![]() ![]() Avoid the temptation to merely get through the exercises without wrestling honestly with these matters. Therefore, the real purpose of this book is to guide you back into those passages which contain some of the most significant descriptions of God. This cannot be gained safely without diligently searching the Bible. Nothing is so satisfying for the true Christian as an ever-increasing and experiential knowledge of our God. By His help we hope to continue going deeper into the themes that were introduced in the first study through several forthcoming installments in the Behold Your God series. In a sense, The Weight of Majesty is a continuation of the theme we explored in week one of Rethinking God Biblically-that God Himself is the great attraction of the Christian life. In response to this question, we have put together this new study dealing primarily with the attributes of God rather than ways the evangelical church often lives below His self-revelation. Often, however, they are either very large or very complex books. Within these communications there has been a recurrent question: where do I go to find more resources on the character of God? Thankfully, there are many fine treatments of God’s perfections. It is always humbling to see God use our efforts as a part of something far greater than anything we could accomplish. During the last five years the emails, letters, and personal testimonies of those who have benefitted from the study have been gratefully received. The response to that study, by God’s grace, has been far greater than we could have imagined. ![]() It was our belief that the surest hope of a cure was to deal with the root issue, and that root issue appeared to be an inadequate understanding of our own God. Precious time was being wasted as Western evangelicals attempted to fix the external problems. Behold Your God: Rethinking God Biblically was written with the desire to help stir God’s people by pointing them back to the fountainhead-God Himself. Many had carefully traced the symptoms of an internal decay within evangelicalism, a decay that was occurring even while outwardly there appeared to be continued successes. When the Behold Your God series was released in 2013, we felt (as did many others) that the evangelical churches needed to face some hard questions. Among these men are Sinclair Ferguson (Dundee, Scotland), Steve Lawson (Dallas, TX), Joel Beeke (Grand Rapids, MI), Anthony Mathenia (Radford, VA), Conrad Mbewe (Lusaka, Zambia), Jordan Thomas (Memphis, TN), Ian Hamilton (Inverness, Scotland), Geoff Thomas (Aberystwyth, Wales), Jeremy Walker (Crawley, England), Garry Williams (London, England), and Andrew Davies (Cwmbran, South Wales). Week 12 – Knowing the God Who Is Patient & Zealousįollowing each teaching session is a collection of comments from interviews with contemporary Christian leaders who explain how a biblical appreciation of God’s character has affected their own lives and ministries. Week 4 – Knowing the God Who Is Everywhere Week 3 – Knowing the God Who Is Infinite & Eternal ![]() Week 2 – Knowing the God Who Cannot Change Week 1 – Knowing the God Who Is Incomprehensible Introduction - Welcome to The Weight of Majesty 20 Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty Workbooks. John Snyder, pastor of Christ Church in New Albany, Mississippi. ![]() The heart of each DVD is a 30-minute lesson on one aspect of God’s character. These introductions were filmed on location in England, Scotland, and New England at key historical sites associated with the lives of the men and women we are considering. Each week’s lesson is preceded by a brief 2-part historical profile of a notable man or woman of God such as John Knox, Hudson Taylor, Anne Judson, John Newton, Edward Payson, and John Bunyan. This product is a Daily Devotional Workbook, meant to be used together with the Weight of Majesty 13-DVD set.īehold Your God: The Weight of Majesty is a 12-week multimedia Bible study for churches, small groups, families, or individuals containing 12 sessions that are reinforced by a 12-week daily workbook. ![]()
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