Sentences with phrase «biblical authors did»

Biblical authors did not demean the body by contrasting it with the mind or soul.

The Bible does not go into a lot of detail about the pain of Jesus on the cross, because the biblical authors did not want us to focus on this too much.

Not exact matches

Obviously both Jesus and Satan and the biblical authors who made up this story did not know that the earth was round.

I feel like the author spends more time doing theology based upon his feelings than he does based upon the Biblical text.

«The Republicans have there «feet to the fire»), but in some parts of the country that the author doesn't like, Biblical speech peppers conversations — similar to a person from MA who wants to «pak the cah».

Smith reminds readers of the idea of divine accommodation, which suggests that «in the process of divine inspiration, God did not correct every incomplete or mistaken viewpoint of the biblical authors in order to communicate through them with their readers... The point of the inspired scripture was to communicate its central point, not to straighten out every kink and dent in the views of all the people involved in biblical inscripturation and reception along the way.»

All of these things were going to happen no matter what, but God took the blame for all of them by inspiring the biblical authors to write what they did about Him.

Steve... I think we're floggin» a dead horse here, but for what it's worth, understand that I'm not trying to convince you to think like I do, rather I wd hope that room wd be made for many theological differences.To think discuss and debate theology is well supported by the New Testament and history, and is perfectly within the bounds of what it means to engage our minds with the subject at hand.Theologians and biblical scholars have done this very thing for centuries, revealing a plethora of opinion on the evolving world of biblical studies.Many capable authors have written and debated the common themes as well as the differences between Paul, John, Jesus, the synoptics, etc..

Do you agree that the presuppositions and goals of biblical criticism are inherently flawed and could also be used to undermine the writings of any modern author as well?

The author sees the nature of the ordained ministry in terms of functions, or what the minister actually does, by examining the biblical bases and the historical development of ministry, and concludes that the church can only function with competent professional leadership.

The authors often cite scripture, but, as in this case, do not make their hermeneutic explicit, seeming to apply a very literalistic method without much benefit from biblical scholarship.

Now that the author has seemingly done damage to the integrity of the biblical text to the point that we can apparently know nothing more, or do nothing more, than feel our way around in the dark never being certain of what God's Holy Word says I ask this question:

Do you think the biblical authors recorded conversations between God and Joshua that just didn't happen?

Of course, the fact that all biblical evidence of God's transcendence occurs only within history does not seem to bother the authors.

But when Israel set out to do these things, God took the blame for their actions by inspiring the biblical authors to lay the guilt fully in His hands.

Since the biblical authors tend to make reference to the ending, if I were going to steal Wright's metaphor, I'd prefer to characterize it as «living in the fourth act,» where you've read the first three acts and the fifth, and you have to continue where the third act leaves off, mindful that what you do must fit in with the ending specified in the fifth act.

(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1997); E. W. Kenyon, In His Presence: The Secret of Prayer (Kenyon Publishing Society, 1999); E. W. Kenyon, Jesus the Healer (Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 2000); E. W. Kenyon, The Hidden Man (WA: Kenyon Publishing Society, 1998); E. W. Kenyon, The Wonderful Name of Jesus (Kenyon's Gospel Publishing Society, 1998); John Baker, Celebrate Recovery (CA: Celebrate Recovery Books, 1994); Bob and Pauline Bartosch, Overcomers Outreach: A Bridge to Recovery (La Habra, CA: Overcomers Outreach, 1994); Cathy Burns, Alcoholics Anonymous Unmasked (PA: Sharing, 1991); Cal Chambers, Two Tracks - One Goal (British Columbia: Credo Publishing Corporation, 1992); Martin M. Davis, The Gospel and the Twelve Steps (San Diego, CA: RPI Publishing Inc., 1993); Len C. Freeland, author of Chapter 28, «The Salvation Army» in (Alcoholism: The Total Treatment Approach, edited by Ronald J. Catanzaro IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1968); Mark H. Graeser, John A. Lynn, John W. Schoenheit, Don't Blame God: A Biblical Answer to the Problem of Evil, Sin and Suffering.

I am quite conservative myself, but think of the inspiration of God as something closer to the whisperings of God, which He does not only upon biblical authors, but upon many others as well.

If not, what do you make of the dozens of references to Hell by both Jesus and other biblical authors?

He did not condone or command their actions, but when they set out to live in a way that was contrary to His will and ways, He inspired the biblical authors to put the violent actions of Israel upon Himself, so that He could take the blame and the shame for their sin.

There are also more ancient copies being found through out the ancient world, meaning that our Bibles are becoming even more accurate You might say that any inaccuracy makes the Bible false, but Christians don't hold that translators are perfect, rather we hold that the original version give to the Biblical authors (weather that be Moses, David, John, Mark, Matthew, or Paul) were inspired by God and flawless.

This does not help us when we try to figure out what a Biblical author is talking about when he writes about «baptism.»

However, we should recognize that when we do so, we are speaking quite differently than the biblical authors who naively thought they were talking about actual events.

But we can't get much further than this until we carefully examining what the biblical authors understand that we do and don't deserve, and the nature of what Christ accomplished in his life, death, and resurrection.

The author says: «I do not ask that public policy enforce biblical sexual norms, but I do ask that public policy not undermine them.»

Behind the best of our languages they find, as Tocqueville did, relatively inert traditions that all five authors presumably wish were more active: biblical thought and imagery, and republican discourse and institutions.

I know that some verses seem like He did initiate it, but that is because He inspired the Biblical authors to place the blame on Him, for in a sense, He was responsible that the flood came.

Some views say that the Bible is full of errors and exaggerations so that the things it describes didn't really happen, while other views hold that the violent events might have happened as described but God did not command them to do it nor did He inspire the biblical authors to write about these events as they did.

So how can God inspire biblical authors to write that He commanded Israel to do things that He did not actually command them to do?

@Mass Debater «I have read many works that study the history of the Jewish people and their culture as found apart from biblical sources, I have yet to find one that did not include supposition about the veracity of it's own work, with none claiming absolute truth as to who the authors of the bible or who the historical figure of Moses could have been.»

But when asked to prepare a selection of biblical poems for publication, Kugel a noted scholar and poet, author of the highly praised book The Bible as It Was, and former poetry editor of Harper's magazine agreed to do so.