. In the great majority of cases both are used as names of the one God of Israel. The root-meaning of the word is unknown. The most probable theory is that it may be connected with the old Arabic verb "alih" (to be perplexed, afraid; to seek refuge because of fear). Eloah, ...
have been employed to describe or invoke the name of the deity. Atheists have been known to ask the God in which they do not believe to "damn" someone, or send them to the hell they do not believe exists. The phrase "oh my God," expressed with the proper inflection, is always goo...
God is holy (compare Isa. vi. 3); this phrase sums up the ultimate contents of the Bible conception of God (see Fear of God).Relation to Israel. He is Israel's God. Not on account of any merits of its own (Deut. vii. 7-8, ix. 4-7), but because of God's special designs,...
This argument is capable of being developed at great length, but it must be stated here very briefly. It has always been a favorite argument both with philosophers and with popular apologists of Theism; and though, during the earlier excesses of enthusiasm for or against Darwinianism, it was ...
There are three major interpretations of the phrase here. (1) In the Book of Job the phrase clearly refers to angelic beings. In Gen 6 the “sons of God” are distinct from “humankind,” suggesting they were not human. This is consistent with the use of the phrase...
, that you have not with you some idol of wood or stone, or some deified hero, long since passed out of your reach, but a living, working, ever present God, who shows by His acts that your faith in Him is not vain. The phrase is a very common one as applied to God in the ...
— Arabic Proverbs 42 Every single word you have spoken is sharp, sarcastic and twisted. When I thought you were abnormal you suddenly turned out to be normal. When I thought you were normal you turned out to be abnormal. — Jae Hee 41 A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain....
Gregory the Great, but the pagan Romans (Absit omen) and Greeks had similar customs. God's gift to ___ is by 1931. God of the gaps means "God considered solely as an explanation for anything not otherwise explained by science;" the exact phrase is from 1949, but the words and the...
But the point of this commandment is the prohibition of work on the seventh day. The permission nuance of the imperfect works well here. Exodus 20:9 tn This is the occupation, or business of the work week. Exodus 20:10 tn The phrase “on it” has been supplied for clarity. Exodus 20...
With political season kicking off again, so is the season where folks begin to use the term “Christian nation.” Some claim wewereone, some claim weareone, and some say we need tobecomeone. Yet, each time I hear that phrase I have an inner Princess Bride moment where I say to mysel...