Identifying the image of God

a theology of nonviolent power in the antebellum United States

by Daniel Patrick Buchanan

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Published 1998 .
Written in

Subjects:

• Social movements -- Religious aspects -- To 1865.,
• Social movements -- United States -- To 1865.,
• Social problems -- United States -- To 1865.,
• Social problems -- Religious aspects -- To 1865.,
• United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Daniel P. Buchanan.
The Physical Object
Pagination	2 v. (vi, 430 leaves).
Number of Pages	430
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL22421800M

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treatment of the oneness of God in this book is designed to be simple; but the truths are profound, scholarly, priceless, and essential to the people of God and a lost world. A book must meet at least two main criteria to be a best seller. It must be written interestingly and must fill a need. The author accomplishes both. Sigmund Freud's views on religion are described in several of his books and regarded God as an illusion, based on the infantile need for a powerful father figure; religion, necessary to help us restrain violent impulses earlier in the development of civilization, can now be .

A principle of reading and interpreting the prophetic portions of the Bible is that every prophetic event casts its shadow. That means, while the event itself happens in a moment of time, there are shadows of that event which touch those who live prior to the event. For example, the seven-year period known as the Tribulation will officially begin in a single moment with the Rapture of the Church. Originally published in Ex Auditu , 14, 42– Reproduced by permission of the author. To address the subject of the theological significance of the earthly Jesus I take as my topic the central question of Jesus and God. The question must be approached from both sides. First, in what sense, if any, can we meaningfully use the word “god. Identify the religions associated with these people and their experience of the sacred: 1. Arjuna saw the god Krishna in his pure form as having countless eyes and being brighter than the light from 1, suns.

  He says we can identify God’s voice because: God’s voice is always consistent with His Word. Any message must agree with what the Lord has already said in the Scriptures. His voice is quiet. God often speaks to our hearts through His Holy Spirit in . When God introduces himself, he often bothers to identify himself as the God of each individual person. He's not just "the God," he's Jacob's God, Isaac's God, and Abraham's God. This implies that he was a different thing for each person, depending on what they needed. “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness ” Genesis (NIV) The fact that man is in the image of God means that man is like God and represents God. Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology, pg. We are clay images-a powerful lesson in humility-but we are also images of God- creatures of wondrous value and dignity.