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by James A. Pike

There are basically two ways of thinking: the Hebrew way and the Greek way. The Greek way is in terms of nouns, abstract and universal. The Hebrew way is in terms of verbs, specification. You find little discussion in the Bible about the omnipresence, omniscience, etc. of God. Instead there is the personal testimony that "should ten thousand fall beside me," He’ll be there. The Bible affirms the mighty acts of God, the verbs. But the Fathers who formulated the Creeds and most other theologians have thought in terms of nouns. This is why we sometimes end up with such abstract phrases in the Creeds as "of one substance with the Father."

A New Look in Preaching, p. 13., by James A. Pike