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  The Love of God: A Canonical Model

  \"For God so loved the world . . .\"​\n\nWe believe these words

  but what do they really mean? Does God choose to love

  or does God love necessarily? Is God's love emotional? Does the love of God include desire or enjoyment? Is God's love conditional? Can God receive love from human beings?\n\nIn The Love of God

  John Peckham offers a comprehensive canonical interpretation of divine love in dialogue with

  and at times in contrast to

  both classical and process theism. God's love

  he argues

  is freely willed

  evaluative

  emotional and reciprocal

  given before but not without conditions. According to Peckham's reading of Scripture

  the God who loves the world is both perfect and passible

  both self-sufficient and desirous of reciprocal relationships with each person

  so that \"whoever believes in him shall not perish

  but have eternal life.\"​\n\nRead more: http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=4079#ixzz3iWkPOKs4

  The Love of God: A Canonical Model

  The Concept of Divine Love in the Context of the God-World Relationship

  John

  Indiana Conference

  Southwestern Adventist University

  Andrews University

  Indiana Conference

  Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Philosophy

  Andrews University

  Assistant Professor of Religion

  Southwestern Adventist University

  Professor of Theology and Christian Philosophy

  Andrews University

  Andrews University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Systematic Theology