…Strange as it may sound, it is true, that many—perhaps the majority—of those who feed their souls on this great declaration, seem to have trained themselves to think, when it falls upon their ears, in the first instance at least, not so . . . Continue reading →
love of God
God’s Love Does Not Change Him Or In Him But It Does Change Us
The effect or manner of God’s love is, that God makes the person happy whom he loves. For he doth amply reward that joy and delight which he takes in the holiness and obedience of the Elect, while he pours plentifully upon . . . Continue reading →
Review: C. S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces, 1956 (Part 1)
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12) Overly ambitious, I recently read C. S. Lewis’ Till . . . Continue reading →
Second Council Of Orange On Those Whom God Loves
CANON 12. Of what sort we are whom God loves. God loves us for what we shall be by his gift, and not by our own deserving. Read More» —Canons And Decrees Of The Second Council Of Orange, (AD 529) Resources . . . Continue reading →
Second Council Of Orange On The Love Of God
CANON 25. Concerning the love with which we love God. It is wholly a gift of God to love God. He who loves, even though he is not loved, allowed himself to be loved. We are loved, even when we displease him, . . . Continue reading →
Living With True Comfort In The Faithful Love Of God
Many struggle to see Moses’ answer in Psalm 90. Often, the solution of this psalm is presented rather moralistically, as if the imperative of verse 12 is the singular answer: “So teach us to number our days so that we gain a . . . Continue reading →
Warfield On “Love” And “World” In John 3:16
Strange as it may sound, it is true, that many—perhaps the majority—of those who feed their souls on this great declaration, seem to have trained themselves to think, when it falls upon their ears, in the first instance at least, not so . . . Continue reading →