Objects of His Affection: Coming Alive to the Compelling Love of God

by Scotty Smith

To see our sins, wounds, idols, and failures apart from God's is simply too much. We will either minimize our condition, thus marginalizing our need of grace, or we will run away in hopeless despair to the arms of a lesser love or to the worship of lesser gods. But . . .

God pursues us in our restlessness.
receives us in our sinfulness.
holds us in our brokenness, and
frees us from our lovelessness.
-- Scotty Smith
excerpt from Objects of His Affection

Genres: Christian Living, Christian, Nonfiction, Faith, Christianity

260 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

About the author

Scotty Smith is founding pastor of Christ Community Church (PCA) in Franklin, Tennessee. He is now teacher in residence at West End Community Church (PCA) in Nashville, a daughter church of CCC. Scotty also serves as an adjunct professor at five seminaries, including Covenant, Westminster, Redeemer, RTS Orlando, and Western Seminary in Portland. He is the author of several books, including Everyday Prayers, as well as Unveiled Hope with Michael Card and Speechless and Restoring Broken Things with Steven Curtis Chapman.

Reviews

[Scott Seney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book--continually directing our hearts back to the reality of God's inexhaustible love for us. Enjoyed being challenged by the prayers at the end of each chapter.

[Olive Chan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scotty Smith uses his own life story of coming to terms with his mother's death to illustrate the intense love God has for each one of us.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Objects of His Affection

Scotty Smith writes with compassion and vulnerability. In this book, he looks first at the deep, outrageous, tender love the Father has for His children and then at the many obstacles that stand in the way of our living loved. Wherever you stand in your Divine Romance, you'll want to read this reminder of how completely you are adored.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have always loved Scotty Smith and his gospel-saturated prayers and his continual focus on the inexhaustible fountain of God's love for broken cisterns like us. Appreciated a bit of autobiography in this volume, allowing us to peer through the cracks of his heart to see Christ. And of course, his prayers at the end of each chapter are so well-written and heart-moving...just icing to the cake.

[LeVan K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for a group study. A powerful invitation to grace

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful.

i've always loved scotty smith's writing. this book gave me a much deeper insight into his life and history and made him more vulnerable and relatable. and his letter to his mother at the end of the book absolutely did me in. i pray we all truly grasp just how loved we are by God. thanks for the reminder, mr. smith.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book about how God loves and pursues us, His people. It is also a touching personal story of someone who dealt, or didn't deal, with a tragedy.
I highly recommend this book to anyone. Scotty Smith has a knack for bringing big truths home in a way that's easy to read.

[Wade · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very well written book about how we need to daily be completely focussed on the love that God has for us.

[Jennifer Hurst · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is hardcore...