Sentences with phrase «biblical accounts of»

Too often, the classroom has been a battleground in which science loses out to ideology — either directly, as with fights to equate biblical accounts of creation with research illuminating natural selection, or indirectly, when fears of such fights cause teachers or administrators in a more subtle way to skip or skim over science that has big implications for society.

Students thoroughly enjoy this documentary as it is engaging and promotes good debate between literal and liberal interpretations of Biblical accounts of creation.

The mainstream theological community is already way beyond the literal interpretation of the biblical accounts of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden and seven days of creation.

Catholics have not used the language of primordiurn much because they see biblical history within the tradition and the tradition within history, but the conservatives are often primitive in their views about origins of episcopacy and papacy, and contemporary moderates often try to settle things by going back to biblical accounts of early ministry and communal life.

Only when the great minds were liberated from the biblical accounts of creation and the controls and censures of ecclesiastical authorities were they able to make a qualitative leap in scientific progress, bringing about the un-fettered birth of modern science.

The Biblical accounts of Jesus» life have inspired many movies, including the Mel Gibson film Passion of the Christ (2004)[pictured above] and Jesus of Nazareth (1977).

Divergences between the passage's presentation and the Biblical accounts of John include baptism for those whose souls have already been «purified beforehand by righteousness» is for purification of the body, not general repentance of sin (Mark 1:4 [33]-RRB-.»

Doubt of Abraham's personal existence, for example, once prevalent, is surrendering to an increasing confidence in the Biblical accounts of his migration from «Ur of the Chaldees.»

What, then, do we say about the Biblical accounts of miracles?

Such a reduction is in fact attempted by what is known today as «creationism,» or especially «scientific creationism,» which presents the biblical accounts of cosmic origins and God's activity as though they were alternative scientific and objectively historical accounts rivaling those of secular science and history.

Enns skillfully dismantles some of the common responses to these passages — that the Canaanites were super-duper evil and therefore deserved to be exterminated, that war with the Canaanites was inevitable, that God's bloodthirsty portrait in Joshua is balanced out by more flattering portraits elsewhere in Scripture, that questioning biblical accounts of God - ordained genocide is sinful because God can do whatever God wants to do, etc — before offering his own controversial, yet well - argued, conclusion: «God never told the Israelites to kill the Canaanites.

Process theologians see this in fundamental accord with the biblical accounts of creation.

Jesus keeps it simple plus we can avoid judgments and speculation about biblical accounts of war, slavery etc. that related to a specific nomadic tribal people or at a minimum require taking into account a people, time and place some say never existed.

From biblical accounts of atonement situations, however, we are able to uncover the connection between rite and disrupted reality.»

Yet Gerstenberger writes as if all «biblical accounts of atonement situations» are the same and can be blended together to produce a single meaning, and that this meaning is fully captured in the word «atonement.»

The christmas myth as told by western culture, is a jumble of faith, popular culture, earlier festivals, and it is held at a time of year that is clearly not in line with biblical accounts of the birth of Jesus.

He has worked at All Souls Church, Langham Place, been a pastor in Australia and is one of the leading theological thinkers on exploring the biblical accounts of exorcism and demon possession.

In considering the Easter story, for instance, Cox describes the biblical accounts of Jesus» bodily resurrection as the confused ramblings of disciples who knew no other way to express their feeling that their rabbi remained somehow present in their lives.

The «new world order» conspiracy theories clearly draw upon the Revelation account of the Beast; abduction - by - aliens tales evoke the rapture; and persons who report messages from aliens offer a variant of numerous biblical accounts of direct communication from God.

Interpreting biblical accounts of one mans existance and then speaking of absolute knowledge of who he really was is just guess work at best.

As Barack Obama continues to widen his lead in the polls, conservative evangelicals seem to have rediscovered an affinity for biblical accounts of the Babylonian Captivity.

I personally don't think Steve was «fair» with all of the biblical accounts of violence, since he often cuts off quotations in mid-sentence, but with all the clear «unfairness» in Scripture where actual human lives are getting «cut off» by God, it's hard to quibble over minor details like that.

Good luck to anyone who tries reconciling their Jesus with the biblical accounts of his life.

«The Biblical accounts of God - to - human relationship and affairs going from the very obvious to the very mysterious»

The Biblical accounts of God - to - human relationship and affairs going from the very obvious to the very mysterious, starting with creation and going through a multitude of stages, the fall, the expulsion and curse, trials and covenants, rebellion and Law, culminating with God's «Ultimate Provision» for Salvation, the «Good News» of the Lord Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, the «New Covenant,» the «Millennial Kingdom» to come, the end of time, and the afterlife, are the basis for the Christian Theology on «Time Dispensations.»

Any pre-Jesus reference to resurrection were mythical figures and the comparisons to the Biblical account of Jesus» resurrection are minimal and would need to be stretched quite far in order to apply.

They speak so much about the Sovereign - God, but what about the Creator - God, because many of them reject the biblical account of creation in favor of Darwinism.

The Case for Christ, as you're probably aware, is based on the true story of Lee Strobel, a Chicago journalist who set out to disprove the biblical account of Jesus and ended up doing the total opposite.

For example, he or she may be asked, How does the biblical account of creation relate to the Big Bang theory?

Your defense of your previous characterization of the biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah reveals a person who has flatly refused to engage in even the most basic of educational pursuits.

Secondly as stated further up the thread, the biblical account of creation was to show the authority of God to an ancient people.

Now, if you're referring to someone seeking funding to prove that the Biblical account of the world - wide flood is true, that would be denied because it's a theological question, not a scientific one.

[4] Biblical Account of Creation Analysed, Sep. 12 1979 [5] On the Dignity and Vocation of Woman § 25.

Choosing as his subject the biblical account of the marriage at Cana, he takes the Scripture's «sustaining myth» and transforms it (in the style of the 15th - century Old Masters) into a mythic self - portrait.

Even the biblical account of the last judgment can be used to feed into this preoccupation with personal salvation.

The bible clearly demarks generations, along with the number of years people lived, to a good enough degree that a pretty clear timeline of creation is readily derivable), The biblical account of events is clearly off on time scales.

«Every single human being who walks on the face of the earth has a lense that they view the world through... Since Evolution / Atheism denies the existence of God and the biblical account of creation, they have to make sense of the fossil record and geologic formations somehow.»

I've always loved the biblical account of the Christmas story.

It also hits at a the Biblical account of Satan's fall from heaven, the introduction of sin to earth through the temptation of Eve, the effect of that sin being the introduction of death and God's plan for saving humans from death by sending his son to die for our sins.

Fifteen percent of those surveyed said that theology's main role with respect to science is to «support the biblical account of the human creation and fall.»

Our survey question about the «most important» way that theology meets science offered three options: theology 1) gives meaning, 2) defends the biblical account of creation or 3) provides ethics.

The KJ song that you lash out at shows that you know nothing about the Biblical account of a woman who brought her most valuable possession, an Alabaster Box, in which she broke open and bathed the feet of Jesus with her hair.

A chrismon is a Christmas tree that has been purposely decorated with symbols that clearly point to the person and work of Christ and the biblical account of His incarnation.

A British scholar has found that a 4,000 - year - old cuneiform tablet from what is now Iraq contains a story similar to the biblical account of Noah's Ark..

A new collection of luxury biscuit tins have seemingly re-written the Biblical account of Creation by appearing to feature same - sex couples in the Garden of Ede...

6 The biblical account of the formation of Eve from Adam's rib, and the Reply of the Biblical Commission in 1909 (Denzinger 2123: formatio primae mulieris ex primo homine), need cause no difficulty against the view indicated here.

Archaeological research published in 1973 by Rast & Schaub confirm the biblical account of Sodom in many ways.

Consequently we must ask what does the biblical account of creation actually state?

It reminds me of the biblical account of the servant who says «Yes, Lord» and does not follow through and the servant who says «No, Lord» but does follow through.

Then we invited people to come back on the 40 - day journey, which obviously fits with the biblical account of Jesus» resurrection on Easter Sunday through to the ascension.