The God of love hates people? Yes: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated,” Romans 9:13. To which Paul asks in verse 14, “What then shall we say? Is God unjust?” Well, it certainly sounds like God is unjust because he favoured Jacob when Jacob hadn’t done a thing to deserve it, which seems grossly unfair. But not [...]
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I’ve often wondered what some women love about the men they marry, or why parents can love awful children, or why animal owners love the ugliest pets. But then I think, why does God love us? We are the most unloveable children. Only hours after God creates us in his image, able therefore to enter [...]
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I was watching an advice program on TV on sex, and it was tragic seeing what happens with couples. A wife rations her husband’s quota of sex each week; a husband loses interest if his wife doesn’t initiate sex, they blame each other, and on and on it went. As I watched, the problem became [...]
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I’ve often wondered why we try to save the lives of African babies, Haitian children, or even disease-ridden, poverty-stricken adults, when there’s little for them to live for. They live in dreadful countries, racked with poverty, AIDS, polluted water, crop failures, tribal warfare, religious fanatics and cruel, mad leaders. Many children will be forced to [...]
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She was 9 years old when my granddaughter said, “Tell me about God, Granpy.” In reply I asked her, “What’s your nickname?” “Hamster-roodlesticks,” she replied. “God knows that too,” I said. In other words, God’s so fully aware of who she is he even knows her nickname. Why? Because he loves her. That’s how she [...]
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She drove at 50 in the 60 zone, sped up to 60 in the 50 zone, and then slowed down to 40 when the traffic light ahead turned green, so by the time we both got to the light, it was red again. “Give me strength,” I muttered, as I ground to a halt behind [...]
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