What can you find on this website?
About God as Father
- A complete reflection on all 295 direct references to God as Father in the Bible
- While reading one meditation you can follow links to related meditations
- Resources, including articles and songs to help you grow in your own relationship with the Father
- Join the members program to read the more detailed meditations
Some Applications
- Under 'About Us' in the menu, take a new look at 'The Story of the Bible from the Perspective of God as our Father'
- Also under 'About Us' in the menu, find information about 'Books by J.K. Mellis'
- Under 'Resources' in the menu, discover intercultural articles and videos in 'Immigration and the Church in Europe: What is our Father doing?'
- Gain access to more intercultural articles and videos when you sign up as a member (click on 'members')
Who is this website for?
I believe that all Christians will benefit from the Father Meditations. Because of the depth and intricacies of this website, pastors and Bible teachers will find these meditations of particular value. For they can not only be read in sequential order, but also by consulting the Scripture Index that links all the Bible texts about God as Father to one or more meditations. Or the meditations can be approached topically by clicking on a specific meditation title in the Title Index.
Why these meditations?
For many Christians, Jesus is the central focus in their lives. Yet one of the main reasons God sent Jesus was so that through faith in him people might come into a new relationship with God as their Father—through the Holy Spirit. During the 20th century, many Christians came into a deeper relationship with God through a renewed emphasis in many churches and Christian movements on the Holy Spirit. Yet I believe that now, during this new century, there will be a renewed emphasis on God’s revelation of himself in the Scriptures as our Father.
It is my prayer that through these meditations, you and many others will come to know your Creator as ‘the Father from whom all fatherhood…derives its name’ (Ephesians 3:14-15 Phillips), and so learn that his fatherhood is neither about gender nor about human patriarchy. And may you come to experience what Jesus meant when he told his disciples: ‘If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I’ (John 14:28 NIV).
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About Jim Mellis
Having worked with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in the Netherlands for almost 50 years, I now serve as a Senior Advisor to the Humanities faculty of the University of the Nations (U of N), and to the Frontier Missions family in YWAM.
I live in Amsterdam with my wife Debbie, where we continue to serve the YWAM Amsterdam community in this city as advisors to leaders and as members of the Urban Frontiers department. We both also serve as Senior Advisors for YWAM in the Netherlands (Jeugd Met een Opdracht).
My main work at present involves developing the Father Meditations series on this website and completing several unfinished writing projects. I still teach occasionally on the Father and on intercultural topics. A number of my most recent lectures are available in video or written form on this website: either in the ‘free’ section or in the membership section.
