Article: Arguing about religion.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Taking God to court.(Brief Article)
The Christian Century;  December 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... passage reminds me of two friends who were complaining about God. "Yes, I acknowledge him, that terrible God," said one friend in a muted voice full of pent-up anger. "But God is my enemy. He refuses to do what even the worst of friends ...

Article: Gate-crashing God.(Brief Article)(Column)
The Christian Century;  November 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... recall that it is not our own unpredictable desire for God that shapes our history, but God's faithfulness. Yes, Advent is a season to make ... primarily it is a season to become more aware of the God who creates that longing in us. A phrase from the ...

Article: God. (Books).(Brief Article)
The Antioch Review;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Ned Balbo God by Debora Greger. Penguin, 96 pp., $16.00. To frame a poetic sequence with God as your main character is no small ambition, but as Debora Greger's God confirms, the challenge, in the right hands ...

Article: THE GOD FORUM CONTINUES.(Brief Article)
Skeptic (Altadena, CA);  June 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...GOD AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM I enjoy the articles and debates regarding the existence or nonexistence of God that have been featured in SKEPTIC. However, it seems to me that a belief in God is the ultimate defense mechanism, and this defense ...

Article: God and the terrorist attacks. (Parting ...
USA Today (Magazine);  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... mean the same thing by the idea of God. Certain eastern religions ... conceptions of the Deity. If we study the God idea in the West, we see considerable ... Old Testament, there were many gods, but Yahweh, the god of Abraham, was the most powerful ...

Article: Exposed and waiting.(God's promise)(Brief ...
The Christian Century;  December 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... provides the basis for our Advent hope: God "keeps his promise for ever." Without ... and no sense in Advent. Our hope is in God. The psalm underlines that conviction ... knows there is no hope in Herod. But is God keeping his promise? What has happened ...

Article: God's holiness.(God as holy versus God as ...
The Christian Century;  October 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... friend directly: Do Christians believe that God is holy?" My friend was initially taken ... Revelation that emphasize the holiness of God. She recalled the passage in the Lord's Prayer where we indicate that God's name is hallowed. "What is the rabbi ...