Divine life Quote by John E. Goldingay

““It is said that the difference between God and us is that God never thinks he is us. Genesis suggests some nuancing of that insight. God doesn’t mind sharing with us the divine life and the divine image and thus the divine responsibility for the world, and eventually God will become one of us.””

John E. Goldingay

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“So that is why grace found Noah. Not surprisingly the way this worked was evidently the same as the way God’s grace works elsewhere…

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