God has made us humans in God's own image. So therefore the highest way to talk about God is by some kind of analogy with ourselves. So, naturally, if we who are finite and sinful suffer in multiple ways because of sin and evil and the horrible things that happen in our world, how much more does God, who is infinite, sinless, and knows the totality of all that happens to everybody, suffer pain and heartache at the suffering of his human and non-human creation - and be angry at all that causes it?
"It is finished" means that Jesus had accomplished all that God's mission had sent him to do. It did not merely mean that his life was over like, "I'… - Christopher J. H. Wright
"It is finished" means that Jesus had accomplished all that God's mission had sent him to do. It did not merely mean that his life was over like, "I'…
- Christopher J. H. Wright
Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people had come to trust i… - Christopher J. H. Wright
Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people had come to trust i…
As Paul says, even though we as human beings know God, we refuse to acknowledge him. That's what Peter did. He refused even to "know" Jesus! Peter's … - Christopher J. H. Wright
As Paul says, even though we as human beings know God, we refuse to acknowledge him. That's what Peter did. He refused even to "know" Jesus! Peter's …
Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today. - Christopher J. H. Wright
Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today.
The trouble today is that many Christians live in a kind of bubble of assumptions about what their Christianity means, especially if it places them c… - Christopher J. H. Wright
The trouble today is that many Christians live in a kind of bubble of assumptions about what their Christianity means, especially if it places them c…
The church was made for mission-God's mission - Christopher J. H. Wright
The church was made for mission-God's mission
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to pro… - Christopher J. H. Wright
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to pro…
There are four accounts of the gospel itself! The momentous events of the conception, birth, life, teaching, death, resurrection, and ascension of Je… - Christopher J. H. Wright
There are four accounts of the gospel itself! The momentous events of the conception, birth, life, teaching, death, resurrection, and ascension of Je…
The Bible itself does not seem too bothered by the idea that talking of God suffering might in any way diminish God, or detract from his perfection. … - Christopher J. H. Wright
The Bible itself does not seem too bothered by the idea that talking of God suffering might in any way diminish God, or detract from his perfection. …
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