Not exact matches
The educated modern man needs no reminder how It has been of the best to «just go along» with the evangelical and his beliefs rather than
suffer the wrath that might be so ordained against him
by those who have carved out their virtuous beliefs from an age old written
scripture.
I find the
scriptures saying that God is disturbed
by what transpires in this world and is working to redeem us from evil and
suffering.
We need to see, touch, and hear him, which means making ourselves vulnerable to» to
suffer, be changed
by» his troublesome, indigestible particularity, and that means being subject to the authoritative
Scriptures, the sacraments he instituted, and the Church that is his body.
His speech was extremely well received - interrupted several times
by prolonged applause - not only because he emphasised solidarity with the Jewish people and a recognition of their
suffering in recent history, but because he also emphasised the profound importance of thebond between the Jewish people and God, the value of the Jewish
Scriptures, and the significance of this for the Church and for all time.