Lucretius has remarked: `` The reason why all Mortals are so gripped by fear is that they see all sorts of things happening in the earth and sky with no discernable cause, and these they attribute to the will of God ''.

His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said: `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way: and it is unworthy to think of self.

Another Yankee became so disgusted as to state: `` I wish to God one half of our officers were knocked in the head by slinging them against ( the other half ) ''.

But of course the paterollers won't be of any help, not with everything so upset and that Yankee cavalry outfit they say is running around, God knows where ''.

There is an ancient and venerable tradition in the church ( which derives, however, from the heritage of the Greeks rather than from the Bible ) that God is completely independent of his creation and so has no need of men for accomplishing his work in the world.

They have insisted, rather, on living fully and completely within modern culture and, so far from considering this treason to God, have looked upon it as the only way they could be faithful to him.

There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished, so most notably in the statement: `` If the ( Holy ) Spirit is absent from the soul, such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; ;

And He laid down for him certain conditions: so that, if he kept the command of God, then he would always remain as he was, that is, immortal ; ;

for as it was Christ, the Word of God, who came to rescue man, so it was disobedience to the word of God in the beginning that brought death into the world, and all our woe.

But He set a bound to his ( state of ) sin, by interposing death, and thus causing sin to cease, putting an end to it by the dissolution of the flesh, which should take place in the earth, so that man, ceasing at length to live in sin, and dying to it, might live to God ''.

To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible.

Is putting a rocket in orbit half so significant as the good news that God put His Son, Jesus Christ, on earth to live and die to save our hell-bound souls??

`` For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life '' ( John 3::

The entrance to a church has been walled up, so that the congregation, most of which is in the western sector, cannot worship God there anymore.

And so the psalmist gives us one more picture of God: `` The Lord is the strength of my life ''.

Here was what was called the American dream, namely, the effort to build a structure which would be something new in history and to do so in such fashion that God could bless it.

Some are so filled with gratitude, for the gift of life and the love of God, that their joy spills out on the paper and brightens the lives of thousands whom they have never known, and will never see.

God knew his tears were his to shed if he so desired, for it had not been with an egotist's rage for fame that he had held precious his naval career.

I had also thought a lot about how God must look on true love, and so in a way I was keeping my promise to God, my promise to remain pure until I was married.

Since God willed the child's death, so the Christian should will it, too.

This belief follows the theology of St. Paul: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

And the life that I now live in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

It is the movement of a ' contrite heart ,' drawn and moved by grace to respond to the merciful love of God who loved us first.

The Gospel is addressed to the author's patron, Theophilus, which in Greek simply means friend of God or ( be ) loved by God or loving God, and may not be a name but a generic term for a Christian.

The Apostle John wrote, " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

He even says, “ I was in love with love .” Finally, he does fall in love and is loved back, by God.

: John 3: 16 " For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For Muslims the imitation of Muhammad helps one to know and be loved by God: one lives in constant remembrance of God.

The Accuser proposes that if God were to allow everything Job loved to be destroyed, Job would then cease to be righteous.

"' The doctrine of the propitiation is precisely this that God loved the objects of His wrath so much that He gave His own Son to the end that He by His blood should make provision for the removal of this wrath ... ( John Murray, The Atonement, p. 15 )'"

She believed that God loved and wanted to save everyone.

Her testament of June 6, 1939 states, " I beg the Lord to take my life and my death … for all concerns of the sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary and the holy church, especially for the preservation of our holy order, in particular the Carmelite monasteries of Cologne and Echt, as atonement for the unbelief of the Jewish People and that the Lord will be received by his own people and his kingdom shall come in glory, for the salvation of Germany and the peace of the world, at last for my loved ones, living or dead, and for all God gave to me: that none of them shall go astray.

* John 3: 16: " For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

It is because I am Beat, that is, I believe in beatitude and that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son to it ... Who knows, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty?

It was not until the close of the first period of Jewish history that God ' refused the tabernacle of Joseph ( Hebrew Bible ), and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved '.

" When a person accepts himself as loved by God, he is liberated from conceptions of " the blood line, the nation, the church, money, ego, entitlement, sexual muscle, security, violence, and the paltry gods of modern life.

He recalled: " When I was five I wrote a song about the rain because I loved the San Francisco drizzles, and later I wrote about a dog because I couldn't have one, and a clown because my uncle was a circus performer, and when I was eight I wrote a song in the Saddle " about a cowboy in the desert watching the stars at night and thinking about God because I often looked at the stars and tried to picture Heaven ", inspired by seeing Roy Rogers and hearing Dale Evans give her testimony at the civic auditorium.

So I stayed up one night praying all night and working on this song asking God to help me bless the artists one more time so that they would know that I loved them even if I didn't want to work with them ".

In 1999, Hinn appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, claiming that God had given him a vision predicting the resurrection of thousands of dead people after watching the network — laying out a scenario of people placing their dead loved ones ' hands on TV screens tuned into the station — and suggesting that TBN would be " an extension of Heaven to Earth ".

* —" for they loved the praise of men more than the praise from God.

God, what a world you people live in ''.

John Adams asserted in the Continental Congress' Declaration of Rights that the demands of the colonies were in accordance with their charters, the British Constitution and the common law, and Jefferson appealed in the Declaration of Independence `` to the tribunal of the world '' for support of a revolution justified by `` the laws of nature and of nature's God ''.

that is, on the basis of his own sinfulness and abject wretchedness, Piepsam becomes a prophet who in his ecstasy and in the name of God imprecates doom on Life -- not only the cyclist now, but the audience, the world, as well: `` all you light-headed breed ''.

The spirit of this group was that we were -- and are -- living in a world doomed to eternal punishment, but that God through Jesus Christ has provided a way of escape for those who confess their sins and accept salvation.

But perhaps this was a part of the eternal plan, that man's ambition when linked with God would be a driving, indefatigable force for good in the world.

So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God bless you and keep you for many years not only for this body but for the United States of America and the free world.

I pray to God that he may be spared to us for many years to come for this is an influence the United States and the whole world can ill afford to lose.

The truth, however, is that the ecumenical church is just the local church in its own true character as an integral unit of the whole People of God throughout the world.

But, as Scripture everywhere reminds us, God does have need of his creatures, and the church, a fortiori, can ill afford to do without the talents with which the world, by God's providence, presents it.

In any event, it is an irreversible step, and if we are at all honest with ourselves, we will know we have no other alternative than to live in the world in which God has seen fit to place us.

The outcome of such an experiment has been in due time the acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God inspired in a sense utterly different from any merely human book, and with it the acceptance of our Lord Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God, Son of Man by the Virgin Mary, the Saviour of the world.

I believe, therefore, that we are without exception sinners, by nature alienated from God, and that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth, the representative Head of a new race, to die upon the cross and pay the penalty of the sin of the world, and that he who thus receives Christ as his personal Saviour is `` born again '' spiritually, with new privileges, appetites, and affections, destined to live and grow in His likeness forever.

I discern no limits to a faith vested in God and Christ, who is the sum of all wisdom and knowledge, and daring to trust Him even though called to stand alone before the world.

The same God who called this world into being when He said: `` Let there be light ''!!

-- those were His very first creative words -- He began the world with light -- this God still gives light to a world which man has plunged into darkness.

and then, with this God on our side, we can face the whole world without fear.