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Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
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Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. By David George Moore and Daniel L. Akin. Holman Old Testament Commentary. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003, 367 pp., $19.99.
In general terms commentaries fall into two classes: academic commentaries full of scholarship but often not very helpful to preachers, and devotional commentaries intended to be helpful to preachers but that often make academics wince. As a seminary professor who also pastors a church, I am constantly looking for commentaries ...
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The FUTURE of GOD.(how God fits into society)
The Futurist
; Is God Dead? Not according to philosopher Robert MeLLert, who suggests that humanity's scientific progress may change our conception of God rather than extinguish faith. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a fictional account of a madman who
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Putting God at risk: A critique of John Sanders's view of providence
Trinity Journal
; BELL & HOWELL/Information and Learning [foreign text omitted]. 1. MAKING IT SAFE TO VIEW GOD AS A RISK TAKER John Sanders gained recognition in this decade by association with other "evangelical" philosophers who dispute the "traditional" view of God and argue for the "openness" of God to the
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Facing an unknown future: turning to the God of grace.("Turn to God - Rejoice in Hope": Unfolding the Eighth Assembly Theme)
The Ecumenical Review
; Turn to God. This exhortation is repeated over and over again in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures -- most often at times of crisis in the life of the people of God. As the World Council of Churches prepares for its eighth assembly and the celebration of its 50th anniversary, it does so in the
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Why smart people believe in God.
American Scholar
; ... minded novelists as A. N. Wilson and Reynolds Price continue to bring us the good news without ceding too much intellectual ground. The millennium was certainly good news for the religious publishing industry. Last year there were 2,657 titles of a general ...
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God, the Bible and spiritual warfare: A review article
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Many readers of these pages will know Boyd through his earlier and impressive work, Cynic, ,Sage, or Son of God? Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist Replies (1995). Boyd's most recent book, God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict (InterVarsity, 1997), is less interested in
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The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; 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 of contemplating, savoring, and embracing the
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Mormon theism, the traditional christian concept of God, and Greek philosophy: A critical analysis
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; One of the charges leveled against traditional Christian theology is that its concept of God, otherwise known as the classical Christian concept of God, is the result of Greek philosophical thought significantly shaping, indeed corrupting, the way in which church Fathers, councils, theologians, and
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Sunday School Lesson; God's Judgment Is Just
Sun Reporter, The
; GOLDEN TEXT: "God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ" (Romans 2:16) Lesson: Romans 2:1-16 PLACE: from Corinth TIME: A.D. 56 Who are we to judge anyone for anything? This judging thing' has been around for some time now. This word 'judge' has existed throughout the Christian generations.
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When hearts melt like wax. (feeling the power of God)
The Other Side
; ... a time of great fright. Zechariah encounters an angel of the Lord--and is overcome with fear (Luke 1:12). When Mary gets the news, the trembling runs so deep within her soul that the angel Gabriel must work hard to calm her fears (Luke 1:30). Later, filthy ...
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"The whole fulness of the Godhead dwells in him bodily": the materiality of Milton's God.
Christianity and Literature
; It is a theological commonplace both in John Milton's day and our own to acknowledge that God is a Spirit. It is apparently self-evident that God is therefore immaterial. However, the recent intense scrutiny concerning the provenance of De Doctrina Christiana, traditionally attributed to Milton,
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