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Theology Proper

What is God like? What does God do?

One's view of God affects all of one's life.

Big policeman who corrects people who stray from truth/sin.
"Acts of God" hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes…
Grandfatherly, indulgent, kindly old gentleman.
Others?

Trinity – debated at one time, have to believe to be a Xian? UPC
Transcendence, God is above all. Immanence, God is close.
Can God work through nature? (evolution)

Is God fixed and unchanging? Or does he grow and develop like the rest of the universe?

"The study of God's nature should be a means to a more accurate understanding and a closer personal relationship with him."

Not belief in the "great whatever."

Attributes

1. The characteristics of God's nature, who he is (not what he does – creating, guiding, preserving).
2. Of the entire Godhead, not "properties" of each person of the Trinity (functions, activities, acts).
3. Permanent qualities, cannot be gained or lost, intrinsic.......

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