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Does God exist?If He does, is it possible to know Him? How you answer these two questions defines how you see the world. Author and pastor Skip Heitzig once wrestled with these questions himself. As he studied the Bible alongside science and philosophy, he grew confident that the answers to both are a resounding yes! In Biography of God, he shares the intricacies of what the Bible reveals about God's character and His plans. As Skip helps you recognize and remove the limits you may have placed on your idea of who God is, you'll gain a better understanding of the omnipotence, paradoxes, and mystery central to God's beingtrue nature of the Holy Trinitylife-changing hope that comes with believing God is who He says He is Whether you're a longtime believer or you're still looking for answers about faith, Biography of God will help you transform your acknowledgment to trust in the God in the Bible, and ignite your passion to know Him more intimately.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	13 octobre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736977746
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version . Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version , NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Biography of God
Copyright 2020 by Skip Heitzig
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-7773-9 (pbk)
ISBN 978-0-7369-7774-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Heitzig, Skip, author.
Title: Biography of God / Skip Heitzig.
Description: Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2020. | Summary: The Biography of God offers a personal encounter with God-one that is uplifting, instructive, and practical for every area of life. This is a very conversational-style book that inspires, encourages, and enables readers to know God better -Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020018196 (print) | LCCN 2020018197 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736977739 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780736977746 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: God (Christianity) | God (Christianity)-Knowableness. | Spirituality-Christianity.
Classification: LCC BT103 .H45 2020 (print) | LCC BT103 (ebook) | DDC 231-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018196
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018197
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DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to my grandchildren, Seth Nathaniel Heitzig and Kadence Joy Heitzig, both of whom are uniquely crafted by the personal God of Scripture written about in these pages. It is my deepest hope that they will walk closely with Him to fulfill His design for their lives .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I want to acknowledge the team I have around me that makes all my work possible. It s true that alone we can do little; together we can do much. Solomon nailed it when he wrote, Two are better than one a rope made of three cords is hard to break (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12). It s true in daily life, and it was true in the writing of this book.
Thanks to my wife, Lenya, who understands the power of the printed word as well as the spoken word; to my son, Nate, whose contemporary insight is always helpful; to my personal assistant, Laney Dennis, whose steady support makes writing times possible; and to my local publishing team, Quent, Brian, and Lorin, for insights, revisions, and great ideas. I also have a large church staff that is creative, competent, and energetic to follow God s call; they inspire me.
I am indebted to Dr. J.I. Packer for his book Knowing God , and equally to Tim Stafford, who wrote Knowing the Face of God . These two unique contributions to my early spiritual journey fed my hunger to know the God who revealed Himself in creation and Scripture.
I am most grateful to the God of the universe, who revealed Himself unselfishly through the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He interrupted my life when I was turning eighteen. I m so glad He did, and I am still learning what it means to walk with Him.
CONTENTS
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface: About the Cover Art
Let Me Introduce You
1. Can God Be Known?
2. Is Anyone Up There? Proofs for God s Existence, Part 1: Ontological and Cosmological
3. Follow the Clues Proofs for God s Existence, Part 2: Teleological and Moral Law
4. Now It Gets Personal Proofs for God s Existence, Part 3: Specific Revelation
5. I m God and You re Not: An Encounter with God
6. A Cup of Coffee with God: A Short Autobiography
7. The God Who Knows It All God s Major Attributes, Part 1: Omniscience
8. Godisnowhere God s Major Attributes, Part 2: Omnipresence
9. My God Is Bigger than Your God God s Major Attributes, Part 3: Omnipotence
10. God s Most Unpopular Attribute: Holiness The Problem of Evil, Part 1
11. The Dark Side of God: Justice The Problem of Evil, Part 2
12. How Can Three Be One? The Trinity, Part 1
13. Two-Thirds Is Not Enough The Trinity, Part 2
14. Good Man, Madman, Con Man, or God-Man? Jesus, Part 1
15. Marked by Purpose: The Carpenter Who Was Really a King Jesus, Part 2
16. How to Be God s Friend
Afterword: Four Simple Steps to Becoming God s Friend
Notes
Other Great Reading by Skip Heitzig
About the Publisher
PREFACE: ABOUT THE COVER ART
T he work on the cover of this book is derived from Woodcut for Die Bibel in Bildern , 1860, by German artist Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872). It shows God the Father in power and splendor, a personification of His glory.
Von Carolsfeld was part of the Nazarene Movement, comprised of German Romantic artists driven by a yearning to highlight Christian themes whose work revolved around biblical subjects. He is best remembered for his Picture Bible, published between 1852-1860.
Many throughout history have tried to portray God via artistic means. An image like von Carolsfeld s is creative and beautiful-but limited. It has to be. No person can capture the grandeur of God on canvas, in marble, or engraved on stone or wood. No artistic work can encompass the enormity and essence of God; we can only paint to comprehend, never to apprehend.
Using art to depict God is purely an imaginative endeavor. In employing art on the cover of Biography of God , my intention is not to suggest what God looks like or that God the Father is a man (much less an old man, subject to the ravages of time). Jesus, after all, said God is Spirit (John 4:24). Rather, I hope to make a point as to the overarching intention of the book: to render a description of God that is both biblical and beautiful, helping you as the reader to better comprehend our awe-inspiring Creator.
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
W ho is God? What is He like? Is He even there at all? What does He want? Why doesn t He make Himself more available especially to me?
These were the questions that peppered my mind as a youngster. The memory is still fresh: Around twelve years old, I stood in my backyard on a sunlit morning, burning a small amount of trash for my mom (those were the days when air quality management in California wasn t a huge concern). As the smoke wafted upward, I felt almost transported back in time to Old Testament days, when the priests sacrificed offerings in the temple. I started to think about this simple three-letter word: G-O-D. So easy to say! So hard to understand!
Thoughts about God imposed themselves on me as a youngster, bumping into my everyday activities like an uninvited panhandler. I began wondering if it was possible to know for sure if God existed, and if so, could I know Him the way I knew my mom and dad? Yeah, I went to church with my family and heard the standard answers. But that wasn t enough for me. I wanted more.
An unfed hunger grew inside me to discover the divine presence. Was God an imaginary idea concocted by people throughout time as a convenient way to understand their own existence? Or had God revealed Himself first, breaking into human reality from the outside-in? If God was real, what did He do all day? Did He have any hobbies? Could we make Him happy, sad, or mad? What did He look like? Such are the common thoughts of a child.
A kindergarten teacher once assigned her class to draw a picture of something that was important to them. Each of the children got to work, and scrawled images of parents, pets, sports, and rainbows began to appear. Johnny sat in the back, head down, working diligently. All the other kids turned in their assignments, but Johnny drew on, feverishly scribbling with furrowed brow.
His teacher noticed and asked, Johnny, what are you drawing?
Without looking up, Johnny replied, I m drawing God.
Smiling, the teacher said, Well, Johnny, no one knows what God looks like.
Without missing a beat, Johnny looked up. They will when I m through.
I can t help but chuckle at Johnny s confidence-a child s belief that he knew what God looked like. If Johnny were an adult, we d call his claim arrogant, and we wouldn t be wrong. So as I sit down to write a book about God, I want to make it clear that I m not pulling a Johnny. In fact, I still sometimes