'The resurrection shows us that God is alive. He is really there. He speaks and out of nothing calls reality into being. His mighty acts in history are unquestionable. The common word for this in the bible is the "living God." The ancient Hebrews who used this term were not interested merely in whether God existed, as if he were simply a prime mover or the last step in a philosopher's syllogism. What mattered to them was that he was alive and personal. He was involved in the affairs of this planet. His presence made a real difference.

Life in the Bible as a whole means something that is vibrant and dynamic. To speak of God as the "living God' is to make the claim that God is actively present, here and now. He is a person who has qualities: he loves, hates, pities, has compassion. We in return can ignore him, hate him, argue with him, reject him, know him, only because he is alive!' Rebecca Manley Pippert.