Haggai and Zechariah Video, 2008

Our experience with God is based entirely on the kind of Person we believe him to be. Every Christian would agree with the statement "God is love" but in our deepest inner thoughts what do we really believe God is like? Does he look on us only with love and compassion, even if we leave his side? Is he intimately involved in the lives of his children? Can we know him as a Friend? How does he treat those who are against him? Is there ever a reason to be afraid of God?

I believe that the single most important belief of all is that Jesus is God in the flesh and that he perfectly represented the true character of God in every detail. And what exactly did the life and death of Jesus reveal about the character of God? We see God coming to earth on a rescue mission, not in glorious power and might, but unnoticed into the womb of one of his children. We listen as God tells the woman caught in adultery, "I do not condemn you." We watch as God humbly stoops to wash the feet of his betrayer the night before he died, for Jesus loved even his enemies. We witness the Almighty Creator submit to allow his creatures to put him to death. And, as he dies, he does not condemn them, but rather offers forgiveness. And finally, even after his glorious resurrection, he does not overwhelm us with power, but with his gentle nature. He was first confused with a humble gardener and then later he walked in quiet disguise with two men on the Emmaus road as he led them to the truth. The conclusion is this: God is just like that!

The purpose of this web site is to come closer to the reality of who God is in character. This singular focus will be explored through updated audio and video recordings of a book by book Bible study as well as other recorded lectures, written articles, and Bible study guides.

God is just like Jesus in character. This supreme evidence about God as revealed by Jesus supercedes all other descriptions of who God is. This is the ideal and God's people should esteem to reflect the life of Jesus through loving service to others, whether friend or enemy. To be a Christian is to aspire to be like Christ in character and to reflect that beautiful character to the world. To be a Christian is to revolt against the "eye for an eye" mentality and to take on the Christ-like response to evil by turning the other cheek and by exchanging love in place of hatred at every opportunity. Christians should conquer the world through Christ-like methods: the power of the towel, not the power of the sword.