Listen to this short episode to learn more about what various religions call their primary deity or deities, why they use those names and titles, and what those names imply.
People name-drop famous people they know all the time, but what could be more exciting than to personally know God? There s a single verse in the Bible that proclaims several names of God and His greatness.
God Almighty, you are sighing, what will these assholes think of next?
Or perhaps G-d Almighty or, my personal favorite, Gd Almighty. Because at Hebrew school they taught us it was bad form to write out the Lord s name, and, although I ve grown into an adult who believes that an all-powerful deity wouldn t get worked up about spelling, old habits die hard.
But not hard enough! The GOP is currently engaged in a news cycle of performative outrage because Rep. Eric Swalwell misgendered God.
YES, REALLY. We could have called God herself and the Republicans weren t going to convict, the California congressman told MSNBC s Nicolle Wallace, so we re proud of the case we put forward.
“Just a little bit more,” was his reply.
Our culture is replete with messages trying to convince us that we can never have enough…never enough money, fame, food, control, love….never enough. You don’t believe me? Turn on the television or open a magazine. Advertisers seek to lure us to purchase their products by trying to convince that we need more. We need something bigger, better, more expensive and the product they are selling is that “little bit more” that will bring us real happiness.
Let’s delve into one of God’s names that speaks of His sufficiency, His enough-ness. Whenever we hear God speaking of Himself in the Bible as ‘God Almighty’ we are hearing the Hebrew name El Shaddai. As we join Abram in Genesis 17:1-9 (NKJV) we hear the Lord proclaiming this name to the patriarch.
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