I Asked For Wonder, And He Gave

I Could More Easily Contain Niagara Falls In A Teacup Than I Can Comprehend The Wild, Uncontainable Love Of God.

Being The Beloved Is Our Identity, The Core Of Our Existence. It Is Not Merely A Lofty Thought, An Inspiring Idea, Or One Name Among Many. It Is The Name By Which God Knows Us And The Way He Relates To Us

Justification By Grace Through Faith' Is The Theologian's Learned Phrase For What Chesterton Once Called 'the Furious Love Of G-d.' He Is Not Moody Or Capricious; He Knows No Seasons Of Change. He Has A Single Relentless Stance Toward Us: He Loves Us. He Is The Only G-d Man Has Ever Heard Of Who Loves Sinners. False Gods- The Gods Of Human Manufacturing- Despise Sinners, But The Father Of (yeshua) Loves All, No Matter What They Do.

The Kingdom Is Not An Exclusive, Well-trimmed Suburb With Snobbish Rules About Who Can Live There. No, It Is For A Larger, Homelier, Less Self-conscious Caste Of People Who Understand They Are Sinners Because They Have Experienced The Yaw And Pitch Of Moral Struggle.

The Outstretched Arms Of Jesus Exclude No One, Not The Drunk In The Doorway, The Panhandler On The Street, Gays And Lesbians In Their Isolation, The Most Selfish And Ungrateful In Their Cocoons, The Most Unjust Of Employers And The Most Overweening Of Snobs. The Love Of Christ Embraces All Without Exception.