Knowing the Unknowable God: How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery

Knowing the Unknowable God: How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery

by James R. Lucas
Knowing the Unknowable God: How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery

Knowing the Unknowable God: How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery

by James R. Lucas

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Overview

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 paradoxes that enlarge our understanding of God.

With this book as your guide, you can embrace the paradoxes of Scripture and pursue honest answers to your hardest questions. The study of biblical paradox leads to greater devotion to the majestic God who makes himself known even while he surpasses human understanding. Today, you can begin Knowing the Unknowable God.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780307552556
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/19/2010
Sold by: Random House
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

James Lucas is the author of thirteen books, including Walking Through the Fire, A Perfect Persecution, and Am I the One? He is executive director of the Relationship Development Center, a charter member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and a professor in the School of Professional Studies at Rockhurst University. He lives with his family in the Kansas City area.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsxi
Preface: The Shocking Truthxiii
Part IParadoxes in the Bible
1Contradiction or Paradox? God Is Both/And...Not Either/Or3
2The Spiritual Pursuit of the Both/And: How to Grab on to Both Sides of a Paradox18
Part IITen Paradoxes That Enrich Our Faith
3The All-Knowing God Who Forgets: Why This Paradox Is Essential to Our Forgiveness35
4The God of Judgment Who Gives Us a Break: Mercy and Judgment Can't Exist in Isolation50
5The Changeless God Who Changes: Why Authentic Relationship Requires Give-and-Take67
6The God Who Loathes and Loves the Wicked: Why a Righteous God Would Embrace the Unrighteous84
7The Prince of Peace Who Bears a Sword: Two Paths of Peace, Two Paths of War102
8The God of Truth Who Sends Delusions: The Contrast Between Facts and the Truth119
9The Choice Is Ours, but the Choice Is God's: God's Choices Affect Ours--and Vice Versa136
10It's Faith Alone, but We Must Have Good Works: What Does God Really Require of Us?154
11We Must Flee Evil, and We Must Fight It: In Spiritual Warfare, Timing Is Everything172
12Innocent As Children but Knowing the Score: The Right Time and Place for Openness or Guardedness189
Part IIIOur Knowable, Unknowable God
13The Center of God's Character: How We Get from Here to There207
14Celebrating Our Mysterious Companion: An Intimate Relationship with the Lord of Paradox219
Notes223
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