“Father God”—proper address?
This reader's question-and-response article examines the theological propriety of addressing God as 'Father God' in prayer and worship. The response defends the usage as both biblically sound and confessionally Reformed, grounding the practice in Scripture and the Heidelberg Catechism's teaching that believers may call the triune God their Father through Christ.
Greeting in Jesus Christ! I'm writing in response to your expression, "Father God gave His Son to us," in "Saved to serve: The Christian's reasonable service" (SB, June 2019, p. 391). Would that be Father God gave Son God, and is that correct? I've been in Federal Custody nearly 25 years and have always been suspicious…of the different strains of religion I've encountered in these places, all under a "Christian" umbrella. Some use that "Father God" in their prayers almost like a mantra,...
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