God in the Whirlwind: How the Holy-Love of God Reorients Our World

“David Wells is like a most-valued guest who after several earlier, eye-opening visits has now stopped back by to sit down and share with us the heart of the matter. Having in previous books shown a world that makes no place for truth, in this one he lights up truth. Theological discourse here becomes a powerful call to the church to see God who stands before usfull of overwhelming holy-love shown finally at the cross.”

“David Wells has long been one of our most penetrating analysts of the cultural confusions that Christians today must contend with and that sometimes distort the Christian message. This book, as he says, emphasizes the Christianity part of Christianity and Culture. Here Dr. Wells models how to communicate the holiness and love of Godas manifested in the gospel, worship, and the Christian lifeto a culture that has forgotten what they mean.”

“Drinking from the fire hydrant that is David Wellss writing is worth the rush. The water is not only bracing but sweet. God in the Whirlwind, his latest, is such a torrent, first showing how we postmoderns have put ourselves at the center of the universeand the center doesnt hold. We have more of everything and less satisfaction with it. But Wells takes us to a place where God is at the center of the universe, where Gods holy-love, the unique union of Gods holiness and his love, defines better what we need and provides more abundantly for it. Comprehending the holy-love of God and its culmination in the life of Jesus Christ reinvigorates our walk with God, our worship, our service, and our work in a fallen world. Wells shows the way, and its a whirlwind indeed.”

“A timely and necessary antidote to the spirit of the age which is manifested in the prevailing man-centeredness of contemporary evangelicalism. Wells calls for the recalibration of our lives by a clear understanding of and a devout musing on the holy love of God. This book provides a fitting finale to the story line that began with No Place for Truth. Stott taught us how to preach between two worlds, and Wells teaches us to live there, at the intersection of faith (Christ) and culture.”

“Rich, deep, and faithfulGod in the Whirlwind invites us to come before the very heart of God. No theologian understands the modern world better than David Wells, yet no theologian uses the modern world more powerfully to wrench us back to truths that are foundational and never to be superseded by the latest anything. To be read slowly and with prayer.”

“In this important book, David Wells begins the process of bringing his influential critique of late modern culture and the church down into practice. Here we have a practical theology for conducting the churchs life based on the reality of a God of Holy-love. This particular way of understanding and preaching the doctrine of God, Wells believes, protects the church from either being co-opted by the culture or becoming a ghettoized subculture. Decades of teaching theology is boiled down here into accessible, practical chapters. Im glad to recommend this volume.”

“Almost fifteen years ago, I enrolled at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, in large part so I could learn from David Wells. His books opened my eyes to a host of ecclesiastical problems and to a lost world of glorious truth. As a student, I continued to learn from his deft analysis and careful theological critique. Now its my pleasure to commend this terrifically unique book, a fitting capstone to all that he has been building in the last two decades. Part biblical theology, part systematic theology, and part cultural reconnaissance, this is a powerful work that my generationreally any generationcannot afford to ignore. After years of pointing out the shallowness of evangelicalism, this is Wellss masterful summary of what should be our depth, our ballast, our center. What the world needs, and what the church needs, is a fresh encounter with the holy-love of God. This book will help you start down that path.”