God: A Guide for the Perplexed

Anglican Theological Review;  July 1, 2003 ;     499 words ...God: A Guide for the Perplexed. By Keith Ward. Oxford: Oneworld, 2002. vii + 264 pp. $24.95 (cloth). The trouble with God these days, according to Keith Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, is not that God's existence has become untenable, but rather that God has...

NATURE OF GOD IS SPIRIT, NOT HUMAN

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  August 1, 1998 ;     585 words ...CHEYENNE -- The attributes of God can easily be divided into groups of three...most basic group of three include: 1. one god, seen in three distinct persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; 2. an eternal god with no beginning or ending. 3. a god who...

Facing an unknown future: turning to the God of grace.("Turn to God -...

The Ecumenical Review;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Turn to God. This exhortation is repeated over and over...times of crisis in the life of the people of God. As the World Council of Churches prepares...they come insurmountable. The cry Turn to God is an acknowledgment of the failure of human...

Before God

Interpretation;  July 1, 2006 ;     443 words ...Before God by George Stroup Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2004. 210...States. The problem is not the loss of belief in God. Rather, Christians no longer understand their daily lives as lived "before God." They eat dinner, enjoy a sunrise, read the newspaper...

God

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      350 words ...God / gäd / • n. 1. [without article ] (in Christianity...and source of all moral authority; the supreme being. 2. ( god ) (in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit...animal, or other object worshiped as divine or symbolizing a god. ∎  used as a conventional ...

The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God. By John Piper. Revised and expanded. Sisters: Multnomah, 2000, 340 pp. + 30 pp. study guide, $14.00, paper. No greater delight exists than the unsurpassable and all-satisfying delight...

Here's looking at you, God--whoever you are

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ...What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us...daughter of the local police chief, can see God. Not just in a spiritual, metaphorical way...the cafeteria steam trays. In one encounter, God appears as a hunky slacker boy in a hooded...

The FUTURE of GOD.(how God fits into society)

The Futurist;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Is God Dead? Not according to philosopher Robert MeLLert...scientific progress may change our conception of God rather than extinguish faith. Toward the end...madman who went about the town proclaiming that God is dead. Nietzsche's story is illustrative...

THE APOSTLE OF GOD: PAUL AND THE PROMISE OF ABRAHAM.(Review)

Theological Studies;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THE APOSTLE OF GOD: PAUL AND THE PROMISE OF ABRAHAM. By John...24.95. What was Paul's understanding of God, and what were the major influences on it...seeks to identify Paul's understanding of God by way of a unique method, and the results...

Turn to the God of mercy: new perspectives on reconciliation and...

The Ecumenical Review;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Turn to God -- Rejoice in Hope is the theme of the eighth assembly...Council of Churches. But why should our turning to God be a matter of hopeful rejoicing? Or, to put it differently, who is this God who could inspire us with hope and joy? Most of the...

The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...BOOK REVIEWS The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion. By Richard...University Press, 2001, ix + 172 pp., $19.95 paper. In The God Who May Be, Richard Kearney proposes a new definition of God that he is willing to "wage" will help solve the problems...

What do you buy for the God who has everything?

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Apparently God is trying to tell me something. Earlier this...attached to the front that said, "Shopping for God," arrived in the afternoon mail. That's a...little something." Now, I was taught that God doesn't care about material possessions, that...

`God' as a superlative cause for debate

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  August 15, 2003 ;     612 words ...Seen God lately? Look closer at the signs in the stands...appreciation by filling the Internet with "Becks is God" posts. Some replica jerseys have replaced the name "Beckham" on the back with "God." St. Louis Cardinals phenom Albert Pujols...

JOURNEYMAN: God, where were you?

Charleston Gazette;  September 10, 2005 ;     678 words ...WHERE was God? As the storm we called Katrina approached the Gulf Coast, where was God? Where was he when the tide surged and spread out...plain? Why did he allow this to happen? Where was God when those who were able fled to the safety of inland...

God gets shut out by courts.(Editorial)

The Boston Herald;  April 28, 2000 ;     635 words ...With God, all things are possible. It's possible then...decision that ruled Ohio's state motto With God, all things are possible, a uniquely Christian...Arizona and make that state take Ditat Deus (God enriches) off its stationery. Then on to Colorado...