To call God “He” is not mere habit but inheritance. From Genesis to Gethsemane, Scripture speaks of the Father, the Son, the King, the Lord. The masculine language of faith is ontological, not ...

Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws on the Hebrew Bible’s patriarchal God tradition. In Deuteronomy 32:6 Moses explicitly refers to God as ...

Our therapy culture has made us too comfortable with God. When theologian David H. Kelsey asked in 1993 what happened to the traditional doctrine of sin, his concern was not that it had disappeared.

Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18: 1-19:42 A common, though rather shallow, criticism of Christianity is the image of God the Father that some find in the story of Christ’s ...