God Blogs

What if it turns out that the desire for God and the desire for love are really one and the same desire? Note that I said the desire for “God,” not the desire for the possible benefits of a relationship with God, such as comfort and peace, healing and salvation. These are the kinds of […]

One of the greatest questions since the discovery that the earth revolved around the sun, and that the universe is far vaster than had been previously imagined is simply, “Where is God?” This is as significant a question as whether God exists. What if God does not “exist” in this universe, but rather in a […]

A religion can be defined on the basis of how it responds to four primary concerns, four “B’s.” They are “belief, behavior, belonging and being-with.” First, religion establishes a set of “beliefs.” To be an adherent to a particular historic faith, means to believe in or accept certain doctrines. Religionists tend to spend much time […]

  God’s love is perfect love. The word used in the New Testament for “perfect” means “fully mature, complete, lacking in nothing; thus perfect.” Only God’s love is fully mature; only God can love us perfectly. Perfect love is ever of God, not us. It originates in God, not in us; it is the love […]

Whatever else God is, God is “gracious.” One of the greatest summaries of God’s nature repeated a number of times in the Hebrew Bible is: God is “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness” (Exodus 34:6). There is a lot of unwrap there, and to understand regarding the “Who” […]