Tag: God’s Love
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Predestination Ain’t Complicated: God’s Plan Was Jesus All Along
This Ain’t About Luck — It’s About God’s Plan. Folks hear the word “predestination” and think it means God picked some people and rejected the rest before anybody was born. That idea can make God seem cold and distant. But when you read the Bible closely, you see something entirely different. Predestination ain’t about God…
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God’s Mercy and Judgment: How They Work Together
Discover how God’s mercy and judgment work together in the Bible through the prophets and Revelation, revealing His purpose to heal, restore, and redeem humanity. “For the LORD (YAHWEH) is our judge …; He will save us”Isaiah 33:22 One of the most common questions Christians ask is how a God of mercy can also be…
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God’s Mercy and Judgment: How They Work Together – Down-to-Earth version
“For the LORD (YAHWEH) is our judge …; He will save us” Isaiah 33:22. A lot of folks wonder: How can God be loving and still judge people?” That’s a fair question. But the Bible tells us straight up: God is love.” — 1 John 4:8. So …?
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The Wrath of God Through the Eyes of Christian Universalism
For many believers, the phrase “the wrath of God” evokes images of divine anger, judgment, and everlasting punishment. In much of popular theology, wrath is understood primarily as retributive—God inflicting eternal suffering upon sinners. Christian universalism, however, offers a very different reading. From this perspective, God’s wrath is not opposed to His love but is…
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John 3:16 – A Universalist Passage
Some verses in the Bible get so familiar, we stop really hearing them. John 3:16 is one of those. Most of us learned it as kids. We saw it on posters. Some folks even painted it on football helmets. “For God so loved the world…” And we think we already know what that means. But…