Sentences with phrase «as the apostles often»

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What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

I have often wondered how to reconcile Jesus» statement about not letting anyone call you «Master» or «Teacher» and the statements about the «positions» of elder and deacon in Paul's letters, and, as you point out, Paul's «title» of apostle.

As often as I recall the help I received in my study of the apostle Paul, from the most able New Testament instructor I ever had, I become somewhat frightened; frightened enough to seek yet another touch, frightened enough to look yet more intentlAs often as I recall the help I received in my study of the apostle Paul, from the most able New Testament instructor I ever had, I become somewhat frightened; frightened enough to seek yet another touch, frightened enough to look yet more intentlas I recall the help I received in my study of the apostle Paul, from the most able New Testament instructor I ever had, I become somewhat frightened; frightened enough to seek yet another touch, frightened enough to look yet more intently.

We often think of the twelve apostles as the only disciples Jesus had.

He is deeply devoted to the apostles and saints — especially Teresa of Lisieux, Francis of Assisi, and St. Frances de Sales — as they've taught him to say, often, «I have the faith of a child.

From the monasteries many went forth, some as individuals to live as hermits, and others in groups, often of twelve with a leader in imitation of the Apostles and Christ.

Speaking of things that are obnoxious Paula (leader of Undead Radio) constantly chimes in with new side quests while in her ever annoying character she tries to be, often referring to Frank as an apostle.

Something of a prophetic figure in postwar abstract art, Reinhardt is often associated with abstract expressionist painting, although he is best seen as an apostle of concrete art, whose works bridged the gap between the Abstract Expressionism and Hard Edge Painting of the 50s, and the Minimal art of the 60s.