The Fountain of Life
Contemplating the Aseity of God
- Theology
- Publisher: Crossway
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
As part of the Contemplating God series, author Samuel G. Parkison offers an accessible and engaging exploration of divine aseity—God’s complete independence as the eternal plentitude of life—inviting readers to marvel at the wonders of the living God.
Endorsements (3)
“God made you to delight in thinking about him. Grasp that divine purpose, and by grace, you’ll treasure profound little volumes like this exploration of aseity—the breathtaking reality that God exists entirely from himself, an infinite wellspring of love, life, and holiness. This trinitarian self-sufficiency unveils the blazing core of God’s eternal joy in himself, the Father forever generating the Son and breathing forth the Spirit in explosive delight. God’s triune nature ‘is what makes the happy doctrine of aseity happy.’ And because our God needs absolutely nothing, his choice to create and redeem us erupts from pure, unrestrained love. If it is our great and glorious destiny to magnify God by enjoying him forever, then being thunderstruck by the majesty of divine aseity isn’t a distraction to life—it’s the very substance of our God-given purpose, elevating this little book to the level of essential reading in our age of distraction.”
“Who would have thought that the aseity of God—a doctrine often tucked away in the corners of systematic theology—could awaken such awe and wonder today? Samuel Parkison shows us why this attribute is anything but dusty or dull. Without it, God is not God. With clarity and reverence, Parkison unfolds the significance of divine self-existence, inviting us to behold the glory of the triune God, to pause in contemplation, and to bow in worship.”
“You may not know it yet, but you were made for books like this one. To contemplate God is not an escape from but an exercise in reality—and it’s surprisingly practical in the most important ways. God made you not just to reflect his image on the move but also to pause and ponder him with the awestruck wonder he deserves. He is worthy of our deliberate contemplation, and he means to nourish our hungry souls through feeding on him. It is no waste of time to quiet your restless, modern striving and enjoy God. Here you’ll find theology at its best—in the unapologetic service of worshiping God’s majesty.”
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