The God Who Loves You

by Peter Kreeft

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2004

Overview

God’s love is the subject of Peter Kreeft’s imaginative and thoughtful book. With unusual clarity, Kreeft points out that the man or woman who begins to glimpse the God who is creator, redeemer, and lover of our souls, will never be the same. He describes Scripture as God’s love story and then explains why divine love is the answer to our deepest problems and the fulfillment of our deepest desires.

Posing the hard questions about love that rankle the heart, Peter Kreeft never settles for easy answers. He exposes today’s superficial attitudes about love in order lead people into a deeper understanding of what it means to be loved by God.

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Key Features

• Exposes superficial attitudes about love
• Leads readers into a deeper understanding of what it means to be loved by God
• Describes Scripture as God’s love story

Contents

• The Twelve Most Profound Ideas I Have Ever Had
• The Point of It All
• Defining the Most Important Thing
• Deeper into the Definition of Love: Scripture’s Classic on Agape, 1 Corinthians 13
• The Theology of Agape: God is Love
• The History of God’s Love: Scripture as Love Story
• God’s Love in Systematic Theology: How God’s Love Solves Theological Problems
• God’s Love in Moral Theology: How God’s Love Solves Ethical Problems
• God’s Love in Practical Theology: How God’s Love Solves Spiritual Problems
• God’s Love in Political Theology: Why God’s Love is Neither Right nor Left

Top Highlights

“ ‘We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain sort.’” (Page 23)

“The three persons know and love each other. The Father knows and loves the Son. The Son knows and loves the Father. The Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from this love. He is this love between Father and Son, as the Son is the Father’s knowledge (‘Word’) of Himself.” (Page 96)

“Love necessarily means three things: there must be a lover, a beloved, and the act or process of loving.” (Page 96)

“processes of love in God are without beginning. The Son does not have a birthday in Heaven,” (Page 96)

“‘Thou hast made us for Thyself, and [therefore] our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee’ (Confessions I, 1)” (Page 31)

Product Details

• Title: The God Who Loves You
• Author: Peter Kreeft
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2004
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 226
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: God (Christianity) › Love; God (Christianity) › Worship and love; Love › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781586170172, 1586170171
• Resource ID: LLS:GODWHOLOVESYOU
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:53:44Z

About Peter Kreeft

Peter John Kreeft, Ph.D., (born 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King’s College, and author of numerous books as well as a popular writer on philosophy, Christian theology, and specifically Roman Catholic apologetics. He also formulated together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, “Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God.”