As if to emphasize my point in previous posts about the things God hates, consider what happened to Joe the Plumber. Regular guy. Seems like a good guy. He asks a simple question of The Candidate, who blows the answer–with honesty of all things–and Joe’s world blows sky high. Read more »

Well, everybody knows that God is love. But few know that the Bible says God hates seven things. God hates things that destroy love or make love impossible by building barriers between us and others and God.

Here’s how Proverbs 6 puts it: Read more »

I’m glad this post represents the end of the Proverbs 6 list of things God hates. Thinking of God in negative terms isn’t natural to me.

For one thing, God is so big, so wise, so loving, so knowledgeable–I could go on.

For another, I know that God is for us. He wants to bless us. Read more »

You know, some people claim the Bible isn’t relevant any more, but by golly, it gets more relevant by the day. Let’s take a second look at Proverbs six’s list of the seven things God detests.

Numbers four and five on the list are “a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong.” Read more »

God is love, and he hates things that destroy love or make love impossible.

Too many people treat words of love–and even the concept–way too casually. They devalue love into manipulation Then, having turned the idea of love on its head, they decide everybody else sees it the same way they do.

But true grownups don’t devalue love. Neither does God. Read more »