Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 2037 God’s incomprehensibility is the truth that the Lord is so great in his being that no creature can ever fully understand him, even though he has made himself truly known. The word can be misheard, as though it meant that God is unknowable or that talk of him is so much guesswork. That…
Reading Time: 9 minutesCounterfactual knowledge is the knowledge of what would have happened under conditions that never actually came about, and the question for the believer is whether God possesses it. Does the Lord know not only what is and what will be, but also what would have been if you had taken the other job, married the…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 2099 Few puzzles are as old or as popular as the omnipotence paradox, usually put as the question of whether God can create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it. The trap is meant to spring shut whichever way you answer. If God cannot make such a stone, then there is something…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 2098 When people ask whether God can do logical impossibilities, such as making a square circle or a married bachelor, they usually think they have found the weak point in the doctrine that God is almighty. The question feels clever. If God cannot draw a square circle, then there is something He cannot do,…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 2092 The majesty of God is His kingly greatness, the exalted dignity and grandeur that belong to Him as the highest and most honoured Being in all reality. Where we speak of His glory as the shining out of His worth, the majesty of God draws attention to His elevation, His enthroned authority, the…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 2093 The eternity of God means that He has no beginning and no end, that He has always been and will always be, living an unbroken life that is not measured out to Him in days the way ours is. When Scripture confesses the eternity of God it is saying that there never was…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 2091 The glory of God is the open display of all that He is, the shining out of His character so that creatures can see and feel the weight of who He truly is. When Scripture speaks of the glory of God it is not pointing to a vague religious brightness or the warm…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 02007 When Genesis says that God rested on the seventh day, it raises an honest question for any thoughtful reader, because Scripture is equally clear that God never grows weary. If the Almighty does not tire, why does He rest on the seventh day at all? The answer is that the rest of God…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02001 When Christians speak about “the doctrine of God,” they are entering the territory that theologians call Theology Proper. The name is significant. Of all the doctrines that make up the framework of Christian belief, this is the one that concerns the being, nature, and character of God Himself. Everything else in theology depends…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 2063 When Jesus told the Samaritan woman that “God is Spirit” in John 4:24, He was making one of the most profound theological statements in all of Scripture. This simple declaration fundamentally shapes how we understand God’s nature, how we worship Him, and how we relate to Him. The Context of Jesus’ Declaration The…