The plans of the Lord are perfect, even if I don’t know the reasons for everything. All I know is that soon I will be with the Lord, forever, because Jesus alone has saved me through his death and resurrection. I hope to see you all there!
In the new heavens and the new earth there will be unrestrained, maximal, delightful filial fear. We will rejoice to see God as he is, with no misunderstanding, no devilish whispers of doubt, and no trace of fear of punishment.
While the album leaves the question of Cave’s personal faith ultimately unanswered (perhaps deliberately so), nevertheless Wild God makes clear Cave has landed somewhere many might not have expected: Cave is filled with joy.
God is love. He loves us perfectly. When we have something to tell him, he gives us his undivided attention. No worry or joy is too small to share with him—he will never dismiss us.
Keller thought a strength of Protestantism is its willingness to innovate but a weakness its unwillingness to cooperate. But he knew from history that innovations were sustained only when they became institutions.
