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.
Front matter
Preface- PrologueThe man with a question for a name
Part I — The question born
1Of Frogs and Hail- 2The Song at the Sea
Part II — The question deepens
3The God You Can Make- 4Show Me Your Glory
- 5The Name Over the Mountain
Part III — The question sung
6Hannah's Threefold Blow- 7The God Who Stoops
- 8Has His Steadfast Love Run Out?
- 9All My Bones Shall Say
Part IV — The question contested
10The Gods Arraigned- 11King of the Nations
- 12No One Like Job
- Interlude IThe silence after the courtroom
Part V — The question crowned
13The God who comes back- 14The Day and the Creator
- 15Too gracious, and the avenger
- 16The God who rejoices and comes
- 17Who is a God like You
- 18The incomparability of the Day
Part VI — The Incomparable One descends
19Who Is This, Then?- 20Who Can Forgive Sins but God Alone?
- 21The Lost Son and the Descent
- 22To Which of the Angels, Ever?
- 23In Him All Things Hold Together
- Interlude IIThe held breath
Part VII — The question in the end times
24Who Is Like the Beast?- 25Who Is Worthy?
- 26Michael, the Question That Stands Up
- 27The Song of Moses and of the Lamb
Finale
FinaleNo One Is Like YouBack matter
Discussion Guide- Reading Map
- A note on the source text and the choices
- Dossiers
- Compendium — a brief portrait of God
- Scripture Index