Sentences with phrase «as biblical belief»

In addition the topic of this article directly speaks on a topic and information about science as well as biblical belief.

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The title's not - so subtle biblical reference is a hint at Stursberg's view of the Ceeb as the place that business common sense forgot, and the book serves largely as a catalogued defence of his belief that audience numbers, not an ambiguous cultural mandate, would define the network's success.

Chick - fil - a espouses to Christian beliefs which doesn't discriminate against Gays, but sees the Gay activity as sinful per multiple Biblical references.

If we chuck this assumption, as I think we should, then modern biblical study turns out to have a sometimes complicated, sometimes useful, and sometimes nonexistent relationship to classical Jewish and Christian beliefs.

There is no such thing as a «perfect church»; but the Eastern Church has remained much closer to the foundational beliefs and practices of biblical and patristic beliefs and practices than the Latin / Western Church (es):

I don't think someone who sees Christian or Biblical themes in King's work (as I do) is just «envisioning» a predetermined belief in what they're reading.

I was speaking more towards belief in a personal god, regardless of how their religion defines it, as opposed to specific Biblical beliefs.

Theology in the Reformation tradition has explored other alternatives, as in the «Andover theory» which views biblical texts such as 2 Peter 3:19 «20 and 4:6 and Christ's descent to the dead referenced in the Apostles» Creed as warranting belief in the Hound of Heaven pursuing the last and the least.

Using select Biblical verses to support your beliefs and not using the verses as written to shape your beliefs.

The justifying ground of Christian belief is the trinitarian and incarnational logic of biblical narrative as expressed in Christian liturgical practices.

So prominent has been this debate that outsiders have often regarded evangelicals as holding, not to a distinct view of the sole authority of Scripture (as was argued in the previous chapter), but to a belief in Biblical inerrancy.2

The catechism, it will be seen, assigns belief in God and trust in God to two different virtues, though as Benedict XVI's Spe salvi points out, in several Biblical passages «the words «faith» and «hope» seem interchangeable»; [10] but is either of them to be counted as a virtue?

At each event, even those with diametrically opposed views, leaders cite biblical principles as the foundation for their beliefs.

We have made such amazing progress as humans since we have thrown Biblical Beliefs out of our schools.

Religious proponents of international law could draw on the prophets for biblical support: Amos, Hosea, Micah and others discerned Yahweh's law as both impartial and international, striking against the arrogant pretensions of all people and nations who violate human rights in the belief that God is on their side.

The final total end of a life is eternal punishment itself — spirit, soul, mind and body, as in keeping with biblical beliefs about whole personhood.

This statement, as does the citation with which I began this essay, reflects the uncritical belief that the biblical scenario for earthly, and indeed, cosmic history, will be surely and literally fulfilled.

I am going to say this with reservation Jeremy... I sometimes wonder if you look for Biblical discussions that contradict tradition, and mainstream beliefs so as to generate response and blog traffic.

2) They should find a qualified counsellor who understands their religious beliefs and work through it toward a biblical and spiritual restoration as defined in the text of the Bible in the letters to the Corinthian church, the church in Rome, or the recorded teachings of Jesus in the Gospels.

Thus, belief in the ultimate victory of the biblical God may indeed be grounded in events in history, but not as part of self - evident progress; they are parabolic moments which point to the eschatological potential of God's power.

One is the belief in progress.4 The expectation that life gets better for most people as time passes has been widespread since the 18th century.5 A basic source of the confidence in progress is the Biblical idea that the Kingdom of God will come at the end of time.

Similarly, as we know that homosexuality is just as natural and God - given as heterosexuality, we realize that the Biblical injunctions against homosexuality were conditioned by the attitudes and beliefs about this form of sexual expression which were held by people without benefit of centuries of scientific knowledge and understanding.

Fundamentalism has been characterized by (1) vigorous resistance to developments in the world of science that appeared to contradict the Biblical text; (2) Biblical literalism; (3) individualism; (4) moralism; and (5) insistence on belief in certain «fundamentals» such as the inerrancy of the Scriptures, the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, and his second coming.

Doctrinally and cognitively, insofar as worldviews and belief systems or patterns of biblical interpretation are concerned (though not always stylistically), evangelicalism can not yield its ties to these two sets of cousins, being closer to them than to other forms of Christianity and ecumenically committed to their advance.

This is not to say, of course, that there are not themes and beliefs which the biblical writers share in their approach to nature, but the differences are as important as the common assumptions.

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood's list of 14 beliefs, referred to as the Nashville Statement, proclaims that marriage is between one man and one woman and «homosexual immorality» is sinful.

There is one teaching authority, the pope, who both originates and finalizes such «truth,» without having to listen to or be corrected by other sources of insight such as the sensus fideli (the actual beliefs and practices of the people) and the scholarly reflections of biblical exegetes and theologians.

It was a controversial interpretation for many, as it contradicted religious beliefs about human origins; the short, stocky limb bones and the skull's oversized brow suggested an ape - like ancestor that did not fit in with the biblical idea of God's creation.

Undoubtedly, he struggled with this issue as he sought to reconcile some sort of belief in God with the death and suffering he observed all around him (especially with Annie) and which he believed had taken place over a very long time that was well outside the biblical timeline of 6,000 years.

Ladouceur utilizes a language that will be blurrily familiar to many of us, subconsciously quoting comic / cartoon characters we faintly remember from childhood, as his characters guide our boggled understanding of the world's belief systems across visions of totem poles, lotus blossoms and piles of elephant heads; all the while new age gurus, goofy mystics and Biblical actors flex and fumble through their roles as spiritual advisors, leaving us to sort it out for ourselves.

Using symbolism exploring Biblical text, diagrams from scientific hypothesis, and visual psychedelia produced by an influx of cultural influence seemingly aimed at searching for the «unknown» the work serves as a catalyst to further reflect upon topics of belief and wonder as intellectual and spiritual intersections between fact and faith.

However, as I understand the Hutterite beliefs, they are very conscious of the «boundaries between the religious and the secular,» and strive to live as much as possible on the religious side of the line (probably with a view to the biblical admonition to «keep yourselves unspotted from the world»).

Biblical marriage counseling therefore generally draws upon specific passages of the Christian Bible, as well as Christian beliefs about marriage, to help spouses resolve their differences and learn to repair their troubled marital relationships.