The Love of God (Theology in Community)

by Christopher W. Morgan

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2016

Overview

Our understanding of the love of God has been tragically distorted. The comfortable, sentimentalized version we commonly encounter today is far from the biblical depiction of God’s love. Featuring contributions from well-known evangelical scholars, this multi-disciplinary study presents the biblical view of the love of God from the perspectives of systematic theology, biblical theology, apologetics, pastoral theology, and ethics. The contributors—including D. A. Carson, Andreas J. Köstenberger, Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., Robert L. Plummer, and many others—address a variety of issues related to how God’s love is expressed in the Old and New Testaments, the Trinity, apologetics, Christian living, social justice, and more. This addition to the Theology in Community series will promote clear, sound thinking about what Scripture means when it declares that “God is love.”

Contents

Top Highlights

“When we place ‘God is love’ in the context of 1 John 4:7ff., we are affirming three mighty truths: the Trinity is love defined, the incarnation is the love of the Trinity displayed, and the salvation of the sinner is the love of the Trinity realized.” (Page 97)

“The love of God has been sanitized, democratized, and above all sentimentalized.” (Page 23)

“love one another in the same way we have been loved by our Savior (John 13:34).” (Page 96)

“God the Father is love (he sent the Son); God the Son is love (he willingly died for us); and God the Holy Spirit is love (he applies Christ’s finished work to believers and manifests divine love within the redeemed community).” (Page 105)

“Attributes, however, are ‘not to be considered parts of him, but rather are perspectives on his whole being, that is, his essence.” (Page 99)

Product Details

• Title: The Love of God
• Author: Christopher W. Morgan
• Series: Theology in Community
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: God (Christianity) › Love
• ISBNs: 9781433539046, 9781433539077, 9781433539053, 9781433539060, 1433539047, 1433539071, 1433539055, 1433539063
• Resource ID: LLS:LOVEOFGOD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:19:29Z

About Christopher W. Morgan

Christopher W. Morgan (PhD, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary) is a professor of theology and the dean of the School of Christian Ministries at California Baptist University. He is the author or editor of over twenty books, including several volumes in the Theology in Community series.