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Feb 19, 2016 · Creation out of nothing is not a doctrine of power, but of love: because creation is ex nihilo,we must also say it is ex amore. Because there are no external constraints on God’s act of creating, everything exists out of the sheer freedom of God’s love. Things are not as they are because they have to be, but because God first loved them ...
- Let All Things Their Creator Bless
LISTS provide a surprisingly good way to rejoice in...
- Every Living Thing That Moveth Upon The Earth
Even if we drastically reduce our field of vision by...
- All Greek
Among his other long treatises we have The City of God and...
- In The Beginning Was Music
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- A Short Bibliography
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- Making The ‘Light’ Fantastic
“We had a radiogram at home — it was one of our first bits...
- The Myth of Progress
The significance of the symbol of Parousia is precisely to...
- What Scripture Does and Does Not Say on God
Thus, God creates graciously, out of love; God does not rely...
- Let All Things Their Creator Bless
A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ...
May 9, 2019 · What I do know is that I felt a sudden burst of wonderment. It was abundantly special. I am not alone in this kind of reaction to the planet that we share with other life. Indeed, the wonder of creation is one of the ways that so many experience that sense that there is something very special at the heart of the world.
Genesis 1:1-26:35 ESV / 2 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Oct 10, 2019 · When we lose our wonder, we are prone to wander. Not only are we prone to lose the wonder that God made the world he did — with clouds and canyons, mountains and mammals, nutmeg and noses — but also that Jesus is the Lord and Savior he is. We are prone to lose a sense for the glory of the new covenant, the one we enjoy now “in these last ...
Jan 31, 2023 · 00:00. 00:00. We are awed by something or someone that inspires “an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder” in us. God is the ultimate subject of awe. He reveals himself in scripture as dwelling in unapproachable light, mighty in battle, the creator and therefore sovereign of all. He is clothed in majesty, holding the ...
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Dec 7, 2023 · When those bones heal, when our wounds scab over, this is our call to marvel at our bodies—their regeneration, their stability or frailty. This grows our sense of dignity. To be able to marvel at the face of our neighbor with the same awe we have for the mountaintop, the sunlight refracting—this manner of vision is what will keep us from destroying each other….
