by Edward Fudge (Also available in pdf format: The Saving Love of God) Sometimes the most powerful messages are also the most simple. This gospel article looks at two texts in the gospel of John which even children can understand, but which adults will never completely fathom. As Jesus presents it, God's love is passionate, personal, powerful, perpetual, profuse, perilous. Originally published in Wineskins, November/December, 1999. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Such a simple … [Read more...]