by Brian | Jan 2, 2014 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This is the fifth post in a series of posts from the booklet How is God Love? To read the series introduction, click here. Or read Post 2, Post 3, or Post 4. Last post we offered a definition of love. Love is the eternal bond of unity and affection between Father,...
by Brian | Dec 31, 2013 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This is the fourth post in a series of posts from the booklet How is God Love? To read the series introduction, click here. Or read Post 2, or Post 3. Last post we saw that the reason the Bible calls God love is that He is (what Christians have traditionally called)...
by Brian | Dec 30, 2013 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This is the third post in a series of posts from the booklet How is God Love? To read the series introduction, click here. To read Post 2, click here. Last post we saw that when we say “God is love” we must mean more than that he simply has nice feelings towards us,...
by Brian | Dec 28, 2013 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This is the second post in a series of posts from the booklet How is God Love? To read the series introduction, click here. When we say that God is love, what are we saying? Where does this idea come from? What are we really saying by saying that God is love? There’s...
by Brian | Dec 26, 2013 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This year we began a new campus outreach we’re calling the Philadelphia Christian Student Initiative. So far it’s still very much in “seed” stage, with some free resources being our first offerings. Over the break, I’m going to post a series of entries from one of...
by Brian | Dec 25, 2013 | Meditations
A thought for Christmas day, when we celebrate one of the most shocking things God ever did, namely, invade our world to save us by becoming one of us. This is from the classic book by church father Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word: Some may then ask,...