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Creation from love, through love and for love

In the beginning, there was nothing at all. Nothing, that is, except God—Father, Son, and Spirit as a circle of joyful love. However, this God chose to create all things. Our cosmos is no mere accident, but the loving and … Continue reading

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Creation is a gift of love

God did not need to create the world in order to have someone to love. God IS love as three persons within a communion of love. The Father loves the Son in the Spirit. The Son loves the Father in … Continue reading

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Fullness

Within the church at Colossae, there was a desire for “fullness”. So, to gain fullness, they placed alongside Jesus dietary rules, religious festivals, the worship of angels, false humility, philosophy etc.   With that in mind, Paul wants the Colossians to … Continue reading

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The beginning and the end of all we believe

As we turn to thinking about God, where do we begin?  We start with Jesus.  Through him, the one true God makes himself known.  But throughout history, there have been many great thinkers who have created great systems of thought.  … Continue reading

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God Revealed and Concealed

When people begin to think about God they may assume that it is possible to begin with our own concepts of  God which we can build up into a fuller knowledge of God. However, when we think about God we … Continue reading

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Seeing the Glory of God in Jesus

God wants us to know him personally even though we don’t want to know him. He makes himself known to us through Jesus and he makes himself known in us by His Spirit. Jesus is The Truth and the Spirit … Continue reading

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The One who loves freely

John looked at the love of God expressed freely in Jesus and said, “God IS Love”. So we cannot describe the Being of God in any other way than simply the one who loves freely. This is the true God … Continue reading

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God makes HIMSELF known

Are we able to grasp who God is by ourselves?  Can we ever explain him?  Some of the most brilliant human minds have thought their way to one god, many gods or even no gods at all.  We think that … Continue reading

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The only God we know.

Many people assume they know at least some things about God. They have many ideas about God and some strong opinions on the subject. They assume that God must fit in with the best human logic and the highest human … Continue reading

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God with a human face

Arius (256 – 336) was a church leader whose starting point for thinking about God was Greek philosophy rather than Jesus. This way of imagining God was stronger to Arius than anything he could see in Jesus.  Arius always thought that … Continue reading

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