“The greatness of God is not just that He is big enough to rule the world, but gracious enough to care about you.” We have seen him as holy, loving, good, patient, just, faithful, all-knowing, present, gracious, and sovereign. And through all of it, there has been one quiet assumption threading everything together, that the … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E12) →

“Nothing comes into your life that has not first passed through the hands of a sovereign God.” He Is Sovereign. Nothing Is Out of His Hands The sovereignty of God is one of those doctrines that is easy to celebrate in theory and deeply difficult to hold in practice. When things are going well, saying … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E11) →

“The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.” He Is Gracious. He Gives What We Cannot Earn We live in an achievement culture. From the moment we are old enough to be assessed in school, in sport, in work, in social media we learn that reward follows performance. … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E10) →

“God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.” He Is Present. Nearer Than You Feel Feelings lie. That may sound harsh, but it is one of the most practically important things a follower of Jesus can understand. The feeling of God's absence is one of the most common and most disorienting experiences in … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E9) →

“To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.” He Is Omniscient. He Knows You Fully and Loves You Still There is a fear that lives underneath much of our spiritual life, and it goes something like this: if God really knew everything about me, not just … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E8) →

“The glory of God's faithfulness is that no sin of ours has ever made Him unfaithful.” He Is Faithful. When Everything Else Shifts The book of Lamentations does not open in a comfortable place. It is a book of raw grief, written in the wake of Jerusalem's destruction. The city is in ruins. The temple, … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E7) →

“Justice is what love looks like in public.” He Is Just. And We Need Him to Be Justice is the attribute that makes many modern people uncomfortable about God. We live in a culture that has absorbed a version of divine love that struggles to hold anything at arm's length. A God of love, the … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E6) →

“When I think of the patience of God, I am overwhelmed that He has suffered my ways so long.” He Is Patient. And It Should Undo Us Of all God's attributes, patience may be the one we take most for granted. Think about your own life for a moment. The number of times you have … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E5) →

“God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.” He Is Good. Even When Life Is Not This is the week some of you have been waiting for, or perhaps dreading. Because saying God is good is … Continue reading God, Unedited (S1 E4) →