Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02040 Where is God right now? It seems like a simple question, but the answer touches on one of the most profound truths about the divine nature. Every human being exists somewhere — we are located, bounded, present in one place at a time. God is not like that. The doctrine of omnipresence declares…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02041 Of all the attributes of God presented in Scripture, holiness occupies a unique place. It is not simply one characteristic among many; it is the attribute that the biblical writers single out for the most intense emphasis. The angels in Isaiah’s vision do not cry “love, love, love” or “power, power, power.” They…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02042 “God loves you” may be the most repeated statement in Christian communication, yet it is also among the most casually assumed. In popular usage, it can become little more than a warm feeling attached to a benign deity who means well — something entirely different from what the New Testament actually presents. The…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02043 Justice is one of the deep human instincts. Even people who have no settled belief in God are profoundly disturbed when wrong goes unpunished and the innocent suffer while the guilty prosper. This instinct is not accidental. It reflects something embedded in human nature — a sense that there is a moral order…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02044 Mercy is the attribute of God that most people instinctively reach for in moments of crisis. When things go badly wrong — when the weight of failure, guilt, or fear becomes acute — the prayer most naturally formed is a cry for mercy. Understanding what mercy actually is, how it relates to justice,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02045 Of all God’s attributes, wrath is the one modern Christianity finds most uncomfortable. There is a widespread preference for a God defined entirely by love and generosity, with wrath quietly relocated to the margins or reframed as something merely metaphorical. The biblical picture is more demanding than this. God’s wrath is real, it…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02046 To many people today, combining the words “God,” “love,” and “wrath” in the same sentence feels like a contradiction. The common assumption is that a God who genuinely loves cannot be a God who is genuinely angry — that wrath and love are mutually exclusive, that one must be qualified out of existence…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02047 The word “sovereignty” appears frequently in Christian conversation, but it carries theological freight that is worth examining carefully. Depending on which tradition uses it, it can mean quite different things — things that have profound consequences for how we understand human freedom, moral responsibility, and the character of God. Before asking what the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02048 Providence is one of those theological words that Christians use often but rarely stop to define precisely. It comes from the Latin providentia, meaning foresight or foreknowing, but in theological usage it refers to something wider: the ongoing activity by which God sustains, directs, and governs all that He has created, working His…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02049 Several passages in the Old Testament appear, on first reading, to describe God changing His mind. Genesis 6:6 states that “the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth.” Exodus 32:14 records that “the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.” Jonah 3:10 notes…