The Joy of Fearing God

Year 1997
Type Book
Genre devotional
Tradition Evangelical
Original language English

For For Christians puzzled or put off by the biblical command to fear God, who want to see it as reverence and joy; not for readers looking for a word study or academic biblical theology.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 2 of 5 useful
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

His study of the fear of the Lord (1997) as reverent awe rather than dread, grounded in God's holiness, wisdom and love, and the joy it brings.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 1 of 5
Scriptural 5 of 5
Experiential 3 of 5
Sociological 0 of 5
Historical 0 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Published by WaterBrook Press in 1997, this book takes up a phrase that many readers find off-putting, the fear of the Lord, and argues that in Scripture it is reverent awe before God's majesty rather than dread, and that it opens the way to wisdom, blessing and joy. Bridges addresses the apparent tension between fearing God and loving him, and builds the book around God's holiness, wisdom and love as the attributes that call out that reverence. A study guide based on the book appeared in 1998, and WaterBrook reissued it in paperback in 2004. R. C. Sproul, Randy Alcorn and Paul David Tripp endorsed it. It began his work with WaterBrook, which went on to publish his three books on private worship.

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