Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- Pemeliharaan Allah
- Transliteration
- peh-meh-lee-hah-RAH-ahn ahl-LAHH
- Rejected alternatives
- takdir (fate/decree)
Providence
God’s personal, purposive care, especially Romans 8:28. Takdir carries strong fatalistic connotations of an impersonal, unknowable decree; Pemeliharaan (‘preserving/caring for’) preserves the personal, Father-hearted sense Romans intends.
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