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God Laughs & 42 More Surprising Facts About God That Will Change Your Life
Did you know that God sings? There are many things God does that you may not have thought about ever before--and the more we know, the better we can respond to Him. God sees. God winks. God hears. He cries, He waits, and He runs. He is jealous and gets angry. He smiles, frowns, and laughs! Reflecting on the attributes and activities of God is the best way to become like Him. In God Laughs, Elmer Towns and Charles Billingsley invite the reader to deeply consider God's character and qualities. They contend that it's only as we get to know Him that we can become more like Him, and it's only when we glimpse God for who He is that we can worship Him in Spirit and in truth. Readers are challenged to dig deeply into Scripture, where God reveals that He has a heart . . . and a nose . . . and that He whistles!
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 16, 2009
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About the author
Elmer L. Towns
337 books48 followersDr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He began teaching at Midwest Bible College, St. Louis, Missouri, for three years and was not satisfied with his textbooks so he began writing his own (he has published over 100 books listed in the Library of Congress, 7 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List; several becoming accepted as college textbooks. He is also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by the Christian Booksellers Association for writing the Book of the Year, i.e., The Names of the Holy Spirit.
He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).
He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.
Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.
His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).
He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.
Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.
His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
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August 24, 2021
Es un libro devocional enfatizando a Dios.
January 14, 2017
God Laughs contains 43 short chapters describing the traits of God. The Bible describes God in various ways, including anthropomorphisms (attributing human qualities to God, such as “the eyes of the Lord”) and other descriptions of God’s personality. The book provides a nice overview of some concepts about God that Christians easily overlook or may not have considered.
At times, it seemed as if the chapters contained more personal stories of the authors than biblical teaching on the topics. I would also caution that there were some yellow flags about their view of grace. It seemed as though they preferred legalism to grace, but the benefits of the book outweigh the subtle problems.
God Laughs is a creative look at some lesser-known truths about God. If you want to enlarge your understanding of whom God is and what He is like, then give God Laughs an evening or two of your time.
This review, along with additional book quotes, first appeared on my blog, ChristyBower.com.
At times, it seemed as if the chapters contained more personal stories of the authors than biblical teaching on the topics. I would also caution that there were some yellow flags about their view of grace. It seemed as though they preferred legalism to grace, but the benefits of the book outweigh the subtle problems.
God Laughs is a creative look at some lesser-known truths about God. If you want to enlarge your understanding of whom God is and what He is like, then give God Laughs an evening or two of your time.
This review, along with additional book quotes, first appeared on my blog, ChristyBower.com.
July 30, 2016
And So Much More
This book only lists 43 qualities of the Lord. He is our Lord, our Savior, our teacher, our guide, and on and on. You add to this list for God is all each one of us need.
This book only lists 43 qualities of the Lord. He is our Lord, our Savior, our teacher, our guide, and on and on. You add to this list for God is all each one of us need.
July 9, 2017
Not a great book, but you know, interesting and a bit of a thrill. But didnt make me stay reading to finish it.
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