1 John 4:8-9

It can be daunting to wrap your mind around the attributes of God. I’ll admit it’s been a deterrent for me in even trying to understand them. When I was in college, I read A.W. Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy and A.W. Pink’s The Attributes of God, and that alone was enough to let me know God is unfathomable and incomprehensible. When I heard John MacArthur talking about his theological formation in an interview with Stephen Nichols, I resonated with his sentiment. Having read Tozer, he thou……

On a cross-country domestic airliner some time ago, I plugged in the earphones and began to listen to the music program. I was amazed at how much of the music dealt with love. At the time I was preaching through 1 John 4, so the subject of love was very much on my mind. I …

God’s love for sinners is a well-documented historical fact. Its verification doesn’t hinge on the consensus of theologians, nor does its validation rest on something we feel. The apostle John points us to the cross as the consummate and undeniable proof of divine love: “God is love. By this the love of God was manifested …