Knowing the Unknowable God How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery

Name: Knowing the Unknowable God How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery
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ISBN: 9781578566006

ISBN-10: 1578566002

ISBN-13: 9781578566006

Edition: 2003

Authors: James R. Lucas

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Meet the God Who Is Greater Than Your Biggest Questions. The Bible never shies away from seeming contradictions. We are told both to resist our enemies and to love them, and that our all-knowing God can sometimes forget. Unable to reconcile such biblical paradoxes, some people abandon Christianity, while others pretend that the seeming contradictions don’t exist–preferring to believe in an uncomplicated, easy-to-comprehend God. Yet countless others are hungry for new insight into the God behind the Bible’s mysterious paradoxes. Responding to this spiritual hunger, James Lucas delves into the mysteries of Scripture, demonstrating that biblical “contradictions” are actually exquisite…

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List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/16/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface: The Shocking Truth



Paradoxes in the Bible



Contradiction or Paradox? God Is Both/And...Not Either/Or



The Spiritual Pursuit of the Both/And: How to Grab on to Both Sides of a Paradox



Ten Paradoxes That Enrich Our Faith



The All-Knowing God Who Forgets: Why This Paradox Is Essential to Our Forgiveness



The God of Judgment Who Gives Us a Break: Mercy and Judgment Can't Exist in Isolation



The Changeless God Who Changes: Why Authentic Relationship Requires Give-and-Take



The God Who Loathes and Loves the Wicked: Why a Righteous God Would Embrace the Unrighteous



The Prince of Peace Who Bears a Sword: Two Paths of Peace, Two Paths of War



The God of Truth Who Sends Delusions: The Contrast Between Facts and the Truth



The Choice Is Ours, but the Choice Is God's: God's Choices Affect Ours--and Vice Versa



It's Faith Alone, but We Must Have Good Works: What Does God Really Require of Us?



We Must Flee Evil, and We Must Fight It: In Spiritual Warfare, Timing Is Everything



Innocent As Children but Knowing the Score: The Right Time and Place for Openness or Guardedness



Our Knowable, Unknowable God



The Center of God's Character: How We Get from Here to There



Celebrating Our Mysterious Companion: An Intimate Relationship with the Lord of Paradox


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