In saying God is there, we are saying God exists,
and not just talking about the word God, or the idea God. We are speaking of
the proper relationship to the living God who exists. In order to understand the problems of our
generation, we should be very alive to this distinction. Semantics (linguistic analysis) makes up the
heart of modern philosophical study in the Anglo-Saxon world. Though the Christian cannot accept this study
as a total philosophy, there is no reason why he should not be glad for the
concept that words need to be defined before they can be used in
communication. As Christians, we must
understand that there is no word so meaningless as the word "god"
until it is defined. No word has been used to reach absolutely opposite
concepts as much as the word "god".
Consequently, let us not be confused. There is much
"spirituality" about us today that would relate itself to the word
god or to the idea god; but this is not what we are talking about. Biblical truth and spirituality is not a
relationship to the word god, or to the idea god. It is a relationship to the One who is there,
which is an entirely different concept.
-- Francis A. Schaeffer in The
God Who is There
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