The Love of God

Key Passages

• Psalm 107:1-43
• Jeremiah 31:3
• Hosea 1:1-4
• John 3:16
• John 15:9-10
• John 17:23-26
• Romans 8:35-29
• 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
• 1 John 3:1
• 1 John 4:7-21

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Love | Concise Oxford English Dictionary
• love | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Thesaurus
• Love | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)
• God, Love of | New Nave’s Topical Textbook
• Love | Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
• Love | The Handbook to Bible Study
• God, love of | Dictionary of Bible Themes
• Love of God, The | New Topical Textbook
• Love | Easton’s Bible Dictionary
• Love | The New Bible Dictionary
• Love | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary
• love | The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
• Love | The Lexham Bible Dictionary
• Love | Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
• Love | New Dictionary of Biblical Theology

Systematic Theologies

• Bancroft, Emery: Christian Theology, pp. 76-77
• Barth, Karl: The Being of God as the One Who Loves | Church Dogmatics
• Benson, Clarence H.: The Love of God | The One True God
• Berkof, Louis: The Love of God | Systematic Theology
• Boyce, James Petigru: Holiness, Goodness, Love and Truth | Abstract of Systematic Theology
• Erickson, Millard J.: Love | Christian Theology
• Erickson, Millard J.: God’s Goodness | God the Father Almighty: A Contempory Eploration of the Divine Attributes
• Evans : The Mercy and Lovingkindness of God; The Love of God | The Great Doctrines of the Bible, pp. 43-48
• Grudem, Wayne : Love | Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Bible Doctrine pp. 199-200
• Hodge, Charles: The Goodness of God | Systematic Theology
• Kauffman, Daniel: Love | Bible Doctrine: A Treatise on the Great Doctrines of the BIble
• Lloyd-Jones, D.M.: The Goodness or Love of God | Great Doctrines of the Bible, Volume 1: God the Father, God the Son
• McCune, Rolland: Love | A Systematic Theology of Christianity Volume 1
• Miley, John: Love | John Miley’s Systematic Theology, Volume 1
• Packer, J.I.: Goodness: God Is Love | Concise Theology
• Pope, William Burt: The Love of God | A Compendium of Christian Theology
• Ridgley, Thomas: Benignity of God | Body of Divinity Volume 1
• Shedd, William G.T.; Gomes, Alan W.:Goodnes (Including Benevolence and Mercy) | Dogmatic Theology
• Strong, Augustus Hopkins: Love | Systematic Theology
• Thiessen, Henry Clarence: Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology, pp. 130-132 (original edition, copyright 1949)
• Thiessen, Henry Clarence: >> https://ref.ly/logosres/thiessensystheo;ref=Page.p_82;off=887 | Lectures in Systematic Theology (revised edition)

Monographs

• The Radical Cross: Living the Passion of Christ by A.W. Tozer
• A Godward Life by John Piper
• First Love by John MacArthur
• Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D.A. Carson
• Nothing Greater, Nothing Better: Theological Essays on the Love of God by Kevin Vanhoozer

Articles and Chapters in Books

• Bridges, Jerry: Trusting God Even When Life Hurts, Chapters 9-10 pp 135-158
• Crosby, Tho. Of the Love of God | The History of the English Baptists from the Reformation to teh Beginning of the Reign of the King George I
• Henry, Carl F.:God’s Incomparable Love | God, Revelation and Authority
• Strauss, Richard L.: God Is Love | Chapter 12 in The Joy of Knowing God
• Torrey, R.A.: The Love of God | What the Bible Teaches
• Tozer, A.W. The Knowledge of the Holy, The Love of God, Chapter 21 pg 97-102

Sermons

• Flavel, John: Opens the Admirable Love of God in Giving His Own Son for Us: John 3:16 | The whole works of the Reverand John Flavel Vol 1-6
• Lappin, S.S.: The Love of God | Lappin’s Sermon Outlines
• Lappin, S.S.: The Love of God For Lost Man | Lappin’s Sermon Outlines
• Paley, William: The Love of God: 1 John 4:19 | The works of William Paley, Vol 3
• Simeon, Charles: The Electing Love of God an Incentive to Holiness: Deuteronomy 10:14–16 | Horae Homileticae Vol 2: Numbers to Joshua
• Simeon, Charles: The Love of God Towards His People: Isaiah 63:9 | Horae Homileticae Vol 8: Isaiah
• Simeon, Charles: The Love of God in Giving His Son for Man: John 3:16 | Horae Homileticae Vol 13

Web Links

• All About: Love of God
• Brown, Greg: Characteristics of God
• Boyce, James Montgomery: Abstract of Systematic Theology
• Deffinbaugh, Bob : The Love of God | Bible.org
• Chafer, Lewis Sperry: Part 3: Biblical Theism The Attributes of God (Concluded) BSAC 096:381 (Jan 1939)
• Keathley, Hampton J III: What God Is Like

• Stewart, Don : Is God Love?
• Theopedia: Love of God

Music / Hymns

• Lehman, Frederick: The Love of God | Amazing Grace—366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions
• Matheson, George: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go | Amazing Grace—366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions
• Shea, George: The Wonder of It All | Amazing Grace—366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions
• Wesley, Charles: [[And Can It be That I Should Gain? >> https://ref.ly/logosres/amazing;ref=DayOfYear.Feb_10;off=1]]] | Amazing Grace—366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions
• Wesley, Charles: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling | Amazing Grace—366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions
• What Wonderous Love Is This | Amazing Grace—366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions

Illustrations

Other Attributes

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