Sentences with phrase «if biblical knowledge»

If biblical knowledge is the main objective and it is taught that it can only come from the pulpit then church attendance may well be policed in some cases.

Not exact matches

And, faithful to the same Biblical understanding of the knowledge of God, we read in I John, «no one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us» (4:12), and «If any one says, «I love God,» and hates his brother, he is a liar» (4:20if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us» (4:12), and «If any one says, «I love God,» and hates his brother, he is a liar» (4:20If any one says, «I love God,» and hates his brother, he is a liar» (4:20).

If I read it right, Mr Myers does not at all despise biblical knowledge, he does not want to ditch the bible, how could he, he has been promoting a software package designed to enhance biblical knowledge.

If you hire a pastor who has the spiritual gifts of mercy, or service, his sermons will probably not be full of Bible knowledge and theology facts, nor will he place a heavy emphasis on biblical literacy.

But I think it would be more helpful all round if readers gave him the benefit of the doubt that he is not anti intellectual or anti scripture but making a bona fide encouragement to godliness in life and action based on sufficient knowledge of biblical truth.

Just imagine if Jesus had said that biblical knowledge wasn't that important, that it was more important to just «love» and not be concerned if that knowledge was based in truth.

And if evolutionary theory can be accommodated by calling creation accounts myths, presumably other aspects of the biblical world need to be corrected or altered in meaning when confronted by materials from more sources of knowledge than I wish to list.

To those who insisted that knowledge of Greek and Hebrew were indispensable for the interpretation of Scripture, John Goodwin and Samuel Richardson could reply that this might be granted if the original copies of Scripture were extant, but since they were not and since the existing texts could not be certified as free from the errors of the copyists, the scholars were as dependent as the ordinary man upon the gift of the Spirit for the proper interpretation of the Biblical text.

If only they had online dating in Biblical times, life in Bethlehem may have been a little different... While we may not be one of the three Wise Men, we do bring the gift of knowledge.