God Blogs

For some gifts we should ever be thankful. Gifts such as life itself, love and above all, God; gifts showered upon us in sheer grace; gifts we never have to pay for, as if we ever could. Truly, in the beginning is the gift. As the intention within the heart of God, the gift comes […]

To believe or not to believe, that is a vexing question for so many today. Is there a God? If so, how can we know or experience that God? If so, what kind of God is there? Which has to come first, faith or knowledge? Possibly for the majority of “modern” persons, raised on science […]

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 […]