For the past two weeks, I’ve been sharing a progression of thought about God as it relates to love and fear. Consider: Fear God Fear is the beginning of understanding God is love Perfect love removes fear We are to fear God, which begins to...
Stark Raving Obedience: Radical Results from Listening Prayer By Ted Kallman and Isaiah Kallman (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) “The only way to have a personal relationship with anyone is to talk with them, to build trust and have a history with...
As we struggle with the paradox of fearing God and loving God, there’s another thought on the subject. John writes that “perfect love drives out fear.” Perfect love never fails. Perfect love is love that’s without fault...
In the Old Testament of the Bible we read the command to “fear God.” In the New Testament we read “God is Love.” How can we fear someone who is loving? Is it even possible to do? Is there a difference between fearing God...
As a writer, I write alone; it’s a solitary activity. So it’s good for me to periodically emerge from my self-imposed cocoon and spend time with other people — and other writers are the people who understand me best, those with...
Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend By Andy Stanley (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Is your church all that it can be and should be? Do you ever wonder what’s missing or long for more? Are you serving those who are...
In my last post I noted that the Bible says we are to fear God — and I confessed confusion over precisely what that means. The next step in my progression of thought is to recall that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and of...
The Bible says we are to fear God. But what does that really mean? I don’t think it implies God is malevolent or waiting for us to mess up so he can zap us, which would be legitimate reasons to fear him. Instead, God is benevolent and wants...
I recently read an article where the author lamented, “Young people are leaving the church.” A bit later he wrote, “Young people don’t stick with their faith.” His implication was that the two statements meant the...
King of Rascals By Rob Link (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Rob Link’s, King of Rascals, is essentially a book about Jesus – and about us. We are rascals and he, our king. As rascals, we have issues, but as our king, he loves us anyway. In part one of...
