God is an Authoritative and Loving Father Children from authoritarian and permissive households just don’t learn the tools needed to navigate our complex world. Children from lovingly ...

Don't think of God as a cruel, harsh judge gleefully waiting to crush you, because He isn't. He is instead the loving Father who yearns for you to be with Him in heaven forever.

So, despite their present suffering (1:6), they are even now being kept and preserved by God for salvation (1:5). God is their loving Father who sees all and will provide for his sons and daughters.

Paul Prather: Some people in contemporary Christianity seem to shy away from referring to God as the Father because of the baggage. I get that, but I also respectfully disagree.

Father’s Day is this Sunday, and as we remember our own fathers, may we take time to contemplate what it means that God is our Father. Throughout both the Old and New Testaments God is referred ...

My initial encounter with the Father’s love for me specifically through Scripture was through hearing him speaking to my heart the words, “You are mine”, which I would later discover in the ...

God never forces or coerces a person into a relationship. True love can never be forced or coerced. And a loving relationship can never be built upon the fear of punishment. It has to be freely ...

In our highly patriarchal church, the predominant image of God is that of a loving father. For a large number of people - especially those of us who have been abused ...

Paul Prather: Some people in contemporary Christianity seem to shy away from referring to God as the Father because of the baggage. I get that, but I also respectfully disagree.