Our Father, Our Teacher

A Relational Journey

Christopher J. Reeves

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781666745474
  9781666745481
• eBook ISBN:
  9781666745498
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

From the beginning, God created men and women in his own image, as the objects of his love. His intention has been to father mankind, raising us as his children. While the intimacy of this relationship was broken through the fall, our Father has never stopped loving us. His faithful lovingkindness is unchanged. And through Jesus we not only see the intimate relationship of Father and Son as the divine pattern but we find ourselves restored as children in his household. Through Jesus we can experientially live in relationship with our Father and, through the working of the Holy Spirit within, affectionately call him our Abba. The greatest opportunity is now afforded to us--to walk in loving intimacy with our Father as he raises us, teaches us his ways, and matures within us his divine nature of other-centered love. Our Father, Our Teacher is a biblical exploration of how God is drawing men and women to himself in an experiential relationship of love and learning.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• A Short Story
• Chapter 1: God, Our Father
• Chapter 2: Abba, Father
• Chapter 3: Our Father and Our Teacher
• Chapter 4: Our Problem and a Merciful Father
• Chapter 5: A Call for Truth in the Inward Parts
• Chapter 6: Grace and Truth
• Chapter 7: Into the Presence of Our Father
• Chapter 8: A Poem
• Chapter 9: The Promise of Our Father
• Chapter 10: To the Glory of God, the Father
• Chapter 11: Teaching and Learning in Community
• Chapter 12: The Right to Become
• Appendix A: God’s Wisdom through His Family
• Appendix B: Opportunities to Learn and Grow
• Bibliography