Who is God? The answer you give to this question will have a profound impact upon your life. It establishes the sense of security and confidence in which you live. It influences every decision you make and every prayer you say. It determines how you see yourself and how you treat others. Your concept of God is at the foundation of everything you believe and everything you do.
Read this book and your foundation will shift. Your beliefs will be challenged. Your life will change. In the end, God will be more real and personal to you.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1: The God of the Bible
Chapter 1: Almighty Creator
Chapter 2: Gods Love and Vulnerability
Chapter 3: Gods Image and Likeness
Chapter 4: The Giver of Blessings
Chapter 5: God is Relational, Social and Personal
Chapter 6: God Shows Favor
Chapter 7: What Pleases God?
Chapter 8: God is an Emotional Being
Chapter 9: God is a Covenant-Maker
Chapter 10: God Changes His Mind
Chapter 11: God is Sovereign
Part 2: A Philosophical Concept of God
Chapter 12: The Philosophers Understanding
Chapter 13: Augustines Concept of God
Chapter 14: The Classical View of God
Chapter 15: Sovereignty and Predestination
Chapter 16: Modern Churchs View of God
Part 3: Two Views in Conflict
Chapter 17: Different Views of God
Chapter 18: Is God Timeless or Eternal?
Chapter 19: Does the Future Already Exist?
Chapter 20: Is God Omniscient?
Chapter 21: Does God Know All of the Future?
Chapter 22: God Takes Risks, But Makes No Mistakes
Chapter 23: Because of Relationship, Covenant and Love
Part 4: What is God Doing?
Chapter 24: Determinism versus Openness
Chapter 25: God is in Charge
Chapter 26: God is Working with Us
Chapter 27: Our Lives and Vocations
Chapter 28: The Timing of the Second Coming
Part 5: The Nature of Humankind
Chapter 29: Created in Gods Image
Chapter 30: Capabilities of the Human Heart
Chapter 31: We are Valuable
Chapter 32: We are Lovable
Part 6: Implications of the Sun-like Image
Chapter 33: Sun-like Love
Chapter 34: God is Love
Chapter 35: Judgment and Atonement
Chapter 36: God and Prophecy
Chapter 37: Praying According to Gods Will
Chapter 38: Our Image of God and Our Ethics
Chapter 39: God is Good
Part 7: Death, Evil and Suffering
Chapter 40: The Nature of Creation
Chapter 41: The Origin of Death
Chapter 42: The Origin of Evil
Chapter 43: Suffering and Pain Happen
Chapter 44: God Can Cause Suffering
Chapter 45: Why Do Babies Die?
Conclusion
Recommended Reading
Endorsements
We understand God today much better than we have in a long time. Harold Eberles profound book on the nature of God is definitely the cutting edge. I agree with him that God is considerably more open to changing circumstances than most of us have been taught. This is stimulating theology.
C. Peter Wagner, Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute
Harold R. Eberle has written a remarkable book. For clarity and simplicity of statement, it is difficult to know how it could be improved. The issues with which he deals are central to the issue of a Hebraic understanding of God over and against a Greek understanding. In the debate on the issue of an open future versus a predestined future in every detail, this book should be taken into account. Many will disagree and many will agree with the thesis of this book. The central issue of personhood of God and the worth of man in His image, however, should not be avoided.
Dr. Daniel Juster, Director of Tikkun International
About the Author
Harold R. Eberle has authored more than twenty books, founded several Bible Colleges in Africa, and traveled the world preaching the good news of Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Linda, live in Yakima, WA, where they raised their three children, who are now grown and out on their own.