Few doctrines generate more suspicion in modern theology than divine impassibility. The claim that God does not suffer, is not emotionally injured, and cannot be overcome by passions appears, at first glance, to flatten the vivid emotional texture of Scripture. Terence Fretheim, whose work on divine suffering has been broadly influential, argues that the Old … Continue reading Impossibility???

This essay argues that the biblical doctrine of divine faithfulness is grounded in the positive and inexhaustible blessedness of God’s own life. Scripture does not present divine reliability as mere steadiness or covenant persistence under strain. Rather, God remains faithful because he is full. His promises stand because nothing in him fluctuates, diminishes, or requires … Continue reading The Ever-Faithful God: Divine Blessedness as the Ground of Divine Faithfulness