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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"God's Presence"”.
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Seeing God's Presence Through His Promises: A Biblical Theology of God's Presence in the Book of Esther
… the story. Each sermon aims to demonstrate that God’s promises, as well as his redemptive work in an earlier period of exile, serve as the lens through which the author understands and tells Esther’s story. As a result of the interpretive perspective of the author, God’s presence is discerned by …
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The Place of God's Presence: A Biblical Theology of 1 Timothy
… (1 Tim 3:14-16) Paul uses a metaphor, “house of God,” to identify the church as the place of God’s presence. In 1 Timothy 1, Paul reminds his young coworker that since he is the steward of God’s house, he must utilize the truth of the gospel in a battle against the false teachers. In the second …
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Toward a Biblical Theology of God's Presence in Christian Theology: A Study of How Difference Interpretations of the Divine Presence affect liturgy
… agreement on the importance of the divine presence as the central aspect of liturgy, there are three conflicting ways in which the presence of God relates to liturgy. They broadly correspond to the main liturgical traditions: Sacramental (Roman Catholic), Kerygmatic (Protestant) and …
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"The Lord Your God Is in Your Midst": The Presence of God and the Means and End of Redemptive History
This dissertation proposes that, very simply, the presence of God is a central theme of biblical revelation. More specifically, it argues that God's presence is significant to the theological message of Scripture because it is both a central end of redemptive history and a means to that end. In …
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A Drop of Oil
Many Christian writers point to God through their fiction without openly evangelizing. The images their words evoke lift their secular and religious readers' heads, for God is reflected in their use of language, the emotions they describe, and the actions of their characters. The preface and short …
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He is with you and he will be in you: The Spirit, the believer, and the glorification of Jesus
… but the Spirit distinguishes and empowers them. God dwells among his people in the tabernacle/temple, but he does not dwell in each believer. The outpouring of the Spirit passages point to the future, saying nothing about the experience of Old Covenant believers. Chapter 3 exegetes the Spirit …
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The Shining Face of Moses: The Interpretation of Exodus 34:29-35 and Its Use in the Old and New Testaments
… fourfold: as a reminder or extension of Yhwh's presence at Sinai, to distinguish Moses in terms of status, to communicate Yhwh's "goodness," and to transition from the rebellion narrative in chapters 32-34 to the building of the tabernacle in 35-40. Knowing the function of the phrase sheds light …
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Inspirational Journey: People and Places
… by the places I have seen, as well as the people God has placed in my path. The individuals in my portraits are some of the people with whom I have shared a special bond. Upon reflection, they have been instrumental in deepening my faith. Their love, prayers, support, and deep questioning of my …
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The impact of personal prayer on spiritual maturity among selected Christian Missionary Alliance pastors
… of personal impact (a sense of interaction with God leading to insight, deep peace, awareness of God's presence, a definite answer, or direction to act) in their prayer lives while nearly one third of those spending over thirty did. The quality or personal impact of prayer on the life of the …
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"God will get me through": African American women coping with breast cancer and implications for support groups.
… The African American survivors conceptualized God as an active member of their support network. Most prayed for healing, and several attributed examples of healing to God's intervention. The White survivors found God's presence in the actions of other people. They prayed for strength, peace, …
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Encountering Eucharistic Presence Within a Postmodern Context: A Dialogue Among Chauvet, Schmemann and Zizioulas
… has articulated the mystery of Eucharistic presence. Louis-Marie Chauvet, Alexander Schmemann and John Zizioulas, the interlocutors presented in this dissertation, recognize that for centuries, Eucharistic theology has been shaped within a metaphysical/Scholastic framework which confines, in …
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The Sabbath in the Pentateuch: an Exegetical and Theological Study
… <p>The Sabbath encapsulates and reveals God's presence in the world, regardless of its nature and condition. The Sabbath was introduced by divine cessation from work in order for holiness to enter the world for the benefit of all humanity. Holiness is the essence of the divine-human …
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God and the Novel in India
… writers alike, presents a perception of God in the daily that is rooted in Indian religious traditions in contradistinction to the deus absconditus European realist novel which has generally restricted itself to the secular sphere. Despite the conspicuous and consequential enchantment of …
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The Function of 'Hope' as a Lexical and Theological Keyword in the Psalter: A Structural-Theological Study of Five Psalms (PSS 42-43, 52, 62, 69, 71) within their Final Shape Context (Pss 42-72)
… the Davidic covenant (Books I-III) to hoping in God (Books IV-V). However, when considering the shape and message of Book II, there is evidence that these two hopes coexist, side by side, as also seen in the introduction to the Psalter (Ps 2).</p> <p>This dissertation analyzes the nature and …