Sentences with phrase «basis in scripture»

«There is no basis in Scripture for the injustice of not allowing same - sex couples to marry,» said the Rev. Tom Davis of the United Church of Christ.

And no, you can't use Mary's lineage as nothing passes to the son from the mother and there is no basis in scripture for an adopted son to carry on the tribal line.

One side effect of the research I've done in writing the book, is that when somebody presents 10K verses to support their claim, I can write a short reply: «Thank you for providing so much scriptural support that conclusively proves my position, and demonstrates that your position has no basis in scripture», and, if challenged, go through each cited verse, and, using one or more specific techniques / methods of Bible study, show how the cited verse either refutes the position they present, or supports the position I present.

This idea of external justification has no basis in Scripture which consistently speaks of the «new creation» or «new man» brought about through baptism.

If he wants to help the poor, he can reverse the Church's stand on birth control, which is just an old theological paper written by Pope John Paul, that has no basis in scripture.

o «Now Rome which developed the Church of Dogma (rather than metanoia) dared to add things which have scant basis in scripture like the Trinity, Individual priesthood, Auricular Confession, Transubstantiation, Infallibility, Immaculate Conception and the Assumption.

I read his logic and it... well... it really has no basis in scripture, but is a gross mutilation of scripture.

He takes particular issue with doctrines ratified by popes down the centuries, such as the immaculate conception (the belief that Mary was born free from original sin) which, in his view, have no basis in scripture.

neville briggs says The idea that some political anti-Christ will sit in the Jerusalem temple and want to be worshipped has no basis in scripture.

The idea that some political anti-Christ will sit in the Jerusalem temple and want to be worshipped has no basis in scripture.

It has no basis in scripture at all.

Why can we more easily call God «a mighty fortress» than a «mother eagle,» when both images are based in scripture?

They usually are content to demythologize it.11 Here again, if one makes the opposite judgment as a systematic theologian, based in Scripture and tradition, that belief in the resurrection of Jesus is not only necessary to Christian faith, but one of its most distinctive and important elements, one may find it possible to express that belief in Whitehead's understanding of the person.

It is thus offensive and disgraceful for an unbeliever to hear a Christian talk nonsense about such things, claiming that what he is saying is based in Scripture.

It is not Biblically supported, therefore all of your ideas are merely personal opinion and not based in Scripture.

Not exact matches

It has gone so far as to call into question the criterion established in Familiaris consortio, which in number 84 says: «The Church reaffirms her practice, which is based upon Sacred Scripture, of not admitting to Eucharistic Communion divorced persons who have remarried.

Their interpretations are based on the Torah (including those Leviticus passages) and they consider all thing in their interpretation — not just 2 scriptures as «evidence».

My aim is to take scriptures at their most obvious, and I am not bending or breaking a single thing from any passage in Genesis (most of this is based on Rabbinic interpretations).

By the evidence of the scripture (if you were to actually study it instead of making broad assumptions about it based on what you read somewhere else) God set this earth in motion.

Since Christianity is based on the Bible, it is inconceivable how one can reconcile progressive attitudes towards gender equality with what is written in scripture without being an extreme semantic acrobat and moral contortionist.

Among his companions from the scriptures are the pseudochristoi who, Christ says, will come «in my name» and will «lead you astray» -» the lawless one» (2 Thessalonians 2:10) who, by the power of Satan, will impress the faithful with false signs and wonders, offering «a strong delusion» to tempt «those who are perishing»; «Gog and Magog» who, under Satan's command, will gather the nations for the final battle with Christ (Revelation 20:2 - 10); the «beasts» of Revelation (16, 17, 19) that harken back to the «beasts» of Daniel (7); «the sons of Belial» (Deuteronomy 13:13 and passim) who are «base» or «worthless,» who practice idolatry, drunkenness, disrespect, evil speech, who are «empty men» (2 Chronicles 13:7); and the conspiring nations and rulers who take counsel against the Lord (Psalms 2:1 - 3).

If you are monotheist and not Polytheist, not Idolater, make or worship partners with God... Guess you in the right Abrahamic track the True Base of Submission within all holy scriptures... (God + HolySpirit + Apostle = The scriptures of the Holy Messages all through Generations from old).

Just as Martin Luther, the founder of Protestant Christianity misinterpreted the Bible to suit his own hate - filled and anti-Semitic ideology; Christianity today misinterprets the Hebrew Scriptures and prophecies in order to prove the existence of a dying and resurrected Jewish Messiah which has no basis in Jewish scripture.

Both are Lectionary based denominations, meaning that the scriptures for a given Sunday are set out for years in advance, and follow a progression, meaning that a story in the Bible will continue over several weeks.

Based on the scripture verse, «Keep your head in all situations!»

Touchstone provides a forum where Christians of various backgrounds — Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox — can speak candidly with one another on the basis of a shared commitment to the Great Tradition of Christian faith as revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the classic creeds of the early church.The term «mere Christianity,» of course, was made famous by C. S. Lewis, whose book of that title is among the most influential religious volumes of the past one hundred years.

Most detractors argued that today's caste system has little actual basis in Hindu scripture.

What Biblical basis do you have to refute the plainly worded verses contained in Scripture that homosexuality is a sin?

I think we all like to claim that our theology alone is based on Scripture, etc, when in reality, there is a whole host of other influences that get poured into our theology as well.

Again, other Christians do this with our favorite beliefs: We'll claim our views are wholly based on scripture, but in fact our favorite proof - texts are cherry - picked, and least - favorites are dismissed, wholly based on our theology.

There is therefore a sound basis for the use of the allegorical method in interpreting the Scriptures.

This makes fiction based upon Scripture peculiarly problematic, at least for those who regard the work's underlying source as more than mere raw material: Is the novel, play, movie to be judged to some degree in accordance with its piety?

«Hooker's insistence on «reason» was therefore not at all a way of undervaluing scripture,» says Wright, «but rather of ensuring that the community which based itself on scripture could have an appropriate healthy life and growth, not blundering forward as it were in the dark, but moving ahead by the light of reason, itself informed by scripture and in harmony with the natural law which stemmed from the creator God in the first place.»

Firstly this new synthesis can not be based on a philosophy that in an a priori fashion excludes the possibility of Revelation or is in any way systemically opposed to the given facts of Scripture and Tradition.

Theological exegesis of the Bible advances upon the assumption that the Nicene tradition, in all its diversity and controversy, provides the proper basis for the interpretation of the Bible as Christian Scripture.»

But based on all that I have since learned from Scripture and all that I have experienced in my life, I expect that it will be God's mercy - not his wrath - that prevails and astounds us at judgment.

At the same time, when proposing an alternate understanding, we must never accuse those who believe in the traditional view of believing in «Scripture plus tradition» while we believe in «the Bible alone» for even a «new view» is based in some way on previous traditions, and as soon as it is taught, becomes a tradition itself.

For example, his nine pages describing play, based in a theological reflection on creation, are perceptive and honest to both Scripture and the play experience.56 Quoting the Westminster Catechism of 1647, he speaks of «man's chief end» being «to glorify God and enjoy him forever.»

The Catholic basis for denying this tension lies in the argument that Scripture must be read as interpreted in the ecclesiastical tradition.

The leader gave a high - quality message based on Scripture which was better than most sermons I have heard in churches.

In their opinion the Church needed to return to a «pure» religion based on scripture alone, sola scriptura.

It should be the work of Christian teachers in every generation, first, to understand the Scriptures, to distinguish what gives unity to the message of the Bible from what is peculiar to this or that writer, what is central from what is peripheral, what is essential from what is accidental; and then, on the basis of such understanding, to develop a doctrine of the act of God in Christ which will be intelligible, or at least not meaningless, to the contemporary mind.

In place of a scripture - based argument, even combining the scriptural affirmations with the scenarios propagated by various stripes of unbelievers should paint an unmistakable picture of what happened.

1) Nobody can quote the scripture you're perverting because you have yet to supply the scripture that explicitly states that homosexuality is wrong; however, one can suggest your perversion of the scripture based on the fact that all popular interpretations of the bible, in regards to the sinfulness of homosexuality, are horse shit.

Most interesting of all is how Maxine develops her argument based on the theme of covenants and inheritance in Scripture, relating them to a «Last Will and Testament.»

Assurance of salvation is based on God's promises in Scripture that those who believe in Jesus will receive eternal life.

Thus the moral / legal element in scripture (the halacha) rests upon a narrative base (the agada).

I am repeating some of what others have already said in this blog but also including scripture which I think is always important when we voice an opinion based on God's word.

Ultimately, our eternal life is based solely on the promises of God in Scripture.

We will discuss this concept of being «dead» in future posts, and especially the biblical texts which are used to support this idea (which is based not on Scripture, but on Greek philosophy and fatalism).