“Sin and evil have their origins in the human will, not in God or in God's plan. At the same time, when sin and evil do enter into the life of the world, they do not become constitutive of what… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“The heart of the matter for Israel, therefore, is not subscription to an external code of conduct. It is a matter of faithfulness to… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“God works creatively with already existing realities to bring about newness. This understanding also entails the idea that the present (and future) is not… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“[C]reation" is not simply viewed as a matter of origination or a divine activity chronologically set only "in the beginning.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“Creation is not simply past; it is not just associated with "the beginning.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“Sin and evil have their origins in the human will, not in God or in God's plan. At the same time, when sin and… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“God works from within a committed relationship with the world and not on the world from without in total freedom.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“God is the God of the entire cosmos; God has to do with every creature, and every creature has to do with God, whether… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“At the least, the volume of material demonstrates the importance of worship to the narrator. Moreover, the movement in the book of Exodus as… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“Each created entity is in symbiotic relationship with every other and in such a way that any act reverberates out and affects the whole,… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“The life of God will forever include the life of the people of God as well as the life of the world more generally.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“The human is not a fixed entity from the beginning but, along with the rest of creation, is in the process of becoming.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“[T]he creativity of the human creature is such that genuinely new realities are regularly brought into being.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“[T]hese people lived close to the ground, if you will, and the natural world filled their lives. Creation was a lived reality for them… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“Our most basic images of God will shape our lives, willy-nilly, including how we think about the larger environment in which we live.” — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
![“God works creatively with already existing realities to bring about newness. This understanding also entails the idea that the present (and future) is not wholly determined by the past; God does bring the "new" into existence. [...] God also creates in and through creaturely activity.” quote by Terence E. Fretheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c6/terence-e-fretheim-34120_biblical-studies_god-works-creatively-with-already-existi_231398.jpg)
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