Sentences with phrase «about idolatry»

The context of Paul's widely quoted statement in Romans 1:26 - 27 is clearly his concern about idolatry.

Instead, in Exodus, we hear about the idolatry of the first flock.

I have friends and family that are Catholics and believe that they can pray to Mary and other idols that were hand made by men... see the book of Isaiah, it teaches about idolatry.

Excuse me righteous - in - Christ, you commented that you «have friends and family that are Catholics and believe that they can pray to Mary and other idols that were hand made by men... see the book of Isaiah, it teaches about idolatry.»

But there is still very little fundamental theological reflection about the idolatry that commands the worship of most of the world's leading politicians, technicians, financiers, industrialists, and academicians.

Jeremy thanks for your comments alot of this i never really thought about before until you provoked me to seek the truth in the word it is what we all should be doing finding the truth for ourselves God wants to reveal mysterys if we are open to hear.If we have been christians awhile we just take the word of whoevers preaching or whichever clip we see on god tube its knowledge but not revelation.Because the story sounds plausible we tag that on to our belief for example for many years i believed that the rich young rulers problem was money so the way to deal with that problem is to give it away and be a follower of Jesus sounds plausible.Till you realise every believers situation is different so the message has to be universal.So the reason its not about money because it excludes those that do nt have it and does nt make room for those that do have it but do nt worship it.The rich young ruler was not a bad person he lived by a good moral code but he made money his idol he put that before God.The word says we shall not have any idols thats a sin and a wicked one.In fact there wasnt any room in his heart for Jesus that is a tragedy.So when we see the message is about Idolatry we all have areas that we chose not to submit to God thats universal everyone of us whether we are rich or poor.I believe we are unaware that we have these idols what are some of them that was revealed to me our partners our children our work our church our family i can sense some of you are getting fidgetty.

After all, my Bible talks more about the sins of not caring for the poor and orphans of our communities, about our pride, about idolatry, than it does about homosexuality, yet I can't see a lot of to - scale «truth - telling» on those topics.

I was talking about idolatry in general.

Not exact matches

Romanists Idolatry is just about the worst ever in history.

Seen this way, discussion of Islamic art can finally move from tired questions about the lack of figural representation to more interesting conversations on, for example, the complex relationships presumed between icons and idolatry or on Byzantine and patristic influences.

While various disputes occurred among the rabbis about the precise nature of these laws, and even whether they are more or less than seven in number, in every version of them the prohibition of idolatry for gentiles is prominently featured.

«It's not about same - gender relations — it is about se.xual idolatry and worshipping false gods» ---------- It does refer to certain kinds of idolatry, sure, but you have to remember, all sin is idolatry, therefore when using the word ar.senokoitai, it refers to the idolatry (sinful act) of same gender s.ex.

The danger of idolatry is sharpest when judges issue rulings based on moral philosophizing about broad ideals without being restrained by history or tradition.

Except for a brief period under the Maccabees, we hear no more about polytheism and idolatry.

This event sets off a minor debate between God and Moses about what God should do to the people of Israel in response to their idolatry.

For instance, when speaking eschatologically about the nuclear arms race, a preacher would refer to such things as the blasphemy of destroying God's handiwork and the idolatry of the bomb, not simply to a nuclear freeze.

There is even a hint of idolatry about the cult of admiration for C.S. Lewis that began forming even during his life, with its shrines, sacred texts, keepers of the flame, and theological niceties.

The Pope is spot on about what truly ails the World — idolatry of money.

If that author is correct about «national pride and patriotism being a form of idolatry,» might that then not explain some of the internal problems we have within our respective nations?

One of the reasons I am thinking about all of this is because of the book I just read, Unmasking the Powers, and what the author said in there about the angels of nations, and how national pride and patriotism for the country could be a form of idolatry.

I spoke to them about the only one God the creator of all things, about the nothingness of idols, the sin of idolatry, sin in general, and its terrible consequences after death and of the only means of salvation provided for all mankind in Christ.

it is not about pagans because it would say idolatry it says about orientation / / / nice try..

There is something intrinsically unfamiliar about the book; and when we seek to override that unfamiliarity, we are on the hazardous ground of idolatry.

From Colleen: I'm a Canadian born / raised Christian, now an American citizen... American conservatives seem to talk a lot less about the Kingdom of God and more about the kingdom of America... As an American conservative Christian, do you ever consider the potential idolatry of patriotic pride?

Surely even the unchurched would respond positively to expression of conviction on moral principles, even if they disagreed about the obvious applications: e.g., idolatry and Watergate.

Idolatry brought about the Inquisition in Europe in particular France, Spain and Italy.

It has not been easy to write about family idolatry while affirming the importance of family relationships to Christians.

This is not all about you, this is about people, all people, «all nations» and the suffering of in difference, imposed poverty, and greed, and the misleading of idolatry of all religions, which are false in the sight of YHWH.

But as humans we must speak, and through the Word in Christ God spoke, so we continue in our idolatry because we have no other choice — we must speak and as people of faith we must speak about God.

You see, people don't talk like that about stealing or idolatry or murder because they * know * those things are sinful.

What Paul is doing is tying this homosexual behaviour that he's talking about with idolatry.

They are about rape, worshiping a pagan god using sex, male prostitution, idolatry, none of it has to do with the loving long term relationship of a gay couple as we know and understand it today.

In biblical times to know about history was to interpret human events in relation to our purpose: to see the building of the Tower as idolatry was to understand an historical event.

Don't let Rush read what the New Testament says about taking care of the poor and avoiding the idolatry of money.

Idolatry is about faithfulness to a relationship with something instead of God.

Idolatry is about being centered in something other than God.

In that case, a congregation's practice requires a different sort of critique, and calls for creative reflection about how to avoid ideological captivity and idolatry.

Talk about Scripture idolatry!

First, concerned about the influence of paganism upon the Roman Christians, Paul sees homosexual expression as a result of idolatry, but he does not claim that such practices are the cause of God's wrath.

So Paul is discussing a group of people who refused to acknowledge Him, suppressed the truth about Him, and then commit literal idolatry and worship handmade statues and images instead.

Yes, this is about DACA and the Dreamers, taking down Confederate idolatry, combating 45 and the goons wearing his red hats, but it's also about a movement bubbling for a year to make a typically conservative sports fanbase care about progressive issues.

Assistant pastor Tim Mascara talks about our collective obsession with football in a way that makes Burrell's Panthers - idolatry zinger sound like an ad campaign for the NFL.

Arau reached the plateau of art - house idolatry when he decided to adapt a novel about the mystical aspects of gourmet cooking, written by his wife Laura Esquivel.

Claiming to have no natural talent, Hickman has insisted that he learned everything he knows about comic acting from Cummings, whom he admired to the point of idolatry.

That is, has human thinking, judging and willing become so egregiously impaired by our idolatry of the artificially designed, manmade «economic colossus» casting a giant shadow over the Earth, that we can not speak intelligibly about anything else except economic growth and profits without sounding like blithering idiots?