A Great and Terrible Love: The Unexpected Embrace of a Holy God - Hardcover

Too often, we make God too small, too manageable. But careful examination of God's attributes reveals a God full of mystery, eternity, righteousness, and mercy. Now in paper, A Great and Terrible Love delivers unexpected glimpses into fifteen classic attributes of God, exposing cheap substitutes and delivering a fresh vision of God. "This is a very, very rare book. It did what few books I read do to me today--moved me closer to God and deeper in my walk and understanding of who he is."--Bob Roberts Jr., author, Glocalization "Any individual or group who work through these meditations on God will find them full of nourishment."--J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College

Encountering the Attributes of God Makes a Difference in How We Relate to Him"The book you hold now is a part of the longest and most important conversation held by the human race: What is God like?"--from the foreword by John Ortberg"This is a very, very rare book. It did what few books I read do to me today--moved me closer to God and deeper in my walk and understanding of who he is."--Bob Roberts Jr., senior pastor, NorthWood Church; founder Glocal.net; author, Glocalization, Transformation, and The Multiplying Church"Galli comes across as a sharp-sighted, deep-diving, wide-ranging contemplative, whose wisdom is flavored by a mellow astringency that is all his own. Any individual or group who work through these meditations on God will find them full of nourishment."--J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College"In his thought-provoking and profoundly challenging book, Mark Galli elucidates his best understandings of the attributes of God with a clear eye, an honest intellect, and a reverent heart. In these pages I rediscovered the sovereign and merciful God who is our one and only hope."--Carolyn Arends, recording artist; author, Wrestling With Angels"Jesus once told his critics, 'Your problem is you don't know the Scriptures and you don't know the power of God.' That's our problem too, and Galli is helping us trade in our safe, wishful thinking of God for the one really worth knowing and worshiping."--Ted Olsen, managing editor, News & Online Journalism, Christianity Today