Your God is Too Somber

Your God is too somber if your posture before him lacks a spirit of joy and a commitment to rejoice as much as possible. While life has its sadness and tragedy the good news of Jesus Christ is that Gods kingdom has won; and the suffering we face for a time is shorter compared with the endless delight that God promises. So Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say Rejoice! (Phil 4:4).Your God is too somber if you embrace a theology of tears rather than a theology of laughter. Of course salvation and Christs sacrifice are serious business and we should engage in moments of penitential reflection confession and atonement. But all of this so we can shake off the shackles of our shortcomings and celebrate God fully and joyfully.Your God is too somber if you fail to see the humor in the Bible: the calls to joy paradox irony burlesque play and wordplay. God laughs sometimes with us sometimes at us and Jesuss humor is evident in parables and sayings with the goal of teaching us the truth.Is your God too somber? This book aims to help you answer that question.