TAKING SIDES ON THE ISSUE OF GOD'S GENDER.(DAILY BREAK)(Column)

The Virginian Pilot;  February 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Jill Hoehlein of Norfolk: ``I think that when we conceive of God as having a particular gender, it encourages us to maintain...growth, in addition to subtly promoting sexist views when God is labeled as male.'' From Tommy Steele of Virginia Beach...young woman I have struggled to come to terms with how a male ...

The feminine face of God: the women portrayed in my art represent my image...

The Other Side;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...I did not set out to make images of God in my art. Landscapes had captured my heart, and I painted...construct collages of Mary and Jesus. Then came the surprise God pictures-the Holy One with a feminine face. Since I had been reading about archetypal portrayals of God over the course of human history, I ...

Sunday School Lesson; God's Judgment Is Just

Sun Reporter, The;  March 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......they possessed the knowledge of the Law (the oracles of God). We can not hear the word only and not be doers of the word...justify them because they knew the Law. Keep in mind that God's judgment is for the present and ongoing until the day of Jesus Christ's return. God's judgment is according to the ...

GOD IS REAL AND ALIVE THROUGH FAITH, NOT PROOF.(COMMENTARY)

The Virginian Pilot;  May 6, 2001 ;     501 words ......are accustomed to today. This Prime Mover is God. But the God of Judeo-Christian faith experience is much more than just a Prime Mover. We worship a God who loves us and who is intimately involved in the affairs of humanity. So proofs of God's existence, although intellectually challenging, are ...

When newspapers turn to God, they become as confused as churchmen

The Spectator;  January 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......shot. There are several valid reactions to the tsunami. (1) God does not exist and this an example of the powerful forces...able to control them. This is Richard Dawkins's line. (2) God does exist but He does not - or cannot - intervene in the physical world. This was what Voltaire thought. (3) God does ...

God promises to atone for sin.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)

The Washington Times;  September 4, 2006 ;     544 words ......and Eve disobeyed God, it was God who covered their nakedness...family was taught to approach God through a particular way the sacrifice of animals. Later, God only accepted the sacrifice of Abel and not...Cain's sacrifice did not meet God's requirements. This pattern...will not slay ...

Lady luck or a gift from God? Lottery wins pose tricky theological...

The Independent - London;  December 31, 1994 ;     700+ words ..."God, what a shit God is!" Randolph Churchill exclaimed when forced to read the...Theologians prefer to call it the problem of evil. How can a loving God produce Aids, Auschwitz, childhood cancers and so on? The problem ca n neither be solved nor surmounted, simply accepted. The National Lottery ...

N.C. State debate on existence of God attracted hundreds

University Wire;  March 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......night for a debate between two scholars about the existence of God. The event, hosted by Campus Crusade for Christ, featured...restrictions. This was the third debate on the existence of God, the first two occurring in Feb. 1996 and 2000. "You do not...is no possibility of proving or disproving the existence of ...

Because God first loved us, we have cause to love others

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  October 6, 2007 ;     564 words ......expression of his love for us. If a person rejects Jesus, God is not rejecting them. They are rejecting the deepest expression of God's love. 1 John 4:9-10 declares that at the cross God lavished his love on us. At Calvary we see God's love and his righteousness flowing together. For our ...

'God' agrees to accept court ruling: A city man says he won't appeal a...

Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  April 28, 2006 ;     354 words ......court hearing before Senior Judge Forrest G. Schaeffer Jr., God argued that state regulations require a driver to use his usual signature and that his usual signature is God. God, 40, of the 200 block of North 10th Street presented Schaeffer...records, court documents and income tax returns to prove that ...

Meanings of Christmas: How to rescue angels from the tinsel Do not expect...

The Independent - London;  December 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ......of the girl who will freely choose to become the mother of God. In the second chapter of Luke we have a remarkable passage...multitude of supporters, not to tell the world about the birth of God but to announce it privately to a small group of Shepherds...hath come as a newborn child he who from all eternity is ...

Keeping the faith: Jennifer Graham Kizer explains what holds marriage...

Redbook;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......eventually, thoughts of how Lee might see things and how God sees them drift into my head. When I consider other points...harboring unrelated resentments. After spending time with God, I can focus more on the outcome of the discussion I want...stay in love? First of all, we take our cues from the Bible. ...

God, the Taboo Topic of Art Education

The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......lies outside art educators' accepted sphere"-"out of site/sight/cite...art educators talking about God within a secular classroom prompts this article. Concepts of God are generally withheld from...bringing artists' sights of God into their public school art...

DO PEACE PRAYERS MOVE GOD?

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 11, 1991 ;     700+ words ......God responds to our prayers, for to do so is to argue that God does not care or that God cannot reach us. But neither will we judge our prayer by...righteous life we choose to lead in this, the world we share with God." Muslims: a people of prayer Each of us prays in our own...Islam's prophet ...

God is not easy to cut from society

Post-Tribune (IN);  August 23, 2003 ;     343 words ......including this recent exaltation: "Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord." Even the high court that decides how much God can be in public lives starts off each session with, "God save the United States and this honorable court," and displays...embedded in the government, the courts and other public ...