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act of God
A Dictionary of Business and Management
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act of God A natural event that is not caused by any human action and cannot be predicted. It is untrue (as is sometimes thought) that insurance policies covering homes and businesses exclude acts of God. In fact, both cover such natural events as storms, lightning, and floods. However, some contracts exclude liability for damage arising from acts of God (see
force majeure).
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God will protect people who are true to His word.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/6/2003; 700+ words
; ...birth and before our birth. God has a claim on our lives, like...any other relationships. 3) God set Jeremiah apart for a purpose...When objects were set apart for God, they were used solely for Yahweh, and it was an act of blasphemy to remove them...
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So God 'probably' doesn't exist. Don't these atheists have any conviction?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...atheists made it clear which God it is precisely whose existence...they all subscribe to the same God in the final analysis, in the...theology and you change your God. The Christian God who plonked...indivisible Jewish God to whom such an act would have been inconceivable...
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God willing: Lincoln on the divine mystery.(Abraham Lincoln's "Meditation on the Divine Will")
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/8/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...to discern the will of God among the cacophony of...contests each party claims to act in accordance with the...describes here a God who acts in "quiet power." At...wills. "The will of God prevails.... In great...contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of ...
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God's delight.(Faith matters)(Column)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...wrongdoer? Is not distance between us and God--even terror of God--appropriate as long as we remain prodigals...of hosts!"? Why is it that we think that God should delight in us when we act--and in an important sense also are...
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God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/6/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...described God as by nature self-communicating. The mysterious and incomprehensible God is God in the act of expressing and sharing the Godself. Gods actions reveal who God is. We can be confident that the God revealed in salvation history is in fact...
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God's SOVEREIGN Power
Magazine article from: The African American Pulpit; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...say unto the people that the God of their fathers hath sent me...What shall I say unto them?" God responded, "I Am that I Am...Moses, tell them that I Am the God who is the sovereign, unchanging God who acts and creates and judges and redeems...
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ALL GOD, ALL THE TIME
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...told us in Sunday School that God is everywhere, they could have...With Harriet Miers, we see that God lives in the politics of the...criticism, but of critical thought. God is thus a trump card, a free...appeals to God, why not judges? "Acts of God" is the phrase applied...
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Putting God at risk: A critique of John Sanders's view of providence
Magazine article from: Trinity Journal; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...I am fascinated that I asked God such a question. I was a nominal...and I did not believe that God caused everything that happened...broader culture the belief that God was the cause behind all tragedies ("acts of God," as insurance companies...
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God spoke these words.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...This is to worship something smaller than God, something God has made. It is to confuse the creation...return to slavery. A third is to trivialize God by forgetting that his name is holy, by...when we really do. The fourth is to make gods of ourselves. This is the underlying warning...
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You can sue God, but you can't win
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 10/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...was the Israelites, and not God, who had been negligent in fulfilling...the terms of their agreement. God's testimony ends with the simple...with which "The Man Who Sued God" concludes. Connolly's character...insurance companies' nefarious "Act of God" clause. "I'm not...of the insurance ...
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God
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
...of God Before there was belief in one God (monotheism), there was belief in many gods (polytheism). The earliest cultural...Abraham and his clan, was "a jealous God" (Exod. 20:5) who would allow "no other gods" before him (Deut. 5:7). Gradually...encompassing that there could be no other ...
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Gods and Goddesses of Life and Death
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...and epidemics. Other creator gods withdraw once the act of creation is over, leaving...rule his new universe. The War Gods War and death are an obvious...most mythologies, the warrior god Thanatos, brother of Sleep...the patrons of war, and other gods and goddesses envisaged as warriors...
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kingdom of God
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
kingdom of God The central theme of Jesus' preaching...was compatible with the justice of God and the covenant with his chosen people. God their king was bound to intervene...x2013;9). So disciples are to act ‘as if’ they...
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Son of God
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Son of God A title of the king in the OT (e.g...Jesus was designated ‘Son of God’. This could mean that a pre...25 the beginning of Jesus' life was an act in which God took the initiative. A saying is recorded...
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unknown God
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
unknown God Paul had noticed an altar in...dedicated to ‘an unknown god’ (Acts 17: 23). Although such an...dedicated ‘to unknown gods’ (plural). The...was that one or other of the gods might show anger at having been...
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