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Michael Morwood's Articles of Faith
These articles are paraphrased from Michael Morwood's book
It's Time: Challenges to the Doctrine of Faith, a rather
Catholic treatise, but very relevant to Protestants, too. It
summarizes neatly a whole heap of doctrinal issues that I have
wrestled with over the years, and comes very close to distilling
what I ultimately believe about Christianity. Jesus was The
Person, God is The Divine Presence (DP).
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The Divine Presence is always present and active.
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This mystery is beyond human notions
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universality of consciousness and energy are pointers to the DP
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The DP is manifest in our universe and world through
observable patterns
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The human species emerged within the DP as evidence of
these patterns
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The DP was/is/will be present in all that exists, including humans
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revelation comes from the ground up, not from "heaven"
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The DP is manifest through the pinnacles of human endeavour
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Jesus came from the DP - not from "God"
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Jesus understood how men and women might recognize the DP
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It is the message of Jesus that is important
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Jesus died into the DP as we all do
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Christians respond to the DP within us, as Jesus did
Ibid, p160
