Sentences with phrase «as god of»

Even more important for current theology, the very ontology that is modern in its openness to historical relativism requires also, on purely philosophical grounds, the existence of a God who is very much alive and who is fully as personal as the God of Christian faith.

(Contrary to a period in the historical school when scholars tried to see the God of Israel as God of Sinai [as a place], or as a god connected to Jerusalem» after which he became little by little more universal, until the birth of the idea of universalism.

In its immensities of time and space, as well as in its love of endless diversity, it sacramentalizes the generosity, extravagance, and unpredictability of the creator known by biblical faith as the God of promise.

Mithra was identified as the god of help who protected his worshippers, whatever their tribulations in life.

In Israel the full imperial implications of its heritage had been muted in that, for the most part, even when it came to understand its God as the God of all, Israel was not committed to drawing others into its status as the Chosen People.

The Roman Catholic Church gradually came to see this God as the God of supernatural salvation by priestly intermediation.

For Wyschogrod, the distinction was the indelible mark of an irrevocable divine choice: God's choice to enter history as the God of Israel.

While, on the one hand, many critics of black theology regard the vision of God as God of the oppressed as an insufficiently comprehensive vision of God, Hartshorne's theism, on the other hand, must insist that the partially restrictive and partly contingent vision of God as God of the oppressed is more inclusive than any abstract vision of God as merely the universal God of all.

When black theologians speak of God as God of the oppressed, we do not mean merely that God is present with, related to, worshipped by, or somehow involved with those who are oppressed.

Perhaps the most important theological point in this essay is that neoclassical theism, according to its own principles of method, must — given the reality of oppression — join black theology in affirming a certain priority for the conception of God as God of the oppressed.

«2 (It is commonly said that the conceptions of God which stress the universality of divine love are incompatible with the conception of God as God of the oppressed, because the latter conception is insufficiently comprehensive.

From the perspective of black theology, to speak of God as God of the oppressed is to affirm that God actually experiences the suffering of those who are oppressed.

I believe that these indicators will support my general thesis, which is that the African - American conception of God as God of the oppressed is far more in accord with Hartshorne's vision of God than with those classical Western theologies which are affiliated with denominations and traditions from which African - American congregations have sought to liberate themselves.

But what chance does the Father have to appear as a God of supreme loyalties and divine ideals in the souls of men who give little or no time to the thoughtful contemplation of such eternal realities?

After all, their argument for intelligent design does not identify the intelligent designer as the God of any particular religion.

Yahweh started out as the god of war in the Canaanite Pantheon of gods.

Most think of Allah as the god of Islam.

If you realy believe that then you are as evil as the god of your bible.

Also known as god of the gaps.

The God of the OT is the same as the God of the NT.

Don't waste your time believing in such an immoral and silly being as the god of the bible.

The Christian conception of God — God as God of the sick, God as spider, God as spirit — is one of the most corrupt conceptions of God arrived at on earth; perhaps it even represents the low - water mark in the descending development of the God type.

The brunt of Walker's evidence falls upon his appeal to God as the God of all.

Doesn't the God of the Old Testament (who is exactly the same as the God of the New Testament) demand animal sacrifices and commits mass murder (the Flood)?

Nor do they understand God as the God of the Judeo - Christian - Islamic tradition.

My point was more that it is possible to read even the wrath stories as a God of Love, these are not pas.sages that prove that God is necessarily a bully.

I've attempted to read the story as a God of Wrath, but it got complicated quick because I had to pick and choose verses and have a rather myopic view of who God is.

Both OT and NT portray God as a God of love and justice.

«That was an insane number driven by crazy credit and should be viewed the same as gods of ancient Greece and other fables or myths.»

If the gods of today were forsaken, they would be as silent as the gods of old.

Not exact matches

How he handles grieving while teaching his son valuable lessons — all while dealing with the tremendous psychological baggage from his previous life as a Greek god — is what elevates «God of War» from an impressive, gorgeous action game to a memorable, meaningful gagod — is what elevates «God of War» from an impressive, gorgeous action game to a memorable, meaningful gaGod of War» from an impressive, gorgeous action game to a memorable, meaningful game.

Good news: It was worth it, as there are countless moments while playing «God of War» when I stopped to take in the incredible world that Sony's Santa Monica Studio built.

Company director and former WA attorney general Cheryl Edwardes has been appointed as the new chairperson for agribusiness CropLogic while St John of God Health Care has appointed Azure Capital managing partner Adrian Arundell to its board.

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For example, the «Eye of Horus» belongs to Horus, the sky god, often depicted as a falcon.

I doubt that in a local church in your area this Sunday you'll hear a pastor or a theologian share on the beauty of dancing as a spiritual offering of love to God.

In China, his famous father is worshipped as the «god of stocks.»

John 12:8 is the most common example: «You always have the poor with you...» Left out of that (mis) interpretation is the fact that Jesus is actually quoting a passage from Jewish Scripture that makes the opposite point: The continual existence of the poor serves as the fundamental reason for God's command to assist them, to give «liberally and ungrudgingly»: «Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.»

One can muse over whether God has control over what He created, an expanding, chaotic, yet perfect universe, out of control yet seemingly in harmony enough to create what we know as life here (and, in theory, elsewhere).

Theologically, you can say these early innovators conquered the constraints of God, or that they just re-arranged the tools provided for them as God intended, but they did what God did not give them the power to do at first.

Sumerian life at the time was built as most polytheistic cultures are — pet gods, responsible for things like the health of a harvest, the phases of the moon or fertility.

Jesus then told his disciples how difficult it was for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God (as likely as a camel going through an eye of a sewing needle).

I never read it as a list of dos and don'ts but if God is real and so is love, then it's best read as a letter of love from your Father.»

And if banks are doing God's work — and «lift people out of poverty,» as Blankfein said at the Clinton gathering last year, how can encouraging talent to leave that work to join the government be beneficial for humankind?

The racy Grand Theft Auto IV isn't the only major game coming out this spring — Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 was released in February; Sony's Gran Turismo 4 Prologue hit shelves in April; and God of War: Chains of Olympus in March, the same month as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros..

With the motto «God first, family second, career third,» she encouraged sales reps to take control of their work lives — «They are presidents, literally, of their own little companies, and they can make them as big as they want,» she told Inc. — an enlightened attitude, particularly in the hardscrabble world of MLM.

The WSJ, which cites anonymous sources in reporting the deal, added that the agreement calls for 10 new episodes of the revived series, with Spielberg likely serving as an executive producer and writer - producer Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, American Gods) serving as the showrunner.

To that effect, I'm not upset I didn't see Thanos turning or squeezing Thor's head because the movie still delivers the same emotional reaction expected from the God of Thunder as he watches his brother's death.

«When crises drive people into the arms of God,» Porter notes, «they embrace Him for the insurance as well as the spiritual solace.»

«Hand of God,» the TV debut of filmmaker Marc Forster («Monster's Ball»), will star Ron Perlman («Sons of Anarchy») as a powerful judge who suffers a mental breakdown and goes on a vigilante quest to find the rapist who tore his family apart.