Linked to the recent conversation about God, emotions, passions and affections, someone asked about whether or not God is eternally wrathful. Will he continue to have wrath/righteous anger after Satan has been thrown into the lake of fire. Interestingly, those who identify with classical theism have been the strongest in insisting that God is not… Continue reading Is God’s wrath eternal?
Tag: Who is God
The doctrine of God and a marriage on the rocks
Now we return to Tom, Gladys and Ethel. Tom had been giving Ethel lifts to home group whilst his wife Gladys stayed at home. When we first met their situation, we talked about a gut instinct that things were wrong and that we weren’t getting to hear the whole story. Tom had admitted that his… Continue reading The doctrine of God and a marriage on the rocks
God, work and rest
Friends Reunited Back some time ago when we were looking at the Doctrine of the Trinity, we introduced some people to provide some case studies. These helped us think more carefully about how the Doctrine of the Trinity applied practically to real life. You may remember them: Albert, a 45 year old man who seems… Continue reading God, work and rest
The goodness and greatness of God: Implications for spiritual warfare
If God is completely sovereign and knows all things, past present and future, then is spiritual warfare real? Or to put it the other way round, given that the Bible talks about spiritual warfare and given our experience in life of an ongoing struggle between good and evil, doesn’t this challenge our understanding of God’s… Continue reading The goodness and greatness of God: Implications for spiritual warfare
God’s goodness and greatness: Implications for worship
Our first response to God’s goodness and greatness is worship. In fact, Calvin says that our first priority in life is to seek to be worshippers: “We should consider it the great end of our existence to be found numbered among the worshippers of God.”[1] We exist in a Christian culture where worship is often… Continue reading God’s goodness and greatness: Implications for worship
God in the dock: objections to his greatness and goodness (part 2)
The second big objection to God’s goodness and God’s greatness we are going to look at is atheism. This says that if we have a problem with saying that God is good or that God is great, then the better option is to deny both: to say that God is neither good nor great. In… Continue reading God in the dock: objections to his greatness and goodness (part 2)
God in the Dock – challenges to His greatness and goodness (Part 1)
We can choose to believe either truth or lies about God. Earlier, we named the lies: that God is not good and/or God is not great/ sovereign. That if there is a God, then he must be either infinite and all powerful, but therefore distant, impersonal, disinterested or even cruel, but certainly not loving, good… Continue reading God in the Dock – challenges to His greatness and goodness (Part 1)
God is holy
What happens when you put God’s goodness and sovereignty together? The answer is that you get a sense of God’s glory and holiness. What is holiness? Well, it is something to do with being distinct and different. When applied to people and objects, it means they are set apart as special, precious, God’s personal possession.… Continue reading God is holy
What is God like?
A little while back, we opened up the question about “Who is God?” We saw that people can either believe the truth about God or lies about God. It is when we believe lies about God that we end up in a mess. Believing lies leads to sin and idolatry; believing lies about God means… Continue reading What is God like?
An Alcoholic meets the Trinity
Methuselah was one of the people we met a few weeks back. He had a drink problem. Now we know what The Bible has to say about alcohol. Whilst wine gladdens the heart (Psalm 104:15; Ecclesiastes 10:19) and is useful for sickness (1 Timothy 5:23), drunkenness damages and is associated with folly (Proverbs 20:1; 21:17). … Continue reading An Alcoholic meets the Trinity
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