The Really Good News About God

<p>"The Really Good News About God" discusses the God of the Bible and his all-inclusive plans for his creation.</p><p>What have you heard about God?<br />That God doesn't exist?<br />That God is a kind white-bearded old man who lives somewhat disinterestedly somewhere out there?<br />That God is a mean-spirited judge keeping score of our mistakes and waiting to use them to consign us to an eternity in a fiery hell?<br />If any of these fit your current thinking about God this book will surprise and delight you.</p><p>"The Really Good News About God" shows how the Bible reveals a God of unfailing love and extravagant grace with a wonderful plan to include all us good and bad alike eventually in his eternal family.<br />It uses everyday language to address some of the deep questions most of us wrestle with at some point in our lives.<br />Who am I?<br />Why am I?<br />What is life?<br />What is death?<br />Is there a God? If so what is God like?<br />Does life on this planet have any purpose?</p><p>The book has a prologue and seven chapters.<br />The Prologue is an invitation to imagine our world as a theatrical stage production.<br />Chapter One discusses God’s extravagant love as the motivating factor for all that he does.<br />Chapter Two explores God’s sovereignty – his ability to do whatever he decides and to fully achieve his purpose for his creation.<br />Chapter Three describes this purpose and the plans God has to achieve it.<br />Chapter Four examines the role that Jesus Christ God’s Son plays in achieving God’s purpose.<br />Chapter Five investigates judgement and punishment and shows how God uses these in his plans for restoring the creation to its original intended position and condition.<br />Chapter Six uses the metaphor of a perfect parent to draw the conclusion that God really has good news for all of us.<br />Chapter Seven discusses how special we are and how we might respond to knowing this really good news about God.</p><p>"The Really Good News About God" is an easy refreshing read written in an informal conversational style not weighed down by theological or religious language.<br />It's a good place to start exploring these important questions as the author offers positive uplifting answers from the Bible that challenge the good news/bad news dualism usually promoted by much of mainstream Christianity.</p>