Tag: goodness of God

• The Sense of Taste

  1 Peter 2:2-3 “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” I am currently reading the book “Religious Affections” by the early American theologian and preacher Jonathan Edwards.  Among the many wonderful insights in this book is how…

  lejaneyoung

  May 30, 2026

  1 Peter, 1 Peter 2

  commitment, faith, goodness of God, the sense of taste

• The Greatness of God

  1 John 4:8 “God is love” Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty” Psalm 25:8 “Good and upright is the Lord.” Exodus 34:6 “The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.” All of the statements above about God’s nature could be considered massive understatements, primarily…

  lejaneyoung

  July 22, 2023

  1 John, 1 John 4, Exodus, Exodus 34, Isaiah, Isaiah 6, Psalm 25, Psalms

  glory of God, goodness of God, grace, greatness of God, infinitude, love of God, mercy, patience

• Too good to be true?

  2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Sometimes things seem almost too good to be true. Do you know anything like this? This past Friday night I watched an NCAA tournament basketball game between the 15th seeded…

  lejaneyoung

  March 27, 2022

  2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians 5

  2 Corinthians 5, goodness of God, the gospel, wonderful truth