6. Roy Clements, “The Love of God: A Sermon on Hosea 11,” in Nothing Greater, Nothing Better: Theological Essays on the Love of God, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001), 204.

7. Clements, “Love of God,” 206–7.

8. Associated Press, “Weeks After Wife’s Death, Ex-Detroit Lions Linebacker Chris Spielman Enters College Football Hall of Fame,” December 9, 2009, accessed February 7, 2012, http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2009/12/former_detroit_lions_linebacke.html.

9. Gary V. Smith, The NIV Application Commentary: Hosea (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001), 161.

10. G. Campbell Morgan, Hosea: The Heart and Holiness of God (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1974), 128.

11. D. A. Carson, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2000), 47.

12. Clements, “Love of God,” 206–7.

13. The first article of chapter 2 of the Westminster Confession of Faith reads: “There is but one only, living, and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions.”

14. Morgan, Hosea, 133.

15. Ibid.,133.

16. John Phillips, Exploring Psalms (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1988), 705.

17. Claudine Zap, “Paralyzed Bride to Marry One Year After Accident,” Yahoo! News, July 18, 2011, accessed April 6, 2012, http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/paralyzed-bride-marry-one-accident-175440457.html.

Chapter 5: God Wrote His Love in Red

1. Paul Lee Tan, Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times (Garland, TX: Bible Communications, 1996).

2. Elizabeth Tenety, “Tim Tebow’s 316 Yards Inspire ‘John 3:16’ Searches,” Washington Post, January 8, 2012, accessed April 24, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/tim-tebows-316-yards-fans-keep-the-faith-after-broncos-win/2012/01/08/gIQAYNLOkP_blog.html.

4. Scholars debate whether John 3:16–21 is a direct quote from Jesus or a reflection from the pen of John, summarizing Jesus’ words. In either case, it is clear that the teaching came from the lips of Jesus.

5. William Barclay, The Gospel of John, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Saint Andrews Press, 1964), 128.

6. Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995), 229.

7. C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960).

8. James Montgomery Boice, The Gospel of John (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005), 287.

9. Ira D. Sankey, My Life and the Story of Gospel Hymns and of Sacred Songs and Solos (London: Sunday School Times, 1906), 345.

10. Ryle, Gospel of John, 160.

11. John Phillips, Exploring John (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1969), 75.

12. R. Kent Hughes, John: That You May Believe (Wheaton IL: Crossway, 1999), 85.

13. Arthur Miller, Timebends (New York: Penguin, 1987), 482.

14. Adapted from Douglas W. Mize, “As Titanic Sank, He Pleaded, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus!’ ” Baptist Press, April 13, 2012, accessed April 25, 2012, http://www.bpnews.net/printerfriendly.asp?ID=37601.

Chapter 6: God Loves You Even When You Don’t Love Him

1. George Murray, Jesus and His Parables (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1914), 163.

2. George Arthur Buttrick, The Parables of Jesus (New York: R. R. Smith, 1930), 194.

3. Kenneth Bailey, Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983), 161–62.

4. John MacArthur, The Prodigal Son: An Astonishing Study of the Parable Jesus Told to Unveil God’s Grace for You (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008), 45.

5. Kenneth E. Bailey, The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005), 52–53.

6. Hannah More, The Complete Works of Hannah More, vol. 1 (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935), 381.