Website of Dr. John K. LaShell
Is
God Beautiful or Ugly?
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Other Authors (Including book excerpts) |
A growing cadre of “ex-Christians” insists that the God of the Bible is ugly. “If such a god existed,” they say, “he would not be worthy of our worship. We should despise and hate such a monster.”
I
believe that the triune God of the Bible is –
The most beautiful Being
The source of all created beauty
The objective standard by which all beauty must be judged
This
site is dedicated to displaying the beauty of God. As it grows, I plan to
include reviews of relevant books, quotations from classic authors, brief
articles, and excerpts from my forthcoming book, The
Beauty of God for a Broken World: Theological Reflections Fueled by the Passion
of Jonathan Edwards. The book
is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2010 by Christian Literature Crusade.
In addition, you will find some recent sermons and a few other things I have written. Enjoy!
Jonathan Edwards (Quotations regarding beauty)
David
Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite (A review)
David
Taylor, “A Holy Longing” (A Christianity
Today essay)
Messages by John Piper (This link is to Desiring God Ministries. In the search
bar, type “Beauty of God”)
Sam Storms, One Thing (A review)
MP3 Audio Sermons (Left-click to
listen on line. Right-click to save to your computer or audio device.)
Sermons on God’s Beauty
A Divine and
Supernatural Light (Experiencing the Beauty of God 1)
For the Beauty
of the Earth (Experiencing the Beauty of God 2)
Have You Seen Christ?
(Experiencing the Beauty of God 3)
What’s
the Use of Beauty in a Crab’s World (Experiencing the Beauty of God 4)
Other Recent Sermons
What Does It Mean
to Be Reformed?
Sola Scriptura (By Scripture
Alone,
Solo Christo (By
Christ Alone,
Sola Gratia (By
Grace Alone,
Sola Fide (By Faith Alone,
Soli Deo Gloria
(Glory to God Alone,
TULIP (
Ecclesia
Reformata Semper Reformanda (The Church, Reformed Always Having to Be
Reformed,
Brief series on the Holy Spirit
The Spirit in
the Life of the Trinity (
The
Spirit in the Life of the Christian (
The
Spirit in the Life of the Church (
Series on Titus
Titus 1:1-4 (12/27/09) The Mission
of the Church
Titus 1:5-8 (01/03/10) A Blameless
Life
Titus 1:9-19 (01/10/10) The
Commandments and the Conscience (I was sick for this one, so …)
Titus 2:1-8 (01/17/10) The
Sensible Christian (Some people really liked this one; others did not.)
Titus 1-2 (01/24/10) Christian
Social Order
A Love Story (Except from The Beauty of God for a Broken World)
The Attractiveness of Christ (Excerpt from The Beauty of God for a Broken World)
Hymn, “Show
Me Your Beauty,” is available in three formats
PDF file of
the score and words
Noteworthy
Composer File of the score and words (If you download the free trial
version of Noteworthy Composer, you can hear the music.)
MP3 File (with my daughter
Bethany Lebedz singing—verse 1 followed by the melody in the chorus;
verse 2 followed by the harmony in the chorus; verses 3 & 4 with melody
& harmony together in the chorus)
Hymn on
intercessory prayer, “Stand in the Gap” (may
be sung to the tune Leoni)
Hymn “The True Vine” (may be sung to the tune Darwall)