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The concept of doing things for the glory of God is an increasingly popular talking point among pastors and church leaders. In order to clarify this theme and prevent it from being reduced to a sentimental cliché, Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson have brought together several essays exploring the theology and function of the glory of God in both Old and New Testament Scripture.

Hartley follows C. Vriezen here, who defines glory as “the radiant power of [God’s] Being, as it were the external manifestation of [God’s] mysterious holiness.”33 I suggest that the way forward is to perceive what lies behind both approaches. Despite the initial differences, there is a shared understanding of the glory of God as the extrinsic manifestation of the intrinsic. While some highlight God’s presence,34 others see the intrinsic glory as an attribute, or as some sort of summary of his attributes,
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