I was exposed to this hymn written by John Newton on the Challies blog. Though I grew up in a tradition where hymns were the dominant form of congregational signing, I don’t think I had heard this one before. Having read the words I was intriguer to hear it song.I found it on the iGrace music online hymnal (for …
Tag: Attributes
The Glory of God
The world was no doubt made, that it might be a theatre of the divine glory.  John Calvin God is glorious (adjective), reveals his glory (noun), and is to be glorified (verb).  Christopher W. Morgan Read an interview with Christopher Morgan, about his new book, The Glory of God. One brief exerpt More particularly, the Bible speaks of …
God is Merciful (part 3)
Part 1 Mercy definedPart 2 Mercy never runs out Mercy may not remove consequences One truth about God’s abundant mercy that should cause us to fear God is that mercy does not always remove consequences. When we make bad choices (foolish or sinful) we are sometimes left with the scars to remind us. Â Why doesn’t …
God is Merciful (part 2)
Part 1 Mercy defined Mercy never runs out A. W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy Mercy is an attribute of God, an infinite and inexhaustible energy within the divine nature which disposes God to be actively compassionate. Mercy never began to be, but from eternity was; so it will never cease to be. It will never …
God is Merciful (part 1)
All of God’s attributes work together and none of them is greater than any of the others–since God is infinity all that He is He is infinity. But one of God’s attributes that I appreciate in a very personal way is mercy (we’ll look at grace and sovereignty later). As posted by Justin Taylor, From …
Psalm 25
A friend shared Psalm 25 in our staff devotions asking us to notice what David reveals about our attitudes toward God and our asking of God. As I was looking at the Psalm I notice that, like most Psalms, one of the key questions we also need to ask is, what are the attributes of …
God is omnicompetent
We often refer to some of God’s attributes as the “omni’s.” The prefix “omni” means “all or every or complete.” Recently I was listening to a sermon by Ramesh Richards, one of my DTS profs–a brilliant man. In that sermon, as a sidenote, he referred to God as omnicompetent. I had never heard that term–but …