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C.S. Lewis And The Struggle For Existence, Callaghan R. Mcdonough
C.S. Lewis And The Struggle For Existence, Callaghan R. Mcdonough
Global Tides
Man exists upon a continuum of existence and nonexistence. Throughout the works of C.S. Lewis, one unearths the notion that God beckons man higher into a greater reality, one in which man is both more independent and more united with God; meanwhile, Satan attempts to drag man downward into increased nonexistence. Man is called into a higher existence, but God is not calling us to be Him. God is calling us to be more human, the humanity that He intended.
Against A Process View Of Divine Patience, Luke Asher
Against A Process View Of Divine Patience, Luke Asher
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When one chooses to tolerate suffering, waiting calmly without reacting emotively or physically, he is demonstrating the virtue of patience. Process theology claims that the patience of God is more or less identical to the experience of human patience. That is, when we sin and rebel against God, He refrains from smiting us, that we might repent and return to Him. In other words, God demonstrates patience when he restrains Himself temporally from interfering with or punishing mankind, waiting for their repentance. Such an explanation of divine patience may seem intuitive, but the patience of God is much greater, much …
The Spirit Of Reconciliation, James W. Mccarty Iii
Just One Story?, Laura Buffington