediak’s blog for an excellent interview with Keller about his book.

[ht:New City Church]