Can We Know God? (Banner Booklet)

This world is divided into two groups – those who know God and those who do not. Though there are many other differences between people, this is the greatest. To be ignorant of God has a profound influence on the way we think, work, and live our entire life; more still, on the way we die and what will happen to us after death.

Maurice Roberts calls us to give our most serious attention to this vital issue. Plainly and clearly he explains the Bible’s teaching about the importance of being saved, life after death, heaven and hell, and knowing what to believe.

‘For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea’ (Hab. 2:14).

About the Author

Rev. Maurice Roberts was born at Chester, England in 1938. He was educated at Durham University. After teaching Latin and Greek in secondary schools in Scotland, he studied theology at the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh. He was the minister of Ayr Free Church of Scotland from 1974 to 1994, and then of the Greyfriars Congregation, Inverness, since 2000 a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing).

He was editor of The Banner of Truth magazine from 1988 to 2003 and is the author of the Trust’s publications The Thought of God, The Christian’s High Calling, Great God of Wonders, Can We Know God?, and Finding Peace with God: Justification Explained.

Maurice Roberts was Moderator of his denomination’s General Assembly in 2007. He retired from the pastoral ministry in December 2010. He has been Lecturer in Greek & New Testament at the Free Church Seminary since 2002. He is married to Sandra, and has one daughter and two grandchildren.