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> [“Our most basic images of God will shape our lives, willy-nilly, including how we think about the larger environment in which we live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/our-most-basic-images-of-god-will-shape-our-lives-willy-nilly/)

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## More by Terence E. Fretheim

> [“The heart of the matter for Israel, therefore, is not subscription to an external code of conduct. It is a matter of faithfulness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/the-heart-of-the-matter-for-israel-therefore-is-not-subscription-to/)

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> [“God works creatively with already existing realities to bring about newness. This understanding also entails the idea that the present (and future) is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/god-works-creatively-with-already-existing-realities-to-bring-about/)

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> [ “\[C\]reation" is not simply viewed as a matter of origination or a divine activity chronologically set only "in the beginning.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/c-reation-is-not-simply-viewed-as-a-matter-of-origination-or-a-divine/)

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> [“Creation is not simply past; it is not just associated with "the beginning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/creation-is-not-simply-past-it-is-not-just-associated-with-the/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/sin-and-evil-have-their-origins-in-the-human-will-not-in-god-or-in/)

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> [“God works from within a committed relationship with the world and not on the world from without in total freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/god-works-from-within-a-committed-relationship-with-the-world-and-not/)

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> [“God is the God of the entire cosmos; God has to do with every creature, and every creature has to do with God, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/god-is-the-god-of-the-entire-cosmos-god-has-to-do-with-every-creature/)

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> [“At the least, the volume of material demonstrates the importance of worship to the narrator. Moreover, the movement in the book of Exodus as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/at-the-least-the-volume-of-material-demonstrates-the-importance-of/)

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> [“Each created entity is in symbiotic relationship with every other and in such a way that any act reverberates out and affects the whole,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/each-created-entity-is-in-symbiotic-relationship-with-every-other-and/)

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> [“The life of God will forever include the life of the people of God as well as the life of the world more generally.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/the-life-of-god-will-forever-include-the-life-of-the-people-of-god-as/)

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> [“The human is not a fixed entity from the beginning but, along with the rest of creation, is in the process of becoming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/the-human-is-not-a-fixed-entity-from-the-beginning-but-along-with-the/)

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> [ “\[T\]he creativity of the human creature is such that genuinely new realities are regularly brought into being.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/t-he-creativity-of-the-human-creature-is-such-that-genuinely-new/)

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> [ “\[T\]hese people lived close to the ground, if you will, and the natural world filled their lives. Creation was a lived reality for them… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/t-hese-people-lived-close-to-the-ground-if-you-will-and-the-natural/)

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> [“Our most basic images of God will shape our lives, willy-nilly, including how we think about the larger environment in which we live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/our-most-basic-images-of-god-will-shape-our-lives-willy-nilly/)

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