Month: January 2023

We’re talking about knowing God, and God knowing us. We’re talking about the image of God, the picture of God, and what can we actually see about God.  What is our motive for knowing God? Does understanding God make us better? Does it make us more righteous? Every religion and every denomination claims to know…

We’ve been talking about knowing God and God knowing us.  Every believer and even every nonbeliever has his or her own picture of God. For many, God looks just like me: white, male, with a well-trimmed beard, vigorous and youthful, with a head, a back, arms and legs, and, of course, a heart. But he’s…

Last week, after class, our dear friend Anonymous remarked:  I’m fascinated by the discussion of goodness. But I’m having trouble with the idea that all goodness comes from God. How can goodness come from a God that someone doesn’t believe in? Take my neighbor as an example. He’s an atheist. Every time I talk to…

We’ve been talking about knowing God, about being known by God, and the various ways by which we may come to know God. We’ve been looking at technology and artificial intelligence as one of those ways.  We’re told that we can know God through his voice. John 10 mentions the shepherd’s ability to recognize each…