Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1463002 in Books
• Published on: 1999-12-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Ian Hamilton; Banner of Truth; April 2003
Prof.Carson has done the church therefore a great service in this brief (but ... exceedingly succinct) exposition of God's love.

Themelios; September 2001
This is a fine little book that should be in the hands of every pastor and Bible student.

From the Inside Flap
The theme of the love of god is inexhaustible. But in today’s world it is a theme that has been taken too much for granted. What about the wrath of the Loving God, or about the loving God who is also sovereign Lord? Renowned Bible teacher D A Carson turns to these vital questions and helps us reach a richer picture of the wonderful love of God.

This important subject both demands and repays study. The book will contribute significantly to our understanding and appreciation of God's unique love.
David Taylor, Baptist Times, November 2000

"A brilliant little read."
Evangelicals Now, April 2000

Customer Reviews

Outstanding, succinct treatment of God's love
This book has only 78 pages of text, but it is worth reading and re-reading. In it, Carson carefully categorises the Bible's message about God's love. He shows how the different strands fit together. He affirms God's love for all the world and his particular love for those he has chosen. He shows how John can tell us in his gospel that God loved the world, but tells us not to in his first letter!

He discusses the popular, but recent interpretation of the meaning of two Greek words used in John 21 in more detail than he did in his excellent, earlier book "Exegetical Fallacies." Since reading his argument, I have become convinced of his view that the two words do not have great differences in meaning in the New Testament (or in the Greek translation of the Old Testament).

At times, Carson's writing is not easy to read, but this book is one of his most lucid.

Highly recommended.

Balancing Grace and Law
A thin book examining the different ways that the bible describes the love of God, Carson discusses some difficult but worthwhile material. Don't be fooled by the brevity of this book which is theologically dense and probably worth reading more than once.

Do you believe in God's grace and salvation by faith and sometimes find yourself in conflict with those who would emphasise the Christian obligation to obey God's laws? Do you believe in the justice of God, his righteousness and wrath and sometimes find yourself in conflict with those who emphasise salvation by faith, not of works? Carson describes six different ways that the bible describes God's love and shows how these seemingly different concepts can be held in productive "tension" within the Christian life.