An attribute of God that isn’t much talked about and that is often rather neglected is His patience. God is patient. Listen to how it is described in Nehemiah 9:17 (NIV) “They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader […]
Twice in his first letter, the apostle John makes this very simple yet profound statement – God is love. You will notice that John didn’t say that God is loving, which He is, rather he said that God is love. Love is the very essence of who God is. Earlier I said that since God […]
This Sunday, June 5, the church celebrates its birthday. The ecclesiastical calendar marks it as the day of Pentecost. It was the day when the church was launched and 3,000 people were ushered into the kingdom as God poured out His Holy Spirit on a group of 120 people who had gathered in an upper […]
The topic of the immutability of God doesn’t get the same ink as do other attributes that we have discussed thus far. The omniscience and omnipotence of God seem to head the list. But what exactly does it mean that God is immutable? I have to confess that I have probably never used that word […]
We are going to look at two attributes of God that are, to me two sides of the same coin – omnipresence and infinity. Omnipresence means that God is present everywhere in space. There is no location where God is not. We see it in Psalm 139:7-12 (NIV) “Where can I go from your Spirit? […]
I have been so impressed by the quality of response my blogs have generated but one was so good I felt I had to share it with you all. After obtaining permission I am posting this response. He wrote this after having read the post on healing relationships that have been damaged by differing opinions […]
God has a learning disability. He can’t be taught anything. In fact, He cannot learn anything. Now, before you start to think that I am being disrespectful, let me tell you what I mean. The reason God cannot be taught anything is because He already knows everything. That is the meaning of the word “omniscience”. […]
I went to a men’s breakfast at our church this past Saturday and a friend asked me a question that I didn’t really know how to answer – how can we heal and overcome the deep divisions that have been caused by opinions on the pandemic and the vaccines. I stumbled in trying to find […]
A couple of weeks ago we began our theological journey and I hope I was able to convince you that you are, indeed, theologians. We looked at what it means that God is holy, then last week at the essential childlikeness of our God. Today I shift gears a bit and look at what it […]
On Monday our grandsons Finn and Forest came to visit us. Iona and I took them to a playground in our neighbourhood and then to the park behind our condo. There is a berm that separates the ball fields from the condos and the boys lay down at the top and rolled down. They laughed […]