Jeff Chavez’s Reviews > Simply God > Status Update

‘God exists in the supreme sense, and the original sense, of the word. He is altogether unchangeable, and it is he who could say with full authority, “I am who I am.” ' —Augustine

"No doubt mission in our day will be costly, and will involve many disappointments. Still we shall find ourselves sufficiently resourced if we stop putting our trust in programmes, human leaders, techniques and marketing, and instead re-envision ourselves with the classical doctrine of a God who is perfect and relational, one and many." (Mission)

"Until we develop a healthy sense of our own temporal limitations, we will be unable to live in time. Recovery of that begins when we behold the God who is other than us, the eternal God who gives us the gift of time to live it for Him... we are able to enjoy parts of the entertainment culture, without losing ourselves in the timeless stream of trivia and entertainment that overwhelms so many." (Entertainment)

"...a healthy view of God requires we give full weight to both his oneness and his threeness. Simplicity is not opposed to relationality, but is the guarantee of perfect relationality." (Sanlon. Kindle. 207)

"...if God is a being of perfection, he must be the God who is perfect love. Such a God could not be a monad. His oneness must include a threeness: only the Father, Son, and Spirit can be perfect love and share that love with creatures."
—Sanlon, Peter. Simply God. E-book Ed. 2014. Ch. 7 "Jonathan Edwards"

"God is simple: his love is perfect. God's love is of a different order to our love. It is natural to wonder how we can ever experience his love, if he is so radically different from us. The Son is the person who crosses the Creator-creature distinction to bring God's love to sinful people."

—Peter Sanlon. Simply God, "The Son's Loving Service." ch. 6

"He knows all things not by learning or experiencing them directly, but by comprehending, upholding, and unfolding all reality and all times within himself."

"God is genuinely other than us, and yet communicates something of his nature to us in ways we can understand."
—Peter Sanlon, Simply God. Ch. 2 "Simplicity is Mysterious But Coherent"

The Creator–creature distinction reminds us that we should expect God to be profoundly different from us, and at a fundamental level beyond our comprehension. (ch.2)