Today we’re going to be wrapping up that series of podcasts “Can I Know God: What is God Like?” by looking at those qualities or attributes that He shares with US, humans. The last podcast we looked at those attributes that are uniquely His. But, since God created man with the desire to walk and fellowship with him—as is evidenced by His interactions with Adam in the Garden, these attributes have been passed through the descendants of Adam to us.

We have seen the all too common and well-worn out image of God being this cosmic grandfather—this gentle old man—in His glowing white beard and glowing white robe, sitting on some glorious marble throne in some far-off heavenly abode. And that may make good Hollywood or imagination, that may make God appear as some all-tolerant, all-loving, all-accepting deity—but it doesn’t make good Bible—which is where we find the TRUE picture of God.

This 5th episode we are going to look at the question “Can I Know God: What is God like?” That’s the discussion of His nature and those characteristics of His nature that are uniquely HIS and make HIM God.

This is my special Easter podcast where we will be learning about the RESURRECTION of the Lord Jesus Christ. This may be review for some of you, or it may be new knowledge for some of you. It might be too deep for some, too shallow for others.

Either way, we are going to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ today. One of the frustrations I have had with Easter sermons over the years—and I’ll add Passion Week sermons over the years—is that they make the crucifixion and the resurrection a topical issue, not a deeply theological issue. We learn of the Lord Jesus dying on a cross and learn He rose from the dead.

And in this vein—as it’s presented--it’s seen as just one of many paths to God. It’s simply a story meant to inspire commitment to a cause—the same way some heroic general killed on a battlefield motivates his army to some new courage. And it’s not. It’s the story of divine justice and why it was necessary. And this story—this truth—is the ONLY WAY to God. Without hearing the why, without hearing the results, without hearing the future hope it gives to each and every believer—or the hope and invitation it gives to non-believers it won’t take on the urgency that it should. And that’s what’s missing from the Christian message today.

He died for your sins. Okay. He rose from the grave. Okay. Why do I need to know that? Why do I need to embrace that? And that’s the urgency. And that urgency requires decisions be made about it—personal decisions about what it means for your life. We need to know WHAT we should we do—and we can’t do that until we know WHY we should do it.

This week’s podcast is going to look at the climax of Passion Week, the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, and what that means for us. I limit the application to Jesus’ suffering in Gethsemane, His betrayal, arrest, faux trial and beatings, His scourging, His condemnation to death in a mock trial, suffering that brutal walk to the hill of the cross, His agonizing hours on the cross, His cry of loneliness in His final minutes, His final breath, the lancing of His side, and His burial in a borrowed tomb secured by a Roman guard.

“Passion” means something someone suffered.

Why is this week important? Why is the Passion of Christ—the death of Jesus Christ—important? Because of all of the weeks in the year, of all accounts in the Bible, this drives home to man the magnitude of sin, the consequences of it, and what God went through—what Jesus went through to save you from it. It’s an eternal lesson, with eternal consequences, which is wrapped in the love of God toward men—you and me.

Continuing our studies in Biblical doctrine and practical theology in this podcast, which is a fancy way of saying "What does the Bible teach and how does it apply to my life?" We started out with why the Bible is important to your life and I'm now into the question of "Can I know God?" This is the 4th podcast on the question and concludes our laying of a basic logical, philosophical, and theological foundation of knowledge to help equip you to answer the question, "Can I know God?"

Recognize something about addiction, folks. It is first and foremost a SPIRITUAL BATTLE. Don’t let a society that doesn’t believe in God tell you different. The medical and psychological labeling of addiction is just that: a medical and psychological term used to describe a fundamentally spiritual issue. It may become medical, it may become psychological—and medical and psychological remedies may help in the short-term…but it starts spiritual—and spiritual remedies are the only thing in my mind that help in the long-term.

I am going to present a basic fact. There is ZERO, indisputable proof that there is no God. Atheists are out of their minds when they say this. Why do I say “out of their minds?” Because they have to get outside the realm of rational thinking to get there. They don’t know enough to conclusively say it…and they know it.

But let's examine some facts and begin to answer some question about the existence of God.

“Who is God?” “And can we know Him?” In this podcast we are going to get a little deep and look at SPECIAL revelation. What is that? Well, special revelation is God directly inserting Himself into our world and showing Himself.