Example sentences of "god [vb -s] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God fulfils himself in many ways ’ — because he does take history seriously . |
| 2 | In a similar way , the argument goes , God reveals Himself in particular events ( that may themselves be the actions of His agents , like Jesus of Nazareth or Mohammed ) but can never be reduced to them . |
| 3 | They have to find a way of expressing their confidence that God reveals Himself through His activity in the world , without making Him into a person like ourselves . |
| 4 | God reveals himself to us as personal in a very unique way . |
| 5 | God reveals himself as the God of their ancestors , and God of the present : " I am . " |
| 6 | This does not mean that that intelligibility can be wholly captured in the formulations or in the mind of the theologian ; it does , however , mean that the divine intelligibility comes across to us , that God gives himself to be known and understood , and that the understanding that is made possible in theology is and is intended to be a genuine understanding and an authentic contact with the intelligibility of God . |
| 7 | In biblical language , God makes himself known always and only as the Lord who lays his claim upon us ; in that of Kierkegaard , he is the Subject who can never be reduced to an object , but is always the One who challenges us across the gulf of the ‘ infinite qualitative difference ’ , and so awakens in us the ‘ infinite passion ’ of faith . |