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?
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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
The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: A Study in Divine Providence and the Call to Worship
Introduction: The Crisis of Circumstantial Faith The messenger's words cut through Job's world like a blade. In rapid succession came the reports: the Sabeans had stolen his oxen and donkeys, lightning had consumed his sheep, Chaldean raiders had taken his camels, and—most devastating of all—a great wind had collapsed the house where his children feasted, … Continue reading The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: A Study in Divine Providence and the Call to Worship
How You See Yourself in the Mirror: Humanity from the Creator’s Perspective
Stand before any mirror and ask yourself: What do I see? Your reflection shows you physical reality, but the way you see yourself is either shaped by what God’s perfect love or society’s imperfect of self. Only your Creator holds that mirror of truth. In Genesis 1:26-27, God provides the authoritative lens through which we … Continue reading How You See Yourself in the Mirror: Humanity from the Creator’s Perspective
Infinite Love: Rooted in God’s Nature and Eternally Set Upon His People
When we read that "God is love" (1 John 4:8), we encounter a revelation of the very essence of the divine nature. It is not a marginal note about divine behavior. This declaration stands as one of Scripture's most profound theological statements. Yet, it is often misunderstood as mere divine sentiment rather than as the … Continue reading Infinite Love: Rooted in God’s Nature and Eternally Set Upon His People
Some Notes and Charts on Anthropomorphic Language
Divine Accommodation: The Hermeneutical Necessity of Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Language in Scripture The interpretive challenge of Scripture's vivid descriptions of God has persisted throughout church history. When Moses describes God's "mighty hand and outstretched arm" (Deuteronomy 26:8), or when the psalmist speaks of taking refuge "in the shadow of your wings" (Psalm 17:8), how should … Continue reading Some Notes and Charts on Anthropomorphic Language
The Limits of Language in Describing God
“Surely, his infinity ought to make us afraid to try to measure him by our own senses. Indeed, his spiritual nature forbids our imagining anything earthly or carnal of him…. For who even of slight intelligence does not understand that, as nurses commonly do with infants, God is wont in a measure to “lisp” in … Continue reading The Limits of Language in Describing God
Christian Worship: God’s Glory and God’s Word
Worship is the pinnacle of Christian existence. Yet what makes worship truly Christian? The answer lies in worship's dual foundation: God's glory as motivation and God's Word as guide. When believers see God's splendor revealed in Scripture, they cannot help but worship. When that worship follows biblical patterns, it pleases the God who ordained it. … Continue reading Christian Worship: God’s Glory and God’s Word
God’s Work in the Water: Baptism and the Blessing of Union with Christ
Few acts in the Christian life are so widely misunderstood or undervalued as baptism. To many outside the church, it may appear little more than a quaint tradition or cultural custom. Even among believers, it is often reduced to a mere symbol, a public declaration of faith without deeper significance. Yet the apostles and the … Continue reading God’s Work in the Water: Baptism and the Blessing of Union with Christ
The Power of Godly Thinking
Text: Philippians 4:2–9Thesis: God remakes our minds in Christ, calling us to think in the Lord so that his peace might guard our hearts and shape our lives What You Think Shapes Who You Become What occupies your mind shapes your life. Everyone thinks. But not everyone thinks in the Lord. And the difference between … Continue reading The Power of Godly Thinking
Donnie's Dogmatics 