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Who God Is

Who Is a God Like You?

Why the holiest God is also the Father who runs to you with open arms

A cinematic hymn grounded in the original text that follows 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 exegesis lives in the boxes (Expert · Dossier · Excursus · Heart). With discussion guide, note on the source text, compendium and Scripture index.

  1. Front matter

    Preface
  2. Reading Map
  3. PrologueThe man whose name is a question

  4. Part I — The question born

    1Of Frogs and Hail
  5. 2The Song at the Sea

  6. Part II — The question deepens

    3The God You Can Make
  7. 4Show Me Your Glory
  8. 5The Name Over the Mountain

  9. Part III — The question sung

    6Hannah's Threefold Blow
  10. 7The God Who Stoops
  11. 8Has His Steadfast Love Run Out?
  12. 9All My Bones Shall Say
  13. Interlude IThe silence after the courtroom

  14. Part IV — The question contested

    10The Gods Arraigned
  15. 11King of the Nations
  16. 12No One Like Job

  17. Part V — The question crowned

    13The God who comes back
  18. 14The Day and the Creator
  19. 15Too gracious, and the avenger
  20. 16The God who rejoices and comes
  21. 17Who is a God like You
  22. 18The incomparability of the Day
  23. Interlude IIThe held breath

  24. Part VI — The Incomparable One descends

    19Who Is This, Then?
  25. 20Who Can Forgive Sins but God Alone?
  26. 21The Lost Son and the Descent
  27. 22To Which of the Angels, Ever?
  28. 23In Him All Things Hold Together

  29. Part VII — The question in the end times

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

  33. Finale

    FinaleNo One Is Like You

  34. Back matter

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