Dan Greenfield

Category: God

  • Knowing Little of God

    Knowing Little of God

    In his work The Mortification of Sin Puritan John Owen outlines nine directions to help believers in their struggles with sin. The eighth involves meditating on those things that will always result in our humility and awareness of sin. This involves meditating not only on the excellencies and majesty of…

  • The Self-Existence of God

    O self-existent One in Three, Jehovah, God alone, In glory wrapt, invisible, By revelation known! Incomprehensible Thou art, And all research is vain; Nor even can the wise in heart The mystery explain. Yet does thy holy word declare, That we may learn thy name— That they who worship Thee…

  • The Holiness of God

    “And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory,” Isaiah 6:3 Holy and reverend is the name Of our eternal King; Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry, Thrice holy, let us sing. Heaven’s brightest lamps with…

  • The Mercy of God

    I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, Psalm 89:1 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affections and bound my…

  • The Loving-Kindness of the Redeemer

    “I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has granted them according to His compassion and according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses”…

  • The Unsearchable Wisdom of God

    Wait, O my soul, thy maker’s will, Tumultuous passions all be still! Nor let a murmuring thought arise, His ways are just, his counsels wise. He in the thickest darkness dwells, Performs his work, the cause conceals; But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. In…

  • God’s Dominion and Decrees

    This hymn might be hard for some to swallow as God’s absolute sovereignty is explicitly set forth. Many believe that God has imposed upon Himself limited sovereignty (a misnomer if there ever was one) so that finite and sinful man can exercise his own will. Such will therefore express considerable angst…

  • The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God

    Lord, thou with an unerring beam Surveyest all my powers; My rising steps are watched by thee, By thee, my resting hours. My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth, Great God, are known to thee; Abroad, at home, still I’m enclosed With thine immensity. To thee the labyrinths of life In…

  • The Infinite God

    Thy names, how infinite they be! Great Everlasting one! Boundless thy might and majesty, And unconfined thy throne. Thy glories shine of wondrous size, And wondrous large thy grace: Immortal day breaks from thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. Thine essence is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound,…

  • God’s Eternity and Man’s Mortality

    “So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 Lord, thou hast been thy children’s God, All-powerful, wise and good, and just, In every age their safe abode, Their hope, their refuge, and their trust, Before thy word gave nature…

  • The Doctrine of the Trinity, and the Use of It

    “For through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father,” Ephesians 2:18 Father of glory, to thy name Immortal praise we give, Who dost thy work of grace proclaim, And bid us, rebels live. Immortal honor to the Son, Who makes thine anger cease; Our lives…

  • The Unity of God

    “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4 Eternal God! Almighty cause Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown; All things are subject to thy laws; All things depend on thee alone. Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possessed; Controlled by…

  • Who Said Liberalism is Dead?

    It’s been the opinion of some that theological liberalism is dead. Simplistically, theological liberalism describes those who call themselves Christians but deny many (if not most) of the doctrines that make Christianity Christianity. Some believe that liberalism’s sun has set and its dead and buried. I don’t think so. Come…

  • The Incarnation of Jesus Christ

    I’m submitting the following for this week’s “Pastor’s Column” in our local newspaper. If you have thoughts or suggestions, let me know by noon today! 🙂 —————– We just finished what for many is their favorite time of the year, Christmas. Increasingly our culture views this season in purely secular…

  • God the All

    O God, it is amazing that men can talk so much about man’s creaturely power and goodness, when, if thou didst not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate. Valley of Vision, p. 5.

  • Do Evolutionists Believe in God?

    If there was ever an illustration of the truths of Romans 1:18-23, this latest news item from National Public Radio is it: Jesse Bering’s mother died of cancer on a Sunday, in her own bed, at 9 o’clock at night. Bering and his siblings closed her door and went downstairs,…

  • The Standard of Holiness

    “There can be no proper doctrine of the atonement and no proper doctrine of retribution, so long as Holiness is refused its preeminence. Love must have a norm or standard, and this norm or standard can be found only in Holiness. The old conviction of sin and the sense of…

  • Jonathan’s Faith

    Jonathan’s statement in 1 Samuel 14:6 has always been an encouragement: Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the Lord will work for us, for the Lord is not restrained to save by many or by few. Jonathan had biblical support for his faith,…

  • God is Spirit

    Some great quotes from the puritan Stephen Charnock’s The Existence and Attributes of God, volume 1– As it is impossible for the eye of man to see [God], it is impossible for the art of man to paint him upon walls, and carve him out of wood. None knows him…

  • Obama on Origins

    I just came across this interview conducted when our President was running for office. He was asked, “What’s your attitude regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools?” His answer: I’m a Christian, and I believe in parents being able to provide children with religious instruction without interference from the…