God's love Archives - Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:04:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg God's love Archives - Bible Advocate 32 32 How do we reconcile the Bible’s teaching of a God of love and a God of wrath? https://baonline.org/how-do-we-reconcile-the-bibles-teaching-of-a-god-of-love-and-a-god-of-wrath/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:55:15 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29344

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How do we reconcile the Bible’s teaching of a God of love and a God of wrath? There is no reconciliation to be made in God’s nature. God’s love and God’s wrath exist in the context of one another. As surely as a mountain’s peak cannot exist without the valley deep, so God’s love cannot […]

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]]> Never Will I Leave You https://baonline.org/never-will-i-leave-you/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 06:00:01 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=27267

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“I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). When I was eight years old, I read Bible verses that explained God’s love, my sin, Jesus’ sacrifice, and my need to repent and accept God’s grace in faith. God spoke to my heart. Although not audibly, He called to me: “Trust Me. Follow Me. […]

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]]> The Fullness https://baonline.org/the-fullness/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:00:26 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=26525

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Most of us have a favorite verse of Scripture and, if asked, could tell why we like that text a lot. Could we also explain how the verses just before and after our favorite impact and help unpack its full meaning? Without revealing its location yet, I’ll tell you my favorite verse for today and […]

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]]> How Do You Learn Proper Biblical Interpretation? https://baonline.org/how-do-you-learn-biblical-interpretation/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:00:12 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=26333

Biblical interpretation

Have you heard or read something about what is in the Bible and wondered, “Is that really right?” How do you learn Biblical interpretation?

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]]> The Keeper of My Heart https://baonline.org/the-keeper-of-my-heart/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:23:39 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4936

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In her new book, The Keeper of My Heart, author Ashley Wichlenski helps young girls find their worth through God’s love. Formatted as a series of letters from The Keeper of Your Heart, each page pours out love to young readers. The Keeper of My Heart makes the nature of God’s unconditional love —complete, forever, […]

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]]> Inside Job https://baonline.org/inside-job/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:58:08 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4854

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Wendi Johnson as told to Karen Foster I pulled my baking sheet out of the oven and inhaled the sweet scent of chocolate chip cookies. When I bit into a warm one, my tears came — again. These cookies were bound for the male inmates in one of our state prisons. Would one of the […]

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]]> Relationship-Fueled Leaders https://baonline.org/relationship-fueled-leaders/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 23:58:16 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4839

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Let’s face it. When a Christian leader considers their ministry to-do list, it’s the equivalent of swiping through a newsfeed on a smartphone. Barring Jesus’ return, that list is never, ever going to end. To press the metaphor further, there’s a word for getting so lost in your smartphone that you ignore the physical people […]

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]]> Butterflies for Shelly https://baonline.org/butterflies-for-shelly/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:58:32 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4546

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In the ladies’ room of the county courthouse, my daughter Shelly collapsed in my arms and sobbed, mascara smearing her cheeks. “Mom, I have to go on the witness stand next, and I don’t think I can do it. I’m so scared.” Oh, God, help me! I’m in way over my head. I held Shelly […]

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