Posts Tagged ‘Word of God

Throughout our history the Church has determined what it accepts as the Word of God by balancing many elements of tradition: charisma, canon, creed, clergy, ceremony, custom, and community. She is constantly correcting the problems that develop when one or more of these gets out of balance. For instance, the Reformation attacked the Roman Church’s [...]

Enough about God operating through natural events and people! Let’s get to the bottom line. God operates in this world primarily through words.   The religions claim words provide our contact with God. The  ancient Vedas of the East say, “On the spoken word all the gods depend, all beasts and men, in the word live [...]

If you think of creation only as the origin of the physical world, the New Testament has little to say about it. It does speak quite a bit about a broader concept of creation. It builds on the Old Testament’s understanding that God creates everything by uttering words. “In the beginning was the Word, and [...]


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