Now to see if I can deliver while I talk about Ben Witherington III's Who God Is: Meditations on the Character of Our God.
This is a small book, published in 2020. You can get it on Kindle or in a pocket-sized hardcover that comes in around 100 pages.
Witherington's stated goal is to address the nouns used in Scripture to identify God. The introduction points out that many of our studies of God are based on the adjectives used to describe Him in Scripture: all-powerful, all-knowing, etc., or on words that capture what He has done: Redeemer, Creator.
He wanted to put forward a short look at the who God says He is.
You get this short book. There are six chapters, five of them addressing a specific word: Love, Light, Life, Spirit, (you thought he'd alliterate, didn't you?) and One. The concluding chapter addresses God's character overall.
The first chapter, God is Love, is longer than the others, but in it Witherington has provided a good deal of background that helps the other chapters run a touch shorter.
It is a good devotional read. My own theological views hold more strongly to the idea of "eternal security" than Witherington does, so there are a few spaces I would take issue with.
However, we all grow better by being challenged from time-to-time, so I think it's not a bad thing for us to read people outside of our traditions. And much of what Witherington has presented here is a good reminder of the love and grace of our God.
So go visit your favorite book shop and get a copy of this one.
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