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The statement "God is love" (1 John 4:8, 16) is one of the most profound declarations in all of Scripture. It does not merely say that God *has* love or *s…
GodScripture reveals two great declarations about what God is in His essential nature: (1 John 1:5) and (1 John 4:8). These are not merely things God does b…
GodThe phrase "our God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29, quoting Deuteronomy 4:24) is one of the most searching statements in Scripture. Several things sta…
GodHere is the answer: # What is the Grace of God? Grace is one of the most fundamental themes running through Scripture — and yet, as J. N. Darby observ…
God# What is the Wrath of God? Scripture speaks of the wrath of God as His settled, holy opposition to all ungodliness and unrighteousness — not a sudden o…
GodScripture reveals God's patience — or as it is often rendered — as one of the most striking attributes of His character. It is not mere tolerance or p…
GodTo say that God is sovereign is to say three things at once — and the writers on stempublishing.com bring out each of them with remarkable clarity. ## …
GodNo — far from being reckless, God's love is presented throughout Scripture as . The idea of God's love as "reckless" — as though He acted without thoug…
GodThe threefold "Holy, holy, holy" appears twice in Scripture — in , where the seraphim cry it before the throne of God, and in , where the living creature…
God# What Is the Glory of God? The glory of God is one of the grandest themes in all of Scripture, touching everything from creation to eternity. It is not a…
GodThe Bible presents miracles not as violations of nature, but as the direct, purposeful intervention of a living God among His creatures. To say that God is…
God## Defining Holiness gives a clear and careful definition: Holiness has been described as "a nature that delights in purity, and which repels evil." Ada…
GodScripture's repeated reference to Christ at "the right hand of God" is not an incidental detail — it is one of the richest and most layered expressions i…
GodThe throne of God is one of the great themes of Scripture, and the writings address it from several angles — what it is, what it means, and what characte…
GodWhen Scripture says "God remembered," it does not imply that God had forgotten. The omniscient God never has a lapse of memory. Rather, the expression mark…
GodAn (from Greek *anthropos*, "man," and *pathos*, "feeling/suffering") is a figure of speech in which — such as grief, anger, jealousy, or repentance. I…
GodThe question touches something at the very heart of the gospel. In Scripture, God's freedom is not merely that He *can* do as He pleases, but that through …
GodThe phrase "outstretched arm" (or "stretched out arm") runs like a thread through the Old Testament, anchored in one great event: God's deliverance of Isra…
GodTo say that means far more than that God never lies — though of course He does not. It means that God is , and that everything else is measured against …
GodScripture uses the word "repent" of God in several striking passages — "It repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth" (Gen. 6:6), and "I repent…
GodNo -- but it matters profoundly of pleasure and it leads. Scripture distinguishes sharply between pleasure rooted in self-will and pleasure that flows fr…
GodYes, Scripture plainly declares that God has wrath — but His anger is fundamentally different from human anger. It flows from His perfect holiness and ri…
God# What is the biblical understanding of the wrath of God? The wrath of God is one of the most solemn themes in Scripture. It is not an emotional outburst …
GodThe answer is clear from Scripture and the writers agree on it with remarkable consistency. Here is the full answer: # Does God Have a Physical Body? Go…
God# Does God Cry? The question of whether God weeps — whether the divine heart knows sorrow — is answered not by abstract theology but by the person of …
GodScripture does attribute laughter to God, but what the writers bring out is something richer and more layered than what we usually mean by "humor." ## Go…
GodThe question of whether God can suffer — whether He is (beyond suffering) or (capable of suffering) — touches the very heart of the person of Christ.…
GodScripture is clear on one foundational point: . Yet the whole testimony of the Bible is that God has made Himself known — and the Person in whom He has d…
GodHere is the answer: # How Does God Reveal Himself to Us? The starting point is a solemn fact: man, through sin, and cannot recover it by his own effort…
GodThis is one of the deepest questions any thoughtful reader of the Bible will face. Scripture records God speaking audibly, sending fire from heaven, partin…
GodScripture itself poses the question through Solomon: "Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot co…
GodThe declaration that "God is love" is one of the most profound statements in all of Scripture, found twice in 1 John 4 (verses 8 and 16). What makes it so …
GodThe pivotal Scripture is 1 John 4:8 — "God is love." This is not merely saying God *has* love as one attribute among many. It is saying that . The term "…
God## Mercy as an Attribute of God's Own Nature When Scripture declares that God is merciful, it is pointing to something deeply rooted in who God is — not…
GodThe answer begins with the very first verse of the Bible. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" — and from this one sentence the meanin…
GodScripture actually reframes the question in a striking way. The issue is not which attribute ranks highest, but rather the distinction between God's and G…
GodThe declaration "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5) is one of the most profound statements in Scripture about the of God. It is …
GodGod is perfect — and Scripture reveals this perfection not as an abstract philosophical idea, but as something displayed in every attribute of His being …
GodThe phrase "God works in mysterious ways" is not actually found in Scripture — it comes from beloved hymn *"God Moves in a Mysterious Way,"* written aro…
GodThe phrase "Thou art the God that doest wonders" comes from Psalm 77:14, and it captures something central about the character of God — that He is not me…
GodThe short answer is: He isn't. What changed is not God's character but the *degree of His self-revelation* and the *principle on which He deals with people…
GodScripture reveals a striking pattern: — and always for a definite purpose. ## Miracles Marked New Beginnings traces this pattern across the whole of …
GodScripture speaks of the "decrees," "counsels," and "purposes" of God — those settled determinations made in eternity, before the foundation of the world,…
GodThe starting point is the Lord's own declaration in John 4:24: This single statement sets the entire question in its proper light. God, in His essential b…
GodThe question rests on a true premise — God is not male — but draws the wrong conclusion from it. ## God Is Spirit, Not Male Scripture is clear that G…
GodThe question of divine impassibility runs through some of the most vital discussions about the Person of Christ. Two threads interweave: what God is in His…
GodFar from being a contradiction, God's hatred is the necessary expression of His love. Because God is love, He must hate everything that destroys, deceives,…
GodThe phrase "God of justice" unfolds across Scripture in layers — touching God's nature, His law, His judgment of sin, and ultimately the cross of Christ …
GodThe justice of God is one of the most far-reaching themes in Scripture, touching on His very nature and the way He deals with sinners. It is not simply tha…