Is a triune God like a square circle?
Yes—if you’re a two-dimensional being who is trying to understand a cylinder.
Why are some not drawn?
A cautious response to a difficult question.
Overt Christology in the Old Testament, part 3: the face of Yahweh
Let me show you Jesus, hiding in plain sight…
Overt Christology in the Old Testament, part 2: the angel of Yahweh
Let me show you Jesus, hiding in plain sight…
Overt Christology in the Old Testament, part 1: the word of Yahweh
Let me show you Jesus, hiding in plain sight…
Why I love the name Yahweh like I love the name Jesus
If you find it off-putting when Christians speak of Yahweh instead of the LORD, this testimony is for you.
What’s the big deal with translating Yahweh as LORD?
A reader wishes to know.
Yahweh
It’s a name, people.
Love is love
Even in the secular world, not all love is good—and in Christianity, love of evil entails hatred of God.
If God is real, why does the world suck?
Or a question to similar effect—with similar answers.
If God wants to save everyone, why did he only choose Israel?
If you want all people to be part of your kingdom, you don’t disinherit them and then pick just one family.
Is Allah actually Yahweh?
It’s a more vexed question than you might assume—but here’s a simple argument that shows he is perhaps not, at least in most cases.
What is love? Part 6: revisiting the standard definition
What does it mean that God is love, that he loves us, and that we are to love him? In part 6, I return to the broader definition of love, to demonstrate how to presupposes onetogetherness, but also points us to other biblical concepts.
What is love? Part 5: the nature of our love for enemies
What does it mean that God is love, that he loves us, and that we are to love him? In part 5, I consider what loving our enemies means in light of onetogetherness, and whether it entails pacifism as some Christians think.
What is love? Part 4: the nature of our love for God and neighbor
What does it mean that God is love, that he loves us, and that we are to love him? In part 4, I move into examining what God means when he commands us to love him, and each other, in light of love as onetogetherness.
What is love? Part 3: the nature of God’s love toward us
What does it mean that God is love, that he loves us, and that we are to love him? In part 3, I delve into the notion of triune love as “onetogetherness”, and what it therefore means when God says he loves us.
What is love? Part 2: the nature of triune love
What does it mean that God is love, that he loves us, and that we are to love him? In part 2, I sketch out some of the important characteristics of God’s love.
What is love? Part 1: how to find the right answer
What does it mean that God is love, that he loves us, and that we are to love him? In part 1, I explain how we should approach this question, and why.
Rome: “Catholics adore the one God, Allah”
A quick little argument showing how, on Rome’s own terms, Catholics believe that God’s secret identity is Allah.