“The great thing about a chord - you’re already dealing with something people enjoy. You’re not telling people God is a problem to be solved - you’re saying that the Trinity is a reality to be enjoyed.” - Jeremy Begbie

I knew our conversation would be theologically rich—Dr. Jeremy Begbie IS a theologian, after all—but I didn't realize we would get into what is at stake in how we understand God. If God isn't something to be solved—in fact, not a problem at all—how different our love for God can be.

On this month's episode of Music and the Church, Jeremy Begbie and I discuss themes from his recent book A Peculiar Orthodoxy: Reflections on Theology and the Arts, including how music can help us think about our faith, created beauty and creative beauty, and sentimentality. (And yes, how God isn't a problem.) Also: why church services need more dissonant music (yes really!).

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Dr. Jeremy Begbie is a Professor of Theology at Duke University and a Professor at Wolfson College, Cambridge. His numerous books include Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music and Theology, Music and Time. He has also performed extensively as a musician, and is an ordained minister of the Church of England.

P.S. If you curious about A Peculiar Orthodoxy here's a short review.