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Steve C. Shank’s Followers (1)
Steve C. Shank
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Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
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published
2012
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4 editions
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“Choice Settles Destiny Free will or fate? Choice or no choice? Is our ultimate destiny a result of our own choices, or do we have no choice, with God already having preprogrammed our lives in such a way that we have no choice in the matter? Why is any of this important? Because what you believe rules you! Your belief system determines what you embrace and accept into your life and what you resist and reject as unacceptable! Wrong beliefs will hold you in bondage and keep you out of God’s good pleasure, while believing and choosing the truth will set you free and keep you in liberty (see John 8:32).”
― Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
― Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
“Clement of Alexandria said, “So in no respect is God the author of evil…. Free choice and inclination originate sins.” 45 Origen said, “Evils do not proceed from God.” 47 If we imperfect beings are outraged at all the morally wrong occurrences in life, how much more must be our Creator God, who has made us in His image and who is Himself perfect love. Currently we can easily see that on planet Earth God’s will is not the only will that affects things. The reason our world looks like a war zone between good and evil is because it is a war zone between good and evil!”
― Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
― Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
“We have learned from the prophets, and we hold it to be true, that punishments, chastisements, and rewards are rendered according to the merit of each man’s actions. Otherwise, if all things happen by fate, then nothing is in our own power. For if it be predestined that one man be good and another man evil, then the first is not deserving of praise or the other to be blamed. Unless humans have the power of avoiding evil and choosing good by free choice, they are not accountable for their actions—whatever they may be.38”
― Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
― Schizophrenic God?: Finding Reality in Conflict, Confusion, and Contradiction
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