God is the center and focus of religious faith, an ethereal being or ultimate reality, to whom worship and prayer are addressed. God is considered the creator or source of everything that exists and is spoken of in terms of perfect attributes – for instance, infinitude, immutability, eternity, goodness, knowledge, and power. Most religions traditionally ascribe to God certain human characteristics that can be understood either literally or metaphorically such as will, love, anger, and forgiveness. …showed first 75 words of 1190 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1190 total…out of God’s lavishness, and not out of any implicit contract in the covenant of creation. Faith is a dynamic gift, too, which means that it is both freely given and freely received. In addition it is a fruitful gift to such an extent that once we have it, we must never look on it as something which is our due, and ours to keep. We must freely give what we have freely received.