Sentences with phrase «biblical context for»

As attendees, they are provided, through weekly teachings, biblical context for everything we do and practice, such as baptism, giving, serving and inviting friends to church»...

Biblical Context for Hell: «But the fearful, and unbelieving... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.»

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For Gilkey, the «neo» of his orthodoxy is precisely where he remained most liberal» not just his penchant for talking about biblical symbols and myths but also his conviction that the problem of historical consciousness is the context for all modern theoloFor Gilkey, the «neo» of his orthodoxy is precisely where he remained most liberal» not just his penchant for talking about biblical symbols and myths but also his conviction that the problem of historical consciousness is the context for all modern theolofor talking about biblical symbols and myths but also his conviction that the problem of historical consciousness is the context for all modern theolofor all modern theology.

However, a close look at the biblical precepts for giving in the context of the New Testament church will yield a clear answer.

This would not end disagreements about homosexuality and the nature of Biblical authority, but it might provide a context in which these disagreements could be less threatening and Methodists might be more willing to make room for differences.

The biblical understanding of life never had a chance to shape its own culture and ethic, and thus to create a context for sexuality within a Christian style of life.

«The Struggle for Peace and Justice as a Context for Biblical Interpretation» in Religion and Society, Vol.

But the biblical witness must be read in its own context, and when this is done, we must look for the direction in which the faith of Israel was moving, not for the mythological remnants still present in its expression.

There are now many aids for historical study of the Bible available, and there is probably very little responsible biblical scholarship in commentaries and the like that does not pay some attention to the matter of historical context.

What those who try to explain events from a biblical context often overlook is when they attempt to explain something and come up short, it regularly opens the door for people to refute their inadequate explanation.

Ethicists must look not only at the Israelite context but also at the moral values of the surrounding culture or cultures on any given moral point, for often the biblical position is taken in direct response to some contrary moral behavior.

I am grateful to the organizers of this conference for their kind invitation to me to give the opening talk at this conference of Biblical scholars on the mission of the church in India's pluralistic context.

(4) Biblical texts must be understood in their human context: for otherwise we shall fail to read their real point out of them and instead read into them points they are not making at all.

Preaching also suffers from the failure to provide opportunities for the laity to wrestle with biblical and theological concepts in the context of their own lives and in their own terms.

By focusing on individual conversions apart from traditional church authorities that had, even for Protestants, provided the context for the communication of biblical truth, the revivals encouraged individuals to appropriate Scripture for their own purposes.

Instinctively we take this view we have been taught and project it onto the biblical passages rather then letting Scripture speak for itself in its own context.

Forgiveness — after being explored through its biblical context and foundation first and foremost — can be examined through both scientific and psychological lenses; shedding light on the power of forgiveness for the soul, mind and body.

The interpreter has to look for that meaning which a biblical writer intended and expressed in his particular circumstances, and in his historical and cultural context, by means of such literary genres as were in use at his time, To understand correctly what a biblical writer intended to assert, due attention is needed both to the customary and characteristic ways of feeling, speaking and storytelling which were current in his time, and to the social conventions of the period.

Yet people are determined to take verses out of biblical context and make it a free - for - all.

Now I understand that what they are doing is trying to let scripture speak for itself, but when I respond with a larger biblical context and an explanation of it I am met with deafening silence.

Mark Allan Powell has suggested that biblical critics have mined the apocalyptic by fixing it in a context of long ago and thus «depriving everyday Christians of the heartfelt expectation of their Lord's return,» I feel the opposite: it's because the biblical scenarios speak to a situation long ago that they provide bearings for my life now.

Was this author equally appalled about the prayer breakfast earlier this month, when President Obama tried to use biblical phrases like «for unto whom much is given, much shall be required» and «love thy neighbor as thyself» out of context as justification for his tax and economic policies?

He next moves on to a consideration of the method he proposes for his non-religious theology, and it turns out to be a certain species of linguistic analysis, but the theological context within which van Buren puts his method to work is, after all, that created by Bultmann and his demythologizing project, and van Buren very clearly sees the sense in which Bultmann, taken seriously, means the end of the rhetoric of neo-orthodoxy and the so - called biblical theology.

This happens whenever a woman is presented with a universal statement about the «biblical» role of women in the world, which is typically extrapolated from a single biblical text without regard to literary or historical context and followed by a parenthetical string of additional unrelated and out - of - context Bible verses for support.

- attempted «biblical» support for the modern state of Israel as the fulfillment of scriptural prophesy - an overall failure to pay attention to context and hermeneutics

In fact, for fundamentalists the biblical book qua book does not really exist; rather, the Bible is an unsystematic anthology of individual verses or short passages that are unrelated to their Contexts and to the larger works in which they are embedded.

Those with a soft patriarchy view generally believe that «the biblical context is cultural but the principles are permanent,» affirming the importance of submission and gender rules, allowing for women to work outside the home, but discouraging women from teaching or leading men in any way in the church — especially as senior pastors or preachers.

In an attempt to evolve a theological frame work for Christian mission and ministry, I suggest a brief consideration of three fundamental biblical insights about God in our midst and our response to him, and draw some implications for mission and ministry in the Indian context.

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