‘God is great‚ God is good‚ now we thank him for our food.’ This simple prayer reflects twin commitments in Christian belief to God’s greatness and God’s goodness. Yet Christian theodicies have often averred to God’s greatness to the detriment of his goodness. Let us interpret God’s greatness in a manner other than power. Indeed‚ let us consider God’s greatness‚ as the medievals understood God’s goodness‚ in terms of being: goodness and being are interchangeable; 1 God is the most real
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Important founding fathers were Deist and not Christians as most people believe. According to David L Holmes‚ author of The Faiths of the Founding Fathers‚ “Deism is what is left of Christianity after casting off everything that is pecu-liar to it. The Deist is one who denies the Divinity‚ the Incarnation‚ and the Atonement of Christ‚ and the work of the Holy Ghost; who denies the God of Israel‚ and believes in the God of nature” (Holmes 39‚40). Now that we know the definition of Deism‚ we can affirm
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¡®Composed Upon Westminster Bridge¡¯ and ¡®God¡¯s Grandeur¡¯ are both traditional poems written in the romantic era which looks upon changes that need to happen and looks away from those to the places which haven¡¯t been affected by the misery of the world. ¡®Composed Upon Westminster Bridge¡¯ is a typical romantic sonnet expressing Wordsworth¡¯s love for the beauty and amazement of London. This is in much contrast to ¡®God¡¯s Grandeur¡¯ in which Hopkins expresses his feelings towards the beauty
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The Wrath of God Punishment is fundamental to man’s understanding of morals and ethics. Without repercussions one could not distinguish between virtue and sin. The concept of punishment dates back to the earliest civilizations as it is demonstrated in historical literature. The Bible establishes some of man’s first known perceptions of right and wrong. In this sacred story‚ God often punishes the morally incorrect actions of his people. Some of the earliest human notions of punishment are demonstrated
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The Image of God The idea that we are all created in the image of God is very common to most people‚ but what does it mean and why is it so important? Most people are familiar with the idea that human beings are created in the image of God. The bible teaches this and it also teaches that we have special status. Often times in the church this is where the idea stops and is never brought into prominence. This is one of the most important ideas in the scripture and when we understand this it changes
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God in Nature Cynthia Wiley Ohio Christian University PH3000 – Transformed Worldview Jerome Van Kuiken 12/21/10 Looking at two different definitions of the word nature‚ I gained a better understanding of what the phrase‚ “God in Nature”‚ means. The first said that it was‚ “the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized” (www.wordnetweb.princeton.edu)‚ and the other described it as‚ “The material world and its phenomena” (www.answers.com)
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The Olympian Gods Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty. Her son was Eros‚ the god of love. She is also believed to have kept a watchful eye over sailors. Apollo - Beautiful god of the light‚ medicine and music. Apollo represents order‚ harmony‚ and civilization Ares - God of war. He had an affair with Aphrodite‚ and was father to many children. Artemis - Goddess moon‚ forest‚ childbirth and the hunt. Although she was associated with childbirth and children‚ Artemis was a virgin. Athena -
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word of God. Isaiah 1:2 “Hear‚ O heavens‚ and give ear‚ O earth; for the Lord has spoken: "Children have I reared and brought up‚ but they have rebelled against me.” o The New Testament writers confirmed the Old Testament was God speaking. Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active‚ sharper than any two-edged sword‚ piercing to the division of soul and of spirit‚ of joints and of marrow‚ and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” o Throughout the Bible‚ God warns
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should I sit around and let men like you tell me what to do any longer? Why should I just smile‚ when my father is dead‚ and the love of my life just keeps
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In contrast to gods of heathen religions who are often presented as vindictive and angry beings in need of appeasement‚ the God of the Bible is characterized as the essence of love. “God is love” (1 John 4:8‚ 16). Since God is love and since God is eternal‚ then God’s love is eternal. Moreover‚ since love requires that the one who loves have an object to love‚ and since God’s love is eternal‚ then an object of God’s love must have existed throughout eternity. That eternal object of God’s love was
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