There exists in the heart of the Torah a command so absolute, so all-consuming, so magnificently unreasonable that it might have been written by God. "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might" (Deut 6:5). The words arrive not as suggestion but … Continue reading Can I Ever Love Enough???: Fulfillment of the Law Through Christ’s Love
Month: October 2025
When Will Christ Reign in His Kingdom?
The question is not whether Christ reigns, but when that reign began. The New Testament insists the kingdom arrived in Christ's first advent, not in some postponed millennium. This thesis challenges a widespread futurism that misreads the already/not yet tension by collapsing the "already" into pure futurity. The Exegetical Foundation The Kingdom Has Come Jesus … Continue reading When Will Christ Reign in His Kingdom?
Why I Believe God is Perfect Blessedness
Jesus asked, “why do you call me good? There is only one who is good.” But if we press further, we must ask: What kind of good? A relatively good God? A distant perfection? A static absolute? God is not merely perfect in power or knowledge. He is perfect in blessedness. He is complete, overflowing, … Continue reading Why I Believe God is Perfect Blessedness
Does God’s Love Make Him Vulnerable?
Does God's love make him vulnerable?? This question reveals how we conceive divine love. It also shows our understanding of divine perfection. The short answer is: God’s love is profoundly self-giving, but not vulnerable in the sense of passible suffering or dependency. Scripture and the Christian tradition consistently teach that God’s love is unchangeable plenitude. … Continue reading Does God’s Love Make Him Vulnerable?
The Strange Comfort of Spectator Christianity
There’s something quietly appealing about a church that asks nothing of us. We can slip in after the first song, sit unnoticed, and leave before the final prayer. No one interrupts our anonymity. No one expects our presence to mean participation. Such a church feels safe,comfortable, predictable, undemanding. But this comfort betrays us. It numbs … Continue reading The Strange Comfort of Spectator Christianity
Divine Impassibility: Comfort Without Coldness
Divine impassibility names a theological truth that soothes and steadies the soul. It states that God is not moved from without. God does not undergo accidental change like created things. God is not subject to events that would alter his being. This is a doctrine that protects worship, prayer, providence, and consolation. It is another … Continue reading Divine Impassibility: Comfort Without Coldness
Donnie's Dogmatics 