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Desert Storm.
What is God like? Is he merciful, just, loving, vengeful, jealous? Is he a bodiless force, a cool watchmaker, or a hot interventionist, a doer with big opinions, a busy chap up in Heaven? Does he, for instance, approve of charity and disapprove of adultery? Or are these attributes instead like glass baubles that we throw against the statue of his invisibility, inevitably shattering into mere words? The medieval Jewish thinker Maimonides thought that it was futile to belittle God by giving him human attributes; to do so was to commit what later philosophers would call a category mistake. We cannot describe his essence; better to worship in reverent silence. "Silence is ...
- THE DANGERS OF DE-FANGING GOD.(images of God in the Psalms)
- Magazine article from: Sojourners VERHULST, KARI JO November 1, 1999 700+ words
...await the fullness of God's revelation...vehicle to the heart of God and they do not skip...The "book" of Psalms is actually an anthology...and father of the gods. --Egyptian hymn...500 BCE) Yet the God addressed in the Psalms is distinctively...
- The God who matters.(Psalm 28)(Living by the Word)(Column)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Wood, Ralph July 19, 1995 700+ words
...The writer of Psalm 28 is passionate about...own. He calls on God not to stop his ears...Lord. He implores God to hear the voice...them up no more." Psalms of imprecation make...abandoned the doctrine of God's wrath, even though...his commentary on Psalm 28, Artur Weiser...
- Psalms of rage. (Faith matters).(Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Jones, L. Gregory February 27, 2002 700+ words
...over and over again, "God is involved with us...human involvement with God in the Old Testament is...notion of speaking to God in "uncontained rage...expression of rage (as in Psalm 137--"Happy shall...although the "cursing psalms," as Davis describes...
- Miniature of David, semi-nude, crowned, in waters, praying to God (Psalm 68);...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- God's surprise. (Psalm 80:1-7, Micah 5:2-4, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Wilberg, Glen V. December 7, 1994 700+ words
...t take back? What if Christmas is about God's surprising work which is a total reversal...strange things are happening. It seems God is not in heaven but is busy as the restless...emeritus" minister, I find it reassuring that God begins by talking to older folk. In the...
- God and body psalm.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review Janke, Christopher March 1, 2005 700+ words
having pondered a limit the prophet stretches out and strokes himself the body wants more body and the god more god
- A disastrous cyclone in Myanmar, a high-intensity earthquake in China and a...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century June 17, 2008 700+ words
...Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) executive, Linda Bryant Valentine, to urge prayers focusing on the theme of Psalm 46: "God is our refuge and strength." They wrote: "Explanations are impossible and words themselves seem so difficult to...
- Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Shofar Crenshaw, James L. June 22, 2005 700+ words
...being perfect in God's eyes than anyone...just as biblical psalms do. Often they...his rendering of Psalm 15, which he entitles...grain with thanks. God Made fields to...not the marvelous psalm it is supposed...to understanding Psalms better than before...power of Words to ...
