“God” means different things to different people. People may regard money, idols, self, great men, Lucifer, or Yahweh as their God. “God” can be a spirit or beings with immortal bodies. What differs between biblical Theism and all other “isms” in theology is not just in the existence (vs. Atheism) of God, the number of Gods within or without the godhead (vs. Polytheism, Pantheism; and vs. Unitarian Monotheism such as Judaism and Islam), but the work of God (vs. Deism). This last category mostly concerns the moral nature of God. Two essential questions follow: (1) Is God not only great in power but also holy in morality? (2) Is there a balance of unity vs. diversity, relations vs. fellowship in Trinitarianism?
Pastor Daiqing Yuan, Ph.D.
“God” means different things to different people. People may regard money, idols, self, great men, Lucifer, or Yahweh as their God. “God” can be a spirit or beings with immortal bodies. What differs between biblical Theism and all other “isms” in theology is not just in the existence (vs. Atheism) of God, the number of Gods within or without the godhead (vs. Polytheism, Pantheism; and vs. Unitarian Monotheism such as Judaism and Islam), but the work of God (vs. Deism). This last category mostly concerns the moral nature of God. Two essential questions follow: (1) Is God not only great in power but also holy in morality? (2) Is there a balance of unity vs. diversity, relations vs. fellowship in Trinitarianism?
Pastor Daiqing Yuan, Ph.D.