Fr. Stephen Freeman is the priest at St. Anne Orthodox Church (OCA) in Oak Ridge, TN. His weblog “Glory to God for all Things,” has quickly become one of the most read Orthodox sites on the web, being translated frequently in Romanian, French, and Serbian, by enthusiastic readers. ...
However, there is one more that needs to be added to the mix. Let me give you three examples in Scripture to help clarify. 1. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1). His magnificence and splendor displayed in the heavens and...
It has been said that we must know where we have been in order to understand where we are going. The canon of Scripture provides us with a God-breathed historical record of His covenantal decree from creation to consummation. Exhibit A below visualizes this: Biblical scholars have recognized ...
Part one : Offering praise to God : a literary and descriptive analysis of Psalm 148 The first in the pentad emphasizes that glory alone belongs to God (in Latin, soli Deo gloria). The second in the pentad draws attention to Scripture... L Dan 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 加载更多0...
Related: Soli Deo Gloria“[God] wills creatures, not for something they are or that is in them, but for his own sake. He remains his own goal. He never focuses
Scripture throughout speaks to this, but since I am again in the prophets, let me draw upon them. In particular, in my reading in Ezekiel over the past few days I have seen this brought out so very often. Of course from the opening chapter where we read about God’s glory in his ...
then but a very few of the poorest sort should be saved, (this is harsh) yet the Scripture saith, That God hides his things from the wise and prudent, (that is rom the learned of the world) and reveals them to babes and sucklings ... God had rejected the wise, and mighty ami ...
God has always possessed the quality of glory - it is part of His essence. This truth is reflected all through Scripture, and in the world He created. The theologian Thomas Merton found excitement and delight in the idea, writing, “The whole world is charged with the glory of God and ...
Definitions: Glory usually refers to the blessedness, brightness, honour, and magnificent excellence of God and his heaven, or our acknowledgement of it. Greek References: δοξα (doxa) 1391 (Strong) Scripture: The glory of earthly things... Matthew 4:8, Luke 4:5-7. The devil shows ...
The search box allows you to search for hymns by first line, author, composer, topic, or scripture passages quoted or alluded to. You can also jump immediately to a hymn by number. The Accompaniment with FlexScores edition includes everything in the other editions and adds our revolutionary ...