12/7/2023 0 Comments Jen wilkin bible studyWe must see how the eternal connects with the mundane if our lives are going to be filled with a sense of meaning. Jen sets us on the right path by inviting us all to the essential starting point: awestruck wonder at our Maker. Young people yearn to know how the world works and how to work well within it. “In my ministry to college students, I am rarely asked questions about morality or theology. Hannah Anderson, author, All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment In None Like Him, she invites us to learn how God’s nature transcends our own and why the difference between us is good news. But Jen Wilkin believes that greater self-knowledge comes from knowing and reverencing the One who is knowledge himself. “Many of us believe that greater peace and self-awareness come from exploring our own psyche or learning what makes us tick. Trisha DeYoung, happy wife to Kevin DeYoung, author of Just Do Something and Crazy Busy stay-at-home adventurous mother of six If true wisdom starts with the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves, then here is a book full of wisdom.” Jen’s exploration of God’s attributes and her reminder of all the ways I’m not God and don’t have to be God ministered to me as a wife, as a mother, and as a Christian. “This wonderful book is big on truth and big on God, which means it is very good for my soul. Wendy Horger Alsup , teacher blogger author, Is the Bible Good for Women? and Practical Theology for Women None Like Him is a helpful resource that reminds us that ‘the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.’” In this study, Jen walks us through a better foundation for knowing and relating to our Father in heaven-Scripture itself. “Many of us attribute to God the characteristics of our fallen earthly fathers. Jen presses the reader to see how God’s incommunicable attributes affect our own spirituality.”Īimee Byrd, author, Theological Fitness and No Little Women A better understanding of who God is builds our faith and helps to guard against damaging theology. “What happens when women learn about the attributes of God? They rightfully praise him for who he is! Jen Wilkin has written a helpful book introducing the attributes that belong to God alone, while revealing our own tendencies to try to produce counterfeits in others or ourselves. "As compares human flaws and weaknesses with God's steady and unchangeable characteristics, readers of faith will be reinvigorated by the assurance of God's unvarying, all-encompassing nature." Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher author, Even Better than Eden Books that are this theologically rich while also being this funny, this personal, and this penetrating are rare. But far more than that, it made me grateful that Jen Wilkin’s God is my God. “This book made me want Jen Wilkin as my best friend. Kate Shellnutt, Associate Editor, Christianity Today Editor, Her.meneutics This book puts us in our place, beneath the God of all and over all.” “Far beyond a Sunday school lesson listing the attributes of God, None Like Him evokes a sense of both familiarity and wonder around the characteristics of the Almighty we worship. Greear , Pastor, The Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina This book is rock solid, and it portends an encouraging future for evangelicalism.” Her teaching is provocative without approaching compromise, revolutionary without seeking novelty. She represents a rising generation of evangelical women discontent with the status quo, yet fiercely committed to the Scriptures. Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth , author Founder, Revive Our Hearts and True Woman As we do, our hearts will be filled with wonder and awe that such a God should stoop to save and love us.” Jen calls us to lift our eyes upward, to earnestly contemplate his attributes, and to humbly acknowledge our own limits. “In an upside-down world that has humanized God and deified man, Jen Wilkin brings us the best news imaginable: our God is infinitely greater, more powerful, more majestic, and more wonderful than we can possibly fathom.
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