The common-sense dualism that discerns and distinguishes mind and matter, God and the world, and attests to the reality of both, is frequent in Newman’s thought: ‘That a divine influence moves the will,’ he wrote, ‘is a subject of thought no more mysterious than the result of volition on our muscles.’

-Michael Aeschliman, The Restitution of Man, p. 34

In other words, if your will can move muscles, you shouldn’t be surprised that God’s will can move mountains and men. In each case, the immaterial is moving the material.

• Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.

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