‘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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valve. They pray – however they don’t see any answers. Why? Because they pray doubting their prayer will ever be heard by God. Despite the many times God has said in the Bible to ask‚ pray‚ call on Him and he will answer (Jeremiah 33:3)‚ many Christians don’t have a prayer life. However‚ they attend church and even call themselves believers‚ but in reality they are as far from God as any unbeliever. To be a good reflection of Christ and see answers to our prayers‚ as followers of Jesus we must stay
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us that God loves us all equally‚no matter what we do. When God addresses us he says‚"You are my children." That means that even if one of us sin‚ He will still talk to us as our. We say‚"You are our God‚"because he is not only there for one of us‚he is there for all of us. Our means together. Father-tells us that he loves and cares for us. God will be there in our times of trouble to help us. He will be there in our time of confusion to advise us. He will help us forgive. God is our Father
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Journal Reflection – Proofs for the Existence of God St. Thomas Aquinas’ 5 Ways St. Thomas Aquinas’ Five Ways (3) God either exists or doesn’t‚ believe what you want but many have argued over this ongoing topic including famous philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas‚ who created 5 ways to prove that God actually exists. I will be focusing on three of his ‘Five Ways’‚ which include the ideas that there has to be a first mover that had initially started everything in motion‚ there
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Ramsey believed that Christians are in touché with God through the means of conjecturing. Conjectures are propositions that are not proven. But‚ in the side of the Christians they didn’t call this as conjecturing rather they call it Faith. If Paul Ramsey believed to what Nietzsche said‚ then both of them are applicable to what they truly believe. Simply because what they trying to prove are mere propositions that are not proven. (1st page) 2. “God has to die in order that man might be what he is
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God On Trial Christian Worldview Integration Dr. Carl B. Smith II Its impossible to reflect on the origins of evil without bringing up the concept of free will. God created man with this idea of choice; the choice to believe and obey‚ or the choice to disobey. It was this free will that allowed Adam and Eve to fall from their initial glory and introduce evil and suffering into the world. We can justify a large amount of sustained suffering by acknowledging that it actually benefits us and is not
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The difference in “The odyssey” and “Iliad” is the level of interference of the gods. In the novel “Iliad”‚ the gods were more actively involved in the affairs of mortals than they were in the Odyssey. There were numerous occasions where they actually took human form so they could go out onto the battlefield to support the humans. For example: in the third book of the novel “Iliad”‚ a truce is made so that Menelaus and Paris can meet in single combat‚ and the winner will take Helen and all her treasures
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2010 Dr. G. M. Manzano‚ Jr. INTIMACY WITH GOD The author hinted that people quit on their quiet time because their devotions are not devotional enough. I realized that the author may have hit on something that many Christians may be guilty of but are not even aware of it. Many who go through their devotion fail to experience love which is right at the center of any TRUE devotion with God. The author clearly spelled out the difference between devotion and self-examination
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INTRODUCTION Without public administration‚ the government cannot operate and manage own activities effectively and efficiently. The administration plays a vital role for delivering and distributing the public services to all corner of the country. Administration spreads all over the country for supplying the governmental and public goods and services up to the villages and door to door. The administration is not operating and managing the activities properly and smoothly in developing countries
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ARROW OF GOD (CHINUA ACHEBE) PLOT Arrow of God is set in rural Nigeria during the 1920s in a southern part of the country where the Igbo people reside. The novel begins with a war between two neighboring regions of rural Igbo land: Umuaro and Okperi. Though we don’t know the boundaries of Okperi‚ we do know that Umuaro is made up of six villages. These six villages are linked by their worship of a common god. The people of Umuaro start a war with Okperi over land they want to claim‚ they are encouraged
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