Sentences with phrase «words about a god»

Why do you not allow for the fact that their words about a god are as useless and empty as human words about a god?

Some have had their Xmas parties and parades and other events saying merry Xmas to everyone and still have two or more weeks to go before Xmas even arrives, it is just stupid and silly, and of course not one word about God or Jesus, they are embarrassed to even mention his name.

And never one word about God.

Their worlds are characterized by powerlessness, and so they seek not a meaningful word about God, but a powerful word from God — not to give God a place in their world but, on the contrary, to overcome their world and bring them into God's world, a new world of justice and liberty.

Theology is, technically, words about God.

It is word OF God, word about God; not word BY God.

At its end, Joseph's words about God make the theology of the story clear; God was at work in this family for its salvation and the salvation of many others.

To summarize, by paying attention to the presence and absence of words about God in both Genesis 39 and the larger context of Genesis 37 - 50, I discerned the significance of Joseph's first words about God.

Joseph's first words about God in Potiphar's house seem to be a foreshadow of the weighty words of revelation that come at the end.

I conclude with a rather risky word about God.

Not every way of communication honors the truth: sometimes the manner in which something gets conveyed subverts reality, as when a preacher says all the right words about God's love but in a tone of voice and with a concluding string of «oughts» (therefore we ought to do this and we ought to do that) that makes you feel guiltier than ever.

What could the care of the church have to offer them — a prophetic word about the strains of their affluence, a comforting word about the God who suffers with them, a liberating word that sets all our deeds and plans under the eye of the eternal and incarnate Lord?

If theology is to be a word about God and the service of a word of God, then theologians must be the first to insist that they know not of what they speak.

You do realize that your opening line is a quote from God's Word about God himself, not a human being, right?

What if Jesus is the Word of God... and the Bible is the word about God?

But the traditional work of the ministry in teaching the Word from God, the word to God and words about God, of administering the sacraments, of building the Church and caring for souls seemed to have too little direct relevance to the needs of men so naturalistically or socially understood.

Israel and her Jewish successors refrained from allowing any form of words about God Himself to harden into an absolute doctrine.

In a later chapter we shall have occasion to point out that all preaching worthy of the name must be theological, by which I mean that it must be, as the very adjective indicates, «a word about God» and hence about God's decisive action for humankind in the event we name when we say «Jesus Christ.»

It is the abiding Word of God alone that tests and accompanies all study of Scripture; it challenges and encourages us to continue on this road, critically weighing all human words about God's Word, with the expectation and certainty shared with the church of all ages that the «jewel» of the gospel will not be lost in a new and still unknown future.24

Without understanding words about God, how might men affirm the faith defined in ecclesial creeds?

Most importantly, God's Word is God's Word to the reader / listener, not a word about God gleaned from the documents.

fishon, I when I said «theology» I meant it in its formal way, words about God.

Having urged his readers to follow the example of those who look to the interests of others (the friends of the cross), and having described the other life option (that of the self - indulgent enemies of the cross), Paul now focuses on the hymn's words about God's work of transformation.

How do we distinguish our words about God from God's Word...?

The Bible is a library filled with inspired words about God.

(26) Rogers, in emphasizing the first level, is consistent with his theological mentor, G. C. Berkouwer, who wrote: «Every word about the God - breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ....

Words about God are, after all, only verbal counters, and in themselves alone are inadequate as tests of the religious experience they are used to reveal.

In Pagels's and King's reading of alternative scriptures, faith is primarily a way of life with God, not a set of words about God.

But the film comes around to dropping some encouraging words about God, most meaningfully from the unlikely vessel of Pinterest - surfing tattooed biker Bones.

To date, neither Sony nor franchise developer Sony Santa Monica has uttered a word about God of War 4.

Either way, your site, thoughts, photos & beautiful words about God / Jesus remind my heart to smile!

Not exact matches

Articles like this are a dime a dozen with the same tired excuses for why people want church to be about them instead of about God and Jesus and God's Word.

If it is the perfect word of god, it has some factual points about the world right at the start that conflict with scientific findings.

And that in response to what I have said about knowing our part in the kingdom, trusting God for justice and the privelidge it is to be part of that, you see different roles for the husband and wife in the relationship, in that it requireds a huband to «woo» to use an old fashioned word, his wife by being sacrificual and that engendering in her the submission in a spirit of mutual submission.

If you really go down the list looking at every word and the heart behind it in light of scripture and in the light of the law of the Spirit of life you'll find major discrepancies and see how carnal, worldly and unbiblical those points of views really are... I'm concerned about the heart behind such views because it isn't one of a disciple (one who emulates their rabbi and is possessed by the «Holy» Spirit of God).

The Kingdom of God is not about mere words written down in a book that so many classify as just another piece of historical literature.

Your comments about «L O V E» just speak volumes about how little we need to value the words of those that bend over backwards to keep «God» in their righteous jargon.

She's just telling you what the Word of God says about it and how this has helped her in her own life.

So when you use your post as a bashing tool against God's people, and mock Christ's resurection from the dead as a comparison to creepy, ungodly, demonic «Halloween» practices, you only show your immaturity in putting your foot in your mouth about things you know nothing about, and your words are of no more value then empty, silly ranting.

But as a God fearing man he had to reconcile his conscience with what the Word of God says about such practices.

Friends, let's get serious about the Bible — we either choose not to believe anything in this sphere, or stay with the true and entire Word of God!

It amazes me that many on the left cry out about separation of church and state when arguing against prayer in school or the words in god we trust on money.

All I'm saying is that you can not talk about love without first talking about God... in spite of what we humans do with that word / concept, God is at the core of it.

There is a Word of God about Jesus - the descendant / offspring of King David that we should know: 2 Samuel 7:12 - 14 (NIV) 12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.

That was very interesting thing to read about and I respect every word it came with and Thank you for the guidance and encouragement therefore I find my self more attracted to read the old books after all they are the elder parts of our book what ever they say although each has his own belief and can figure which are similar to ours and which are not... after all verses seemed as ours although were put differently... Thank you again and wish all the Christians a Happy and Peaceful celebration for this occasion... our prayers and peace upon the soul and the spirit of the Prophet and Messenger of God Jesus the Son of Mary..

I would argue that any further knowledge of / about God can not happen if you remain behind the line of belief, whether you can factually prove anything empirically (that you can make God prove Himself at will) or use the vehicle of myth, legend, story or subjective and very personal experiences too extraordinary for words to fully convey.

Yes, the Bible is the word of God, and it's entirely about love and family.

I was deeply moved by your observations and words of truth about families, love and God.

We don't have to use words of theology to talk about God; people who are close to death almost never do.

It is about the word of God.