Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThen God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along th...
Man is ποίημα God, and there is no reason for us not to be grateful for what we have. The man was created in Christ as God's properly prepared for the ργοις αγαθος performed in ΧριστΗησο o. Therefore, man is very special in God's eyes because...
What can be said about the self-limitation of omnipotence in God’s love for those he has created can be said about the other metaphysical attributes of his divinity too: omnipresence, omniscience, invulnerability, and self-sufficiency. God doesn’t know everything in advance because he doesn’...
A couple of decades ago I was on a retreat team that hosted a Holy Triduum weekend. The event ended up being one of the most profound experiences of my life. We created a rich and powerful journey for the participants who ranged in age from infant to elderly. Also on the team was my...
And perhaps such a personal insecurity resonates well with the God of Calvinism, a God that needed to prove his power, a God that created the world to boast in his own glory. A God that wasn’t secure in himself; and had to resort to bragging. A God that only loves the Calvinist ...
If God looked with indifference upon idolatry, it would imply that He cared little for His human creatures: that, like the Deity of Epicurus, having once created man and the world, He thenceforth paid no attention to them. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - For thou shalt worship no other God....
Verse 13 above notes that the coronation ceremony took place in the Temple of the Lord, which is logical since the king was ordained and anointed of God. II Chronicles shows us this record in greater detail. 2 Chronicles 23:13 [13] And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at ...
reflection on our Lord. He may still be chiseling away, working on us, but we too should try to be cooperative mediums from which He can create. May we be pliable to the changes the Lord has in store so that we may live as a good reflection of the Artist who created us – God....
Verse 2 King of all days Oh so highly exalted Glorious in heaven above Humbly You came To the earth You created All for love’s sake became poor Bridge And I’ll never know how much it cost To see my sin upon that cross And I’ll never know how much it cost ...
If we were created in His likeness IE we were created to be “like Him.” Then He is also very much like us! One thing can not be like another thing while at the same time that other thing is nothing like the one thing. That my friends is an absurdity! When a theologian ...