Inexpressible, Michael Card
Inexpressible, Michael Card
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Inexpressible
Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness

Author: Michael Card

Narrator: Michael Card

Unabridged: 4 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/18/2018

Synopsis

God's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinctiveness of God's character: the Hebrew word hesed.Hesed is a concept so rich in meaning that it doesn't translate well into any single English word or phrase. Michael Card unpacks the many dimensions of hesed, often expressed as lovingkindness, covenant faithfulness, or steadfast love. He explores how hesed is used in the Old Testament to reveal God's character and how he relates to his people. Ultimately, the fullness of hesed is embodied in the incarnation of Jesus. As we follow our God of hesed, we ourselves are transformed to live out the way of hesed, marked by compassion, mercy, and faithfulness. Discover what it means to be people of an everlasting love beyond words.

About Michael Card

Michael Card is an award-winning musician and performing artist. He earned a master's degree in biblical studies from Western Kentucky University under Dr. William Lane. His many books include Scribbling in the Sand, A Fragile Stone, Inexpressible, and the Biblical Imagination Series on the four Gospels.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on February 10, 2019

Summary: A study of the Hebrew word hesed, exploring what this says about God, about the objects of hesed, the incarnation of hesed in Jesus, and how then we should live. "When the person from which I have a right to expect nothing gives me everything." After studying all the uses of the Hebrew word h......more

Goodreads review by Tim on January 31, 2025

UPDATED REVIEW: This book has not aged well for me. Over the last five years I've come to better understand the word Hesed. And I am STUNNED that in a book-long dive into one word Card does not address the trans-generational aspect of Hesed. I find that to be almost the definition of Hesed: God's cov......more

Goodreads review by Chad on January 16, 2022

A whole book based on one Hebrew word? Yes, but this one book could easily become ten or one hundred books, and still the meaning and implications of hesed would not be exhausted. Michael Card has done an exemplary job of guiding us through the Bible, both OT and NT, to explore the many facets of th......more

Goodreads review by Dan on December 21, 2018

It is a great joy for me to be able to review this book -- as it has now become the best book I've read in the past 5 years. Michael Card is the Christian song writer and singer (you may be familiar with many of his great songs that he has written and sung over the years), who several years ago—out......more

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