Sentences with phrase «against scripture»

I built a hypothesis that I wanted to test against Scripture.

So saying that you will just pray for someone if you can meet their need is going against scripture.

Fortunately we live in an age where we can examine doctrine against scripture without the fear of torture and I'm grateful for that.

That is why Luther said, «If they use the Scriptures against Christ, we will use Christ against the Scriptures.»

is a convincing and remarkably candid argument that the case for homosexual relations must be made against Scripture and the Christian tradition.

See Acts 17:11 about testing every teacher against the scriptures.

You can try and justify your sinful lifestyles but when it comes to the truth So domy is a grave offense against Scripture, God, nature, and society.

The fact that its sacredness is derivative constitutes no argument against the Scripture as canon.

Any vision or dream we receive needs to be carefully weighed against the Scriptures, as nothing from God will ever contradict his Word.

If you are finding that the waiting is causing you to harden your heart or to pull away from the presence of God, I encourage you to examine your thoughts and beliefs about His character against Scripture.

AWAY!!!!! HOW CAN THAT BE SO HARD TO GRASP FOR YOU?!?! ANOTHER FALSE TEACHING THAT I SAW COME FROM YOU... SIN (PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE)!!!!!!! I MEAN HELLO... THAT IS TOTALLY AGAINST SCRIPTURE... ARE YOU BLIND??

Examples include assessing the merits of secular teaching against Scripture together and rejecting false teaching from your lives, being okay to tell your spouse to stop thinking and acting a certain way that is contrary to God's decrees, and saying «no» to seeking approval just from your spouse alone rather than giving honor to the Lord in all things.

I have been struggling with this question for several years now, and while I am not ready to claim I have a «solution» (nothing but pride would make such a claim), I do have a theological hypothesis which will be tested against Scripture.

If «using Christ against the Scriptures» is simply selectively extracting quotes of Jesus to negate anything else in scripture that someone disagrees with, then really it's just subjective picking and choosing, making it up as you go along.

But as time went on, Wright says, «reason» became known as an entirely separate source of information, «which could be played off against scripture and / or tradition.»

Berdyaev has apparently chosen to stand with Dostoevsky's Christ against both scripture and historic Christianity.

You want to give a concrete example of what using «Christ against the Scriptures» would look like in practice?

The atheist will reveal major contradictions in scripture, provable science that goes against scripture and a thorough knowledge of the bible.

All prophets must be tested against the scriptures (God will not contradict Himself), but that does not mean that God can not and does not continue to reveal messages to His people even today.

as it is only a theory right now, I need to propose it, then test it against Scripture.

In fact I tell them to test me against scripture all the time.

We must always be re-evaluating our theology, measuring it against Scripture, reason, tradition, experience, and I would add conferring with our brothers and sisters, and listening to the Spirit.

Idolatry is a grave and serious SIN, all of these portrayals of Jesus are against Scriptures.