God Is Savior

by: Michael Benson

Translating literally as “god from the machine,” deus ex machina refers to an overly convenient resolution to the plot.

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God Is Redeemer

by: Michael Benson

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

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God Is Merciful

by: Michael Benson

Bishop Myriel tells Valjean, “Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.”

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God Is Holy

by: Michael Benson

Ancient Hebrew does not have the benefit of the punctuation that is so common to us who write in English or other Latin-based languages.

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God Is Omnipresent

by: Michael Benson

Within the first few pages of Augustine’s autobiographical classic, Confessions, the early church father ruminates on what it means that God is omnipresent.

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God Is Omniscient

by: Michael Benson

In a 1966 episode of the classic sitcom Gilligan’s Island, the titular Gilligan finds seeds that give him the ability to read the minds of his fellow castaways.

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God Is Omnipotent

by: Michael Benson

The remarkable thing is that Zechariah wasn’t questioning all the great things the angel said John would accomplish.

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God Is Unchanging

by: Michael Benson

One of the central aspects of the 2016 movie Moana was the Polynesian art of wayfinding.

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