Attributes of God

"At times I am asked, "Brother Paul, please come and do a week long series on the attributes of God." And many times, I
will say this: "Well, brother, have you thought this through?"
I remember one specific conversation, and the pastor replied, "What do you mean, 'Have I thought this through?'"
"Well, it is quite controversial, the subject that you are giving for me to teach in your church."
"What do you mean it is controversial? I mean it is God. We are Christians. This is a church. What do you mean it is
controversial?"
I said, "Dear pastor, when I begin instructing your people on the justice of God, the sovereignty of God, the wrath of God, the supremacy of God, and the glory of God, you are going to have some of your finest and oldest church members stand up and say something like this: 'That is not my god. I could never love a God like that.' Why?—because they have a god they have made with their own mind, and they love what they have made."
                      -  Paul Washer