Author Archives: David Cartledge

We were created in love, through love and for love by the triune God who is love.  Even though we rejected his love, God demonstrated his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. … Continue reading →

Our minds must be constantly renewed to see God as he has revealed himself through Jesus.  As we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, we see God making himself known as a three-person communal being. This personal God encounters us … Continue reading →

How can we know who God is and what he is like?  Some “good” things promise to point us towards God, but eventually, they may divert our attention away from him.  If misused, human ideals, moral values, religious attitudes, practices … Continue reading →

God always wants to be with us.  He desires to share himself with us through Jesus by his Spirit. However, we now live in a noisy world, and our lives may be very noisy.  This noise may be external through … Continue reading →

God has chosen to be for us and with us, overcoming our alienation and estrangement.  By choosing to be with and for us, God is choosing to be true to himself as the one who is love. We cannot make … Continue reading →

The Living Word who created all things came to us as a human in Jesus.  And the same living word comes to us today by the Spirit. So, the Word is not distant, but near.  We are encountered by a … Continue reading →

God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.  We now live under the reign of this dearly loved Son as our only king.  He is not a remote … Continue reading →

God came into our world as a human.  He entered into a world that was under the reign of sin, death and Satan. He continually confronted this old order, showing the power of the new. Then, in his dying and … Continue reading →

God came into the world as a human, showing us the reality of God in a new way as Father, Son and Spirit.  Now, God encounters us personally through Jesus and by his Spirit, enabling us to know him in … Continue reading →

Jesus reveals the One God as Father, Son and Spirit.  This unveiling of the three in One is entirely new. There were hints in the Old Testament that we now see in retrospect. But when Jesus made the One God … Continue reading →