Sentences with phrase «became biblical terms»

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Thus the gospel was concentrated in the person of Jesus; the hope of the Kingdom receded and became eventually only another name for «heaven,» the other world, the state of bliss beyond death, or, as in Thomas Aquinas, a term for the divine theodicy in general — though in truth this interpretation really emphasized a fundamental element in the whole biblical conception, in Jesus» teaching as elsewhere — and thus an intellectual concept of the person of Jesus tended to become central for Christian doctrine, theology, and devotion, rather than the person of God, his sovereignty and his redemptive will, his wisdom and his love.

Stating that he uses the term moral model to refer to the Biblical view, he paints this picture of the Moral Model: (1) The addict became addicted primarily as the result of immoral behavior.

Boldest: Shari Johnson with «My Lesbian Daughter, The Bible, and Sex» «When I hear terms like «God's design» and «Biblical marriage» I have to wonder who decides these things... We keep a death grip on the scriptures that suit us — and the translation of those scriptures becomes more a matter of tradition, opinion and convenience than the Word of God.»