Sentences with phrase «biblical authors viewed»
Most biblical authors viewed the world from the perspective of the oppressed.
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Evolution and the Fall is a collection of essays from a multi-disciplinary and ecumenical group of authors, which sets out to address «a set of problems that arise from the encounter of traditional biblical views of human origins with contemporary scientific theories» (p. xv)-- not, one might add, in general, to answer them.
Smith reminds readers of the idea of divine accommodation, which suggests that «in the process of divine inspiration, God did not correct every incomplete or mistaken viewpoint of the biblical authors in order to communicate through them with their readers... The point of the inspired scripture was to communicate its central point, not to straighten out every kink and dent in the views of all the people involved in biblical inscripturation and reception along the way.»
The author insists on a literal reading of the biblical accounts that would seem to support his quasi-Unitarian Christology while skipping over passages that contradict his views.
Debra Hirsch, author of the Redeeming Sex, is on a mission to encourage Christians toward a more integrated — and biblical — view of sexuality.
Author and theologian N. T. Wright explains in a recent article: «The biblical view of marriage is part of the larger whole of new creation, and it symbolizes and points to that divine plan.
A statement written by a spokesperson for LifeWay said: «LifeWay only carries resources in our stores by authors who hold to the biblical view of marriage.
Most of the writings about the kingdom of late are of an academic nature, trying to discern from the biblical foundations a view which the author regards as the true one.
The author argues for what he calls «the agrarian point of view» as regards the creation: It means taking seriously the Biblical mandate to care for the creation.
If Tillich meant by this merely that today we can not think of God in just the way the biblical authors thought millennia ago, his distinction of his view of God from that of the biblical authors would be of little importance.
Some views say that the Bible is full of errors and exaggerations so that the things it describes didn't really happen, while other views hold that the violent events might have happened as described but God did not command them to do it nor did He inspire the biblical authors to write about these events as they did.
«These six principles», shares the author, «along with the biblical view of marriage, provide the basic structure a couple needs for good sexual relationships in marriage» (Smith, 1994, p 49).
North is also a prolific author of doomsday books with titles such as None Dare Call It Witchcraft; Conspiracy: A Biblical View; Rapture Fever; and How You Can Profit From the Coming Price Controls.
Author Bio: Glenda Thomas is a public speaker specializing in women's issues from a biblical point of view.