God, A Good Father

"This is and has been the Father's work from the beginning—to bring us into the home of His heart. This is our destiny."

—George MacDonald

God a Good Father

Deep within every human heart lies a created hunger for the heavenly mountains of God's presence. The lungs of our soul ache to breathe the air of eternity. We thirst for waters that stream forth from divine springs. A divine restlessness exists within the innermost chambers of our soul, stirring us to seek an intimate knowing of God as our Father.

Jesus said that His deepest desire was that we might know His Father as He did! He was born to show us the Father...and died that we might come to know Him personally. Jesus seeks to introduce us to a life lived with the Father—a life of ongoing, moment-by-moment intimacy on all levels of humanness—mind, heart, soul, and will.

Join Michael Phillips on a breathtaking journey to discover the One whom it delighted Jesus' heart to seek.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction | Chapter 1: The Instinct to Look Up
3. Chapter 2: Modernism Resents Fatherhood
4. Chapter 3: The Father Can Be Known
5. Chapter 4: What Does Father Mean?
6. Chapter 5: Who Is the Father?
7. Chapter 6: The Difficulty of Intimacy
8. Chapter 7: Looking Upward
9. Chapter 8: Getting to Know
10. Chapter 9: Secrets About Our Maker
11. Chapter 10: A Few Minutes With the Father
12. Chapter 11: The Greatest Hidden Mystery of All
13. Chapter 12: God's Fatherhood
14. Chapter 13: Abba, Father
15. Chapter 14: Imagining the World's Most Loving Daddy
16. Chapter 15: A Thick Husk
17. Chapter 16: Imperfect Vessels
18. Chapter 17: Looking Beyond…to Perfect Fatherhood
19. Chapter 18: Fatherhood Requires Childness
20. Chapter 19: Creation of the Universal Family
21. Chapter 20: The First Lie of Genesis 3
22. Chapter 21: The Second Lie of Genesis 3
23. Chapter 22: All the Way Back to the Garden
24. Chapter 23: Looking Beyond Fear
25. Chapter 24: God's Purpose—Intimacy, Not Punishment
26. Chapter 25: A God to Call Father
27. Chapter 26: Jesus Did Not Come to Save Us From the Father
28. Chapter 27: How Big Is Our God?
29. Chapter 28: Follow Fatherhood to Finality
30. Chapter 29: Do We Really Believe in God's Fatherhood
31. Chapter 30: Discovering Whether God Is Really Good
32. Chapter 31: The Four Mountain Peaks of Fatherhood
33. Chapter 32: The Heart Chamber of Life
34. Chapter 33: Living in the Fourfold Heart of God's Presence
35. Chapter 34: A Conversation With the Son
36. Chapter 35: Borderlands Short of Ultimate Fatherhood
37. Chapter 36: Low-lying Communities
38. Chapter 37: But What About . . . ?
39. Chapter 38: The Answer Is Trust
40. Chapter 39: A High View …and More Lofty Vistas Ahead
41. Closing Credits