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God the Almighty: Power, Wisdom, Holiness, Love is unavailable, but you can change that!

God is variously portrayed as vulnerable (Jürgen Moltmann, Clark Pinnock), as lover (Norman Pittenger, Ronald Goetz), as friend (Alfred North Whitehead, Sallie McFague) and as empowerer (Rosemary Radford Ruether). Bloesch agrees that many of these proposals have some biblical merit. But what is lacking, he argues, “is a strong affirmation of the holiness and almightiness of God.” In this volume,...

in holiness” (Ex 15:11; cf. Is 45:15). Holiness is God’s innermost nature, embracing power, eternity and glory (Rev 4:8). The angels sing “Holy, holy, holy” to the God of transcendent majesty (Is 6:3; cf. Rev 4:8). Jesus calls God “Holy Father” (Jn 17:11), and God’s name is to be “hallowed” (Mt 6:9; cf. Ex 20:7; Ps 97:12; 103:1; Ezek 36:22; 43:7). In Rev 6:10 God is invoked as “Sovereign Lord, holy and true” (NIV; cf. 16:5–7). The New Testament also ascribes holiness to Jesus, the Messiah of Israel
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