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Article Title

Responding to God’s Love

Authors

Alysha Mercendetti, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Essay on Religion

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

"In his complex, yet highly enlightening book Where the Hell is God? Richard Leonard writes: “We are invited to respond to God’s love, not forced or programmed by it” (25). Upon creating us, God gave each person the power of free will. However, because God granted us this ability, we sometimes give in to sin and temptation. My thesis is: With God’s gift of free will comes the biggest choice we as followers have, and that is to either love God or to turn away from him and sin."

First Page

43

Last Page

50

Recommended Citation

Mercendetti, Alysha (2015) "Responding to God’s Love," Verbum: Vol. 12: Iss. 2, Article 10.
Available at: https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/verbum/vol12/iss2/10