Sentences with phrase «very essence of love»

As the late Daniel Day Williams has written, 2 the very essence of love requires individuality, freedom, action, suffering and causality.

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Love is not one of God's characteristics; rather, it is the very essence of who he is < 3

In very personal language, I believe that all things are progressing from the same divine source; that that source is the ground of all being and its essence is love and interdependence; that all human beings (all of life, really) are equal and beloved in its sight; that in response to that overarching, boundless love which ensures that no one is ever truly alone, I have a responsibility to assist in the creation of just and loving community here on Earth.

My question boils down to: Why would a perfect all loving, all powerful, all knowing god CREATE the VERY ESSENCE of evil, and would that not indicate that god is evil in nature?

Let's just throw the baby out with the bath water... When you lump all «Christians» together you lose the very essence of those who truly love God and follow His directions.

Jesus is the imago Dei uncorrupted, so that John's Gospel can insist that, for Jesus, «Whoever has seen me has seen the Father» (14:9).4 In light of this realization, three provocatively new foci will occupy our immediate attention: the proclamation of the impending arrival of the basileia tou theou; the significance of the crucifixion (and resurrection) of Jesus for understanding the nature of divine power; and the Johannine conviction that love characterizes the very essence of God.

Harnack reduced what he called «the essence of Christianity» to something very simple: the love of God, the love of one's neighbour, and incorporating into human society whatever Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God.

In one life, which arose in the midst of that people, God uttered His truth and spirit in such a way that His love, which is His very essence, became known and operative in human history with transforming power.

If we start with the realization that love defines the very essence of deity, consequences fall into place like a row of tumbling dominoes.

This is so, at any rate, if one holds, as I do, that the unbounded love of others whose gift and demand are decisively re-presented in Jesus is nothing merely accidental and contingent in God but is God's very essence and strictly necessary.

of God and man, the keystone of the cosmic arch, the culmination at once of emergent evolution working «upwards» and of the divine self - impartation working «downwards,» at once the summit of human achievement and the supreme gift of love whereby God gives «his very self and essence all divine.»

I didn't want this level of fear in my life, especially around my spiritual life whose very essence was love.

Although my wardrobe is very different, think greens and Browns instead of monochrome, I'm 5» 10» so I love an oversized top or shirt, the essence is very similar.

I write romance because I believe that when you boil all of life down to its essence, if you take a human being to the very core of his existence, then you will find that what matters more than anything else is to be loved and to give love.

The very essence of JADE MOUNTAIN is the celebration of life and love.

And while I am here to say that they love a game that is the very essence of mediocre, their opinion holds merit.

Its just really a shock considering how much love was put into capturing the essence of Mickey Mouse and his world, but how these simple, important game elements could be so broken... its very mind boggling.