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Nature and being of God

My God is Always Greater

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  • Jakob van Bruggen

This article is about the greatness of God. In this article the author looks at the image of God, the glory of God, and also brings suffering in relation to the greatness of God. The author also discusses the issue of making pictures and images of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ as the image of God.

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God is Great!

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  • Derek W. H. Thomas

This article is about knowing who God is – His nature, character and attributes.

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Is God Humble?

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  • Paul Mackrell, Chris Sawyer

This article argues that humility is part of the character of God. When Jesus took humanity upon Himself, He humbled himself on the basis of the humility He had within the relationship of the Trinity. What can be said about Christ's character can be said also about the Father and the Holy Spirit.

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Does God Suffer With Us? (Part 2)

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  • Luke Jenner

The impassibility of God (God not being able to suffer) is a doctrine that seeks to describe the relationship between the transcendence of God and His emotions. This article shows that denying the doctrine of the impassibility of God is to deny God and the incarnation.

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Who Suffered?

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  • Nicolaas H. Gootjes

Can God the Father also suffer? This article is about the relation of the Father to Jesus Christ's suffering.

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Mystery

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  • J. I. Packer

"Mystery" in this article refers to the creature's inability to comprehend either the being or the actions of the Creator. Does it mean we cannot know God at all? Let the article explain.

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The Lord, Lord: Part 1

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  • Dane Ortlund

Who is God? This article considers the question through the lens of Exodus 34:6-7.

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God's Delight in Being God: The Foundation of Christian Hedonism

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  • Sam Storms

What does it mean to delight in the Lord? This article considers what this means, showing that such delight or joy in the Lord (sometimes referred to as Christian Hedonism) has its foundation in God's infinite joy.

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Why I Believe in God

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  • Daniel R. Hyde

Why do you believe in God? This article indicates several ways in which we can point to the existence of God.

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God Is Self-Existent, Self-Sufficient, Eternal School of Theology Series: Lecture 9

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  • Derek Thomas

This article discusses God as self-existent (the aseity of God), self-sufficient, and eternal. The author also discusses the concept of time, and whether God is timeless.

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God Is Holy School of Theology Series: Lecture 12

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  • Derek Thomas

This article speaks about God’s attribute of holiness. What does it mean to confess that God is holy? In relation to God’s holiness, the author also speaks about his wrath and divine anger.

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God Is School of Theology Series: Lecture 7

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  • Derek Thomas

Who is God? How we should think about God? This article discusses approaches to thinking about God, God’s self-revelation in Scripture, and the names of God.

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No Fear or Favour Lack of reverence enfeebles Christians in worship and practice

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  • Douglas Milne

When we lose the holiness of God, sin loses its meaning, and the gospel becomes meaningless. This is what has happened; the church has lost a sense of God’s holiness. How did it happen and how can the church regain it? These are the questions this article will answer.

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The Holiness of God

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  • Arthur W. Pink

The holiness of God is manifested in his works, law, and on the cross. The only response that the believer can give is reverence.

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God Is Infinite in Power: He Is Able

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  • Malcolm MacInnes

To say that God is infinite in power is equal to saying he is all-powerful or omnipotent. This article explains how this is the distinguishing character of God and how it should serve as a reason to believers to have confidence in God.

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The Immutability of God

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  • Arthur W. Pink

Immutability refers to the truth that God does not change. This article shows that God is immutable in his essence, attributes, and counsel. It shows how this truth gives us certainty of God’s promises and judgments.

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The True God

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  • James Montgomery Boice

Who is God? This is a question which can only be answered by God himself, since knowing him depends on his revealing himself to us. This article shows that God revealed himself as Yahweh. This descriptive name tells us that God is self-existent, self-sufficient, and eternal.

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The Grace of God

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  • J. I. Packer

There is no way men and women can believe the biblical truth about grace without embracing what it presupposes. This article discusses four fundamental truths that grace presupposes. Without them, the truth of grace is not believed.

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Self-Existence: God Has Always Been

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  • J. I. Packer

God's self-existence is the truth that asserts that God has always been there. He has no beginning or end. This article explains this truth.

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The Lord of Light and Love

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  • Chris Donato

What does it mean to say that God is light? The article discusses this question with reference to 1 John 4:7ff and similar passages which focus on God's attributes of holiness and love.

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Does God Suffer With Us? (And How that Question is Misunderstood)

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  • Luke Jenner

Clarifying the meanings of passibility and impassibility, this article discusses the challenge of understanding the emotions of God. The author considers passibility to be heresy, since it denies the being of the true God by reducing Him to human standards. Confessing impassibility is not denying the emotions of God.

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Jonathan Edwards on God's Exhaustive Foreknowledge of the Future

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  • Sam Storms

Does God have exhaustive knowledge of the future? Open theism says No, but what does the Bible say? This article considers the teaching of Jonathan Edwards on the foreknowledge of God.

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Severity and Mercy Both come from the hand of the God of judgment and love

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  • Peter Barnes

Is God in the OT harsher than in the NT? The answer is no. This article shows that God is consistent with His judgment and mercy.

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Life's Biggest Questions – Does God Exist?

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  • Erik Thoennes

The Bible does not ask the question about the existence of God. From beginning to end it takes it as a given that God exists. God reveals himself in special revelation and general revelation. The chapter further considers traditional arguments for the existence of God.

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Modern Opposition to Divine Blessedness

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  • Fred Sanders

This article shows how we can speak about both the blessedness of God and the suffering of God. In relation to this, the author discusses the impassibility and the passibility of God.

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The Glory of God – The Glory of God in Paul's Epistles

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  • Richard B. Gaffin Jr.

What is the glory of God? This question is answered by Gaffin as he opens up Paul’s theology of glory and shows how it is linked to important themes such as the gospel, the image of God, and Jesus’ resurrection and ascension.

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Connected – The Bottom Line: God Is One

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  • Sam Allberry

The central confession of Israel was that their Lord is one. This is confirmed in the New Testament by Jesus (Mark 12:29). This means God is unique. This chapter explores this uniqueness in Scripture.

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The True God

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  • James Montgomery Boice

Who is God? This article attempts to answer this question by dwelling on the subject of the doctrine of God.

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The Rejection of the Classical Doctrine of God and What It Says about the State of the Evangelical Movement

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  • David F. Wells

This article finds fault with the popular evangelicalism of the past few decades and sees it as a crumbling edifice. The source of this demise is evangelicalism's understanding of the doctrine of God, the doctrine of Christ and redemption, and the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, especially his work in regeneration and sanctification.

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The Subsistence of God

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  • William Ames

This article explains the nature of God in terms of his subsistence as well as his essence. It relates to the distinctions of the persons of the Trinity which are nevertheless one in essence.

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Euthyphro, God's Nature, And The Question Of Divine Attributes (Part 3)

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  • Jules Grisham

Looking at the relationship between the attributes of God and His nature, this article discusses some solutions given to the doctrine of the simplicity of God; namely, the Cartesian solution, the contemporary nominalist solution, the Thomist solution, and the Augustinian solution.

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Euthyphro, God's Nature, And The Question Of Divine Attributes (Part 2)

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  • Jules Grisham

Looking at the relationship between the attributes of God and His nature, this article gives some historical background to the formulation of the doctrine of the simplicity of God. The author discusses the challenge of hyper-realism and nominalism - are the attributes of God independent or dependent of Him? Choosing one of these poses the challenge of painting an unbiblical view of God.

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Euthyphro, God's Nature, and the Question Of Divine Attributes (Part 1)

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  • Jules Grisham

What is God? Looking at the relationship between the attributes of God and His nature, this article shows that while the word "God" is not the proper name of God, it is used as an umbrella word to cover what God is. Defining the attribute of simplicity (God cannot be divided into parts; He is non-composite), the author discusses what this tells us about God's nature.

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Augustine on Christ’s second coming: “That day lies hid, that every day we may be on the watch.... He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says that it is near; but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.” Augustine
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