Who God Is

Who Is a God Like You?

Why the holiest God is also the Father who runs to meet you, full of compassion

A hymn grounded in the original text and told in cinematic scenes, following the question 'who is a God like You?' through the whole of Scripture. In seven movements the question is born (Egypt and the sea), deepened (the mountain and the Name), sung (the psalms), contested (the courtroom of the prophets), crowned (Micah 7), answered in the descent of the Son and sung in the end times. The main text tells the story; the exegesis lives in the Expert, Excursus and Heart boxes, and the counts in the Dossiers at the back. With discussion guide, note on the source text, compendium and Scripture index.

  1. Front matter

    Preface
  2. PrologueThe man with a question for a name
  3. Part I — The question born

    1Of Frogs and Hail
  4. 2The Song at the Sea
  5. Part II — The question deepens

    3The God You Can Make
  6. 4Show Me Your Glory
  7. 5The Name Over the Mountain
  8. Part III — The question sung

    6Hannah's Threefold Blow
  9. 7The God Who Stoops
  10. 8Has His Steadfast Love Run Out?
  11. 9All My Bones Shall Say
  12. Part IV — The question contested

    10The Gods Arraigned
  13. 11King of the Nations
  14. 12No One Like Job
  15. Interlude IThe silence after the courtroom
  16. Part V — The question crowned

    13The God who comes back
  17. 14The Day and the Creator
  18. 15Too gracious, and the avenger
  19. 16The God who rejoices and comes
  20. 17Who is a God like You
  21. 18The incomparability of the Day
  22. Part VI — The Incomparable One descends

    19Who Is This, Then?
  23. 20Who Can Forgive Sins but God Alone?
  24. 21The Lost Son and the Descent
  25. 22To Which of the Angels, Ever?
  26. 23In Him All Things Hold Together
  27. Interlude IIThe held breath
  28. Part VII — The question in the end times

    24Who Is Like the Beast?
  29. 25Who Is Worthy?
  30. 26Michael, the Question That Stands Up
  31. 27The Song of Moses and of the Lamb
  32. Finale

    FinaleNo One Is Like You
  33. Back matter

    Discussion Guide
  34. Reading Map
  35. A note on the source text and the choices
  36. Dossiers
  37. Compendium — a brief portrait of God
  38. Scripture Index