First, to say that God is personal is not to say that
God is in all respects just like ourselves.
God is in the business of recycling, and that's what he is doing with me.
It suggests that God is nothing but causation, and the world nothing but effect; in other words, that
God is in no sense affected by other individuals, and the world in no sense causal in relation to God.
If we can not know what
God is in himself, how can we know that God in himself actually moves or evolves?
And if
God is in control, could this not simply be prevented instead?
Not to mention every verse in the Bible that asserts that
God is in control of the universe, that he is the one who is responsible for unbelief as well as belief, that he created both good AND EVIL, would be wrong, meaning the Bible would be fallible, meaning that the validity of everything else inside it would be called into question as well.
Only if suffering is for the good can we maintain that a loving
God is in control of worldly events.
Often we reassure ourselves with the belief that
God is in control, so this must be God's will, and so (we conclude) there must be a good reason for it.
«every verse in the Bible that asserts that
God is in control of the universe» - the Bible never asserts that God maintains control over every human thought and action.
Therefore, if the Word of
God is in God, then it is obvious that He is God.
But beyond the requirements of Whitehead's ontological principle, we can, even if we doubt the legitimacy of dialectical logic, be sympathetic to the Hegelian view that
God is in some sense a necessity for rational thought.
The Chaplain replies that the more fully
God is in us — we call that grace — the more genuinely human we are.
Inevitably, we have conversations about life — including the meaning of life and its problems and where
God is in all of that, hopes, needs and a variety of other issues.
It brings contentment, peace, and excitement for life because I know that
God is in complete control.
I'm sorry, but someone having religious feelings about something that is not
your god is in no way proof that your god exists.
My experience of That - Which - We - Call -
God is in the human collective.
Politics aside, many families wonder where
God is in their suffering.
It is not always obvious where the line is because
God is in control of it and only he knows the heart.
God is in the business of making all things new, and Advent reminds us that - impossibly, amazingly - this is a collaborative effort.
If so, surely they forget that
God is in His divine nature completely transcendent to the space - time universe.
We tell each other how each other's book has changed each of our lives and how
God is in the business of miracles, of using obedient yeses from the weak and unlikely to do the impossible, and how heat like this does crazy things to our hair.
God is in the images of birthing and bird — these are especially fruitful.»
In DP3 I have an ordinary car and God is a very persuasive «back seat» driver; or, as one of my students suggested:
God is in the trunk and her7 suggestions are barely audible.
Is that the only way that
God is in confrontation with Evil?
Since you will not be able to find any two people who agree 100 % what god is or does, the definition for
god is in the imagination of whomever is defining god.
«The claim that
God is in fact the basis of moral obligations must be distinguished from the claim that one can not believe in moral obligations without belief in God.»
Your God is in the ground; Christ has been raised and is with God now.
THe search for
god is in all of us, if it is «nt then you've given up.
It also throws the whole theory of «
God is in control of everything» right out the window.
Keep in mind that
God is in control no matter what the age.
When people believe that
God is in the temple, imagine what a shock it would have been for Jesus to announce that the Temple would be destroyed (John 2:19 - 21).
The real disjunction is,
God is in all aspects finite, in no aspects finite, or in some aspects finite and in others not» (CSPM 84 - 5).
My relationship with
God is in the eternal.
So that we might come to know that God is not «out there», but we are in God, and
God is in us.
So when we see discomforting things, it should only strengthen our faith, knowing that
God is in control.
If so, what makes you think that your accepting
God is in any way different from how people accept Vishnu, or once accepted Ra?
God's «perfect justice and mercy» means that Hitler COULD be in heaven right now while the nicest person who NEVER heard of
God is in Hell.
God is in your heart and makes his presence known though the actions of people.
Despite all the emotion I just poured out, I need to remember — like the Psalmists — to conclude by remembering that
God is in control, He will walk with me and go before me, and it is my role to trust that He is sovereign.
We are all limited in understanding and whether
God is in the picture or not, and nobody seems to be willing to admit just how limited their understanding is.
We are all equal, and
God is in US, You just need LOVE to find it!
Believing or accepting Jesus and
God is in my opinion not enough.
Our God is in our daily lives our families.
God is in control and I have to surrender to that.
For the [true]
God is in the heavens but you are on the earth.
God is in Heaven and you are not.
those walking with
god are in a cult.
This world was a better place when
God was in people's lives.
My situation with
God was in tact and I simply needed one of His reps to hold my hand and link me once again with my Lord.
What do you mean the world was a better place when
god was in peoples lives?