The Divine Encounter
The Ways We Find Faith: Intellect, Need & Interaction
by Diogenes Allen
In my seminary days it was an enormous relief to learn that the ancient Jewish belief in God did not arise from reflection on the natural world but rather because of Abraham’s encounter with Yahweh.
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