Audio: The Love of God: A Simple Mistake?

Jan 22, 2026
Theology
Paul Helm
Paul Helm explores Colossians to show that God’s love is more than benevolence. It includes God’s delight in a people being renewed, strengthened, and shaped to please him through endurance and patient faith.
Paul Helm

Paul Helm

Paul Helm was educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He taught philosophy at the University of Liverpool, and was appointed to the Chair of the History and Philosophy of Religion, King's College, London, in 1993. He was the J.I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College from 2001 to 2005, when he was appointed a Teaching Fellow. His interests include all aspects of philosophical theology and Reformed theology, especially John Calvin, and issues in theological method. He publishes online at Helm's Deep. He is married to Angela and they have five children.

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