God is Love

If Judgment is the Opposite of Love, How Can God Judge? (podcast)

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Greg considers how God’s judgment differs from our own, making it an expression of his love. Whereas, for us, judgment stands contrary to our love.  Episode 488 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0488.mp3

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Podcast: Is Holiness an Essential Part of God?

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Greg looks at the relationship between love and justice. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0428.mp3

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Podcast: Does God ALWAYS Act Out of Love?

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Greg talks about the nouns and verbs of God. Dan talks about unicorns named Gary. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0411.mp3

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The Law of Love

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Without love, absolutely nothing is of any significance. Paul made this point when he wrote: If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a…

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God’s Love is Cruciform

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Paul instructs us in what it means to follow Jesus, when he stated, “Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself…

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The Perfect Love of God

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The Father, Son and Spirit exist as the infinite intensity and unsurpassable perfection of eternal love. We know this about the triune God not by speculation but because Jesus demonstrated that love (Rom 5:8) in…

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Defining Love

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If God’s eternal essence is love, as discussed in this post, then we must ask: What does this confession actually mean? We must explore this question carefully because “love” has been defined in many theological…

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What Makes the Good News So Good

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While God was revealed in various ways and to various degrees through the law and the prophets of the Old Testament, in Jesus we finally have the one who is “the exact representation of God’s…

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The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

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This is the first week of Advent, the season where we anticipate the coming of Christ. It’s a time to hear and enter into the story of how Jesus came out of love to give…

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God’s Love and Your Freedom

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The most distinctive aspect of the revelation of God in Christ is Jesus’ demonstration that God relies on love to defeat his enemies and to accomplish his purposes. More than anything else, it was the…

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How Much Are You Worth?

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We know what something is worth to someone by what they are willing to pay for it. Consider, then, what our heavenly bridegroom was willing to pay to redeem us and make us his bride….

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A Brief Theology of God’s Love

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The most profound truth of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16). This is the most fundamental thing to be said about God, for it encompasses everything else that can be…

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A Brief Theology of the Trinity

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“The economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity, and the immanent Trinity is the economic Trinity.” This is the maxim introduced by the Catholic theologian Karl Rahner that should shape our discussion of the Trinity. It…

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The Risk of Love

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The most basic and yet most profound teaching of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8; 16). He is revealed to be a God who is triune—Father, Son and Holy Spirit (See…

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God is Not a Monster

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Pastor Brian Zhand has a way with words that captures the imagination. And he is a pastor that has taken time to read the church fathers. In a recent post, he quotes Saint Antony who wrote, “I no longer…

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Love and Violence

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What does it mean to confess that “God is love” and that we are called to “live in love” (Eph. 5:2)? One of the more common ways of understanding God’s love has its roots in…

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Does the Doctrine of the Trinity Matter?

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Jesus reveals the greatest, most beautiful, and mysterious aspect of God when he, despite being himself God Incarnate, relates to God as his “Father” and refers to God as “the Holy Spirit.” There is, of…

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Participating in the Divine Nature (Love)

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When God created the world, it obviously wasn’t to finally have someone to love, for God already had this, within himself. Rather God created the world to express the love he is and invite others…

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The Most Beautiful Truth

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Jesus was God incarnate. Yet he continually referred to, and prayed to, God the Father as someone who was distinct from himself. He also continually referred to, and claimed to be empowered by, God the…

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Are We Supposed to Balance Love and Truth?

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Often people say, “Yes we must love. But we must balance love with truth.” “Love has its place, but we must not forget God’s wrath.” “Love must never take the place of correct biblical doctrine.”…

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