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    Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness
    Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness
    Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness
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    Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness

    Written by Michael Card

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    God's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinctiveness of God's character: the Hebrew word hesed.Hesed is a concept so rich in meaning that it doesn't translate well into any single English word or phrase. Michael Card unpacks the many dimensions of hesed, often expressed as lovingkindness, covenant faithfulness, or steadfast love. He explores how hesed is used in the Old Testament to reveal God's character and how he relates to his people. Ultimately, the fullness of hesed is embodied in the incarnation of Jesus. As we follow our God of hesed, we ourselves are transformed to live out the way of hesed, marked by compassion, mercy, and faithfulness. Discover what it means to be people of an everlasting love beyond words.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateDec 18, 2018
    ISBN9781545908976
    Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness
    Author

    Michael Card

    Michael Card is an award-winning musician, performing artist and teacher of Scripture. His many books include Scribbling in the Sand, A Fragile Stone, A Better Freedom and the Biblical Imagination Series. Card and his family live in Tennessee.

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    • 5/5
      Great read! Well worth the time. I liked the balance between the technical and the practical.
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      Excellent book on the true power of being a believer in the God of the Bible. The power to understand, value, and to truly love, in all its true understanding, those around us.
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      An exploration into the meaning and use of hesed in Scripture.The author attempts to explain what he sees as the core meaning of hesed and then explores how hesed is used in various passages to make sense of the concept. His explanations get creative at times, although most of his conjectures remain reasonable. He sees hesed carrying on through Greek eleos in the New Testament, and with reason. He also spends some time considering hesed in rabbinic Judaism and beyond.He is right to see hesed as a fundamental characteristic of God and His disposition toward His people, but I left the work disappointed in the one-sided emphasis the author espouses toward hesed. Much is heard of love, grace, mercy, kindness, and precious little said about covenant loyalty, even though hesed is marrying love/grace/mercy/kindness in the framework of covenant and God's loyalty/faithfulness to His people in that covenant. Thus, hesed is being explained while missing one of its pillars, which makes it difficult to recommend the work.