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Clear searchWhat the Father's love for the Son reveals about God
Eternal Love Before Creation What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God Before there was a universe, what was there for God to love? There were no angels, no human beings and no cr…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
Two Revelations of Divine Love What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God Love is easily claimed. Its character is revealed by what it does when the beloved is undeserving and the cost is real. Islam and Chr…
Read article →Seeing God, bodily resurrection, and life in the renewed creation
…pain, beautiful surroundings, or endless activity considered by themselves. The heart of eternal life is God dwelling with His people. Paul contrasts our present partial knowledge with the future: “now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face” (1 Corinthians 13:12).…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…l's name and promises now refer exclusively to the Church. Instead, the nation remains "beloved for the fathers' sakes", because "the gifts and calling of God are without repentance" (Romans 11:28-29). The phrase does not excuse unbelief. It explains why unbelief will not have th…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…and asked whether He can be contained within the category of prophet. We have considered eternal love, the crucifixion, divine justice, forgiveness and assurance. We have tested the transmission of the Bible, the missing Islamic Injeel, the Qur’an’s miracle claim, alleged prophe…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…ovised after Israel ruined His preferred plan. Paul describes the Church as part of God's eternal purpose: "According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord." —Ephesians 3:11 The mystery was hidden in earlier ages and revealed through the apostles, but…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…heir sins. Concerning the gospel they are enemies, but concerning election they remain "beloved for the fathers' sakes" (Romans 11:26-28). Paul's explanation is not that the promises have found a new recipient, but that God's calling survives the recipient's present unbelief: "Fo…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…identity and unique status of the son: "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of" (Genesis 22:2). The wording intensifies at every s…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
…John's claim is not that a human prophet gradually acquired divine status. It is that the eternal Word entered human life. This explains the authority which follows. The Son gives life, executes judgement and must receive the same honour as the Father: "That all men should honour…
Read article →Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God
…Person and three Persons, or one Being and three Beings. We confess one divine Being who eternally exists as three distinct Persons. Christianity begins with one God The Bible's starting point is uncompromising monotheism: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." —Deutero…
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