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Stimulating theology is an oxymoron for most people. "Theology" sounds like something for the severely intellectual, full of complicated ideas that escape the typical Christian reader. In reality, theology is meant to enhance our understanding of God. Most of the words that make up the Christian vocabulary are common words, drawn from the realities of life, and therefore are easily applicable to...

LIFE IS MYSTERIOUS and unexplainable. Scientists are able to observe life, but are hard pressed to define what it means. If a body were to be weighed both before and after death, the weight would be the same, yet something, life itself, has departed. Life then is what gives consciousness or sensibility to the body. In the Old Testament two main words are used for life. The first is ḥayyı̂m, meaning physical life, with special reference to its duration (1 Kings 4:21). It also is used of a life
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