Sentences with phrase «agonize over god»

Scholars think that many of David's songs were written while he was in exile from King Saul or during his son Absalom's revolt, which forced him to agonize over God's faithfulness to him.

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East Eastern Christians see a dichotomy of God and creation Eastern theologians are largely unaffected by modernism Eastern theologians do not agonize over the existence of God Eastern theologians systematize the transcendent, the miraculous, and the mystical into their theology, without a concept of «supernatural» Eastern theologians have coherent and helpful answers for most practical spiritual problems (such as during bereavement) Eastern clergy, monastics, and lay experts have resources for spiritual direction, moral direction, and Eastern clergy, monastics, and lay experts have resources for spiritual direction, moral direction, and bereavement counseling; thus they do not outsource religious problems to secular experts.

Enlightenment Philosophers founded empirical sciences Western theologians attempt to apply empiricism to theology Western theologians agonize over the existence of God Western theologians lose, deemphasize, neglect, marginalize, or explain away the supernatural Western theologians no longer have coherent answers for many practical religious questions Western churches outsource the treatment of religious problems to secular therapists

Without God, we are torn in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but all our news programs are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations of everything, and equally obsessed with sentimental love in every pop song; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonize over our local sports team; we own many things, and still feel like we don't have enough; we believe in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» on the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.

I have agonized over buying stainless steel containers, sent in my glass containers praying to God no one gets hurt and felt like a terrible mother sending their stuff in baggies!