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I once read a book about the attentive life. The writer encouraged me to walk through all the moments of my life attentive to who God is with me for me. The book was helpful. However, at one point, the … Continue reading →

Jesus once said to his Father, You have loved them even as you have loved me John 17:23). How can God love us as he loves Jesus, his Son?  Is it because, like Jesus, we are full of love for … Continue reading →

How can God love us as he loves Jesus, his Son?  Is it because, like Jesus, we are full of love for God?  In another place John writes, This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved … Continue reading →

Before any humans were created God was already loving.  The Father loved the Son in the Spirit and the Son loved the Father in the Spirit. I think we can say that God is a circle of joyful love.  Because God … Continue reading →

As Father Son and Spirit move together in the world, we see that the divine persons are so tightly bound up together that we cannot think of one person apart from the others.  Indeed, their relationships with one another make … Continue reading →

God is three-person relational.  But what do we mean by person?  To answer this question, we focus on the three-person relational God. God the Father is who he is in relation to his Son.  He is not who he is … Continue reading →

During my early years as a Jesus follower, I received teaching about the Trinity fairly close to metaphysical philosophy. It was all about abstract formulations and precise definitions. It was also about heresy hunting. This was a big turnoff.   However, … Continue reading →

The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you” (John Owen). We can add, that the greatest hurt and harm we can … Continue reading →

We do not discover what God is like by drawing on our ideas.  Nor do we gain this knowledge from a teacher. No! We come to know God because he became present to us through the activity of his Spirit. … Continue reading →

When the risen Jesus encountered Saul on the road to Damascus, Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?  The answer was, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”  Following that encounter, Saul knew that Jesus is indeed The Lord God of … Continue reading →