Sentences with phrase «argued from scripture»

And most importantly, it would have to be cogently argued from Scripture.

So today, if a teacher begins to argue from Scripture that Jesus was either not fully divine or fully human, we'll rehearse the biblical passages and the traditional interpretations of those passages that have stood the test of time.

At Thessalonica, Paul, arguing from scripture, explains and proves «that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer» (Acts 17:3).

In a very literal sense, we could argue from Scripture that Jesus has returned, in and through each one of us in the church.

Not exact matches

Webster argues against Kavanagh's prioritization of liturgy, saying that the chief evil of fundamentalism is not, contra Kavanagh, that «scripture has been severed from its liturgical context, but that it has been severed from its Trinitarian context.»

I argue on my blog from Scripture that adultery is soul rape (http://www.divorceminister.com/adultery-is-soul-rape/) and think how damaging accusing a rape victim of causing their own assault is!

Kirk then examines efforts to argue in favour of the ordination of women from Scripture and Tradition, exposing the sparseness of the proposed evidence and uncovering remarkable deficiencies in historical scholarship.

Arguing Scripture with someone can result in turning them away from not only Scripture, but also from The Word itself, Jesus.

Over against all attempts to prove truth by a literal quotation from Scripture or by an appeal to an infallible leader, Bushnell argued that the difficulty arises from language itself.

You leap from the fact that we «are arguing that human beings sit in judgement of the scripture and God» so that «God can not sit in judgement of us.

Given the fall of humanity, these people argue, there can be no sure knowledge of justice aside from the Scriptures and God's incarnate Word in Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if abortion is unforgivable, then we must also argue that all forms of murder are unforgivable, and this view can not be defended from Scripture.

In the first century, Clement referred to the scriptures as the «true utterances of the Holy Spirit» (1 Clement 1:45); in the second, Athenagoras argued that «God moved the mouths of the prophets as if they were musical instruments» (A Plea For the Christians), and Augustine said that «the authors of holy Scripture were totally free from error» (Letter 82.3).

No one can argue for her immaculate conception, her assumption into heaven, or her coronation as heaven's queen directly from scripture.

Seeing from Scripture that we were made in the image of God, we argue that the goal of life is to empty ourselves and become more like God.

If you've ever witnessed two Christians arguing polar opposites from the same scriptures, you might think...

Terry, take it from one who has probably been around the block a few more times than you — Arguing Scripture and your understanding of them and insisting that only your understanding of them is correct will get you nowhere as fast as possible.

It's hard to argue that Paul's statements there are meant to be universally applied when so many women from scripture are honored by God and praised by their community for teaching and exercising leadership.

Altizer argues that Catholic theology has always recognized a general revelation (besides the special revelation of Scripture), that it has never separated God the creator from God the redeemer, and that it has always grounded itself in philosophy and natural theology.

They argued that since Jesus was God, He knew everything, even from birth, and so didn't have to learn from His parents, from reading Scripture, or from anybody at the Temple in Jerusalem.

Nor were Catholics completely absent from the scene: the Dominican Marie - Joseph Lagrange (1855 - 1938) argued that the exegete could hold to the immutability of truth and, at the same time, take seriously the growth of doctrine within Scripture.

in which a young earth creationist argues that «Reasonable evidence exists from the Scripture that heat did indeed flow before the Curse, which would imply a change in entropy.»