When I set out to explore the idea of the “pleasure of God’s soul” last week, I did not anticipate where that would lead. But as I have considered how to explain all that is going on at the end of Hebrews 10, it has become clear that we need to take our time, and let the Larger Story unfold, so that we can understand what brings pleasure to God’s soul . . . and …
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The Pleasure of God’s Soul – Part 1 – “Bad News”
June 13, 2011 Agendas, Life & Death, The Pleasure of God's Soul (Article Series)(Previous article)
The “pleasure of God’s soul” – There is something unsettling, yet compelling about that phrase. Unsettling because I don’t think of God as having a “soul”. Clearly, He is Spirit (John 4:24). But the idea of Him “having a soul” is somehow foreign. Unsettling also, because it seems that I might have something to do with this pleasure . . . and compelling for the same reason. Also compelling because it seems like a …