The Transforming Fire of Divine Love

Most Bible readers know "God is love" (1 John 4:8,16). And most have heard the words of John 3:16 ("God so loved the world"), perhaps the best-known verse in the entire Bible. But few readers realize that these are perhaps the most daring verses in all the Scripture. Why? They tell us who God is and why we can trust him. Yet very few Christians realize how much of what they believe about the nature of God is rooted in ideas foreign to divine love. How did this happen? What can be done to change