Pondering the Great Love with Which God Loved Us
How should we respond to the love of God? When you understand that God loves you as he loves the Son, then you can only respond with wonder. The article explains this based on John 17:23, 26.
How should we respond to the love of God? When you understand that God loves you as he loves the Son, then you can only respond with wonder. The article explains this based on John 17:23, 26.
Who delivered up Jesus to die? Not Judas, for money; not Pilate, for fear; not the Jews, for envy; but the Father, for love!
We may force our Lord to punish us, but we will never have to force him to love us. That’s his nature.
The love of God is a jealous love. Because of this, God will always discipline his children, in order to show them his love. The article shows this from Judges 6:1-6.
This article discusses the theological motivations for evangelism. In particular, it shows the relationship between evangelism and the love of God, the spiritual state of those being evangelized, Scripture, and the return of the Lord.
This article discusses the depth of the love of God as described in 1 John 3:1.
How are we to understand the relationship between the wrath of God and the love of God? This article wants to point out some aspects of divine wrath.
This article considers whether God loves everybody in the same way. It shows five different ways that Scripture speaks of the love of God.
Observing that the love of God is immeasurable and unconditional, the author exhorts believers to seek that love yet keep in mind that they have limitations in their ability to totally grasp it.
This article describes a believer's experiencing the love of God. It touches on aspects such as the sonship that God's love communicates to the believer, the work of the Spirit in the believer, and the response that a believer ought to give, having received the love of God.
The article explores the attribute of the love of God. It describes love as a character of God with respect to other attributes such as his omnipotence, omniscience, holiness, and justice. The article also explores ways in which God's love is involved in the salvation of God's people.
Does John Calvin differ from his successors on the matter of the extent of the atonement?
This article offers five truths about the love of God. It speaks about his inter-Trinitarian love, his providential love, his love for the world, his love for his elect, and his conditional love.
This article helpfully outlines some key features about the love of God.
The author refutes the theological claims of C. H. Dodd, who sees the concept of the wrath of God as having a diminished place in the Bible. The author finds that the wrath of God is an important part of the inspired Scriptures. Further, he finds this doctrine to be an essential aspect of the doctrine of God, of sin, of atonement, the love of God, of judgment, and of hell.
The author attempts to unravel the truths that lie in John 3:16, and expose the traps that some may fall into if this text is not properly understood. The text is essentially one that touches on the nature and extent of the love of God and the nature of the atonement of Christ.
Martin Luther is well-known for his theology of the cross. This theology of Luther is based on his view of the love of God and how it relates to suffering and evil. The author introduces into the discussion a Finnish school of interpretation of Luther. This school offers a new understanding of these themes in Luther's theology. In particular the real presence of Christ in the believer is highlighted.
The author dwells on the particularist view of the divine design of the atonement, that by the atonement God purposed to save only those who are elected. The author supports this view from Scripture. The discussion also involves the opposing views of unrestricted and inconsistent universalism.
Amyraldianism (following the teaching of Amyraldus/Amyraut) is often portrayed as a balanced alternative to both Calvinism and Arminianism. This article reviews the publication Christ for the World: Affirming Amyraldianism. This book is an Amyraldian commentary on developments in Reformed theology after the Synod of Dort.
Using the book of Lamentations, this sermon encourages hope and confidence in the character and love of God.
How should we understand the relationship between the love of God and the wrath of God? This article concerns itself in particular with the understanding of God's wrath and anger in the final judgment.
This chapter wants to serve as a correction of distortions of the love of God. Carson contrasts the distortions with the biblical picture of God's love.
What does "God is love" mean? To understand the love of God, this article contrasts it with the object of God's love. Then it defines and describes God's love. It explains the implications this has for the believer.
The author identifies the love of God for his own people as one of the most amazing revelations in Jesus' high-priestly prayer in John 17. The author summarises this revelation by noting that God loves all true believers as much as he loves his Son.
Does God love all men? This article turns to John 3:16 to answer this question on the love of God. It shows that "the world" cannot mean everyone. What does it mean? Let the article explain.
Chapter 1 attempts to show why humans cannot know and understand and embrace the love of God without first being renewed by that same love.
What is the meaning and significance of the statement "God is love" (1 John 4:8)? The author introduces his concern that the true meaning of the love of God be understood.
This book is a challenge to worship leaders to discover how the gospel reshapes every dimension and element of worship. The author makes the bold statement that the gospel is the story of worship. In Chapter 1 he starts to tell that story at Genesis 2 in the Garden of Eden. Worship is rooted in the eternal love of God.
The author attempts to communicate the deep truths of the love of God for his children by considering the love that he as a father has for his own children.
The author reviews the publication by Steve Chalke and Alan Mann on their view of retributive justice. He rejects their views that the wrath of God and punishment have no place in the preaching of the gospel. The author emphasizes that the love of God is fully demonstrated in his giving his Son to die for us while we were yet sinners.
A deeply distressed father sat for two weeks in a pediatric ICU, watching his three-year-old son slowly die. During those two weeks he read through, quite surprisingly, a book on the Gospel. He later wrote to me, “I want to say to you the Gospel really is for real life.” This article is about sin and the forgiveness of sin.
"Instead of standing firm in love, many Christians have been duped by the world’s definition of love, which proclaims self rather than sacrifice." This article looks at the love of God, the goodwill of God, and sacrificial love.
This article is about the love of God and love in the church fellowship. 1 Corinthians 13 is also discussed.