Knowing God as a Loving Father – II

Knowing God as a Loving Father – II

The LORD your God is in your midst, A Warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with joy; He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins], He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. Zeph 3:17 (Amplified Version) In the previous article (Knowing...
Knowing God as a Loving Father – I

Knowing God as a Loving Father – I

Pray then like this:“Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name. Matthew 6:9  God is our Father James Dobson tells the story of executives of a greeting-card company who decided to do something special for Mother’s Day. They set up a table in a federal prison,...
Our law-ish heart, and God’s lavish grace

Our law-ish heart, and God’s lavish grace

Jesus’s parable of the lost son, or the prodigal son, is among the most well-known texts in the Bible.  The parable is, evidently, a rebuke to those who questioned Jesus’s affinity with sinners. The younger son’s sin is extremely vile and reprehensible. By asking...