Sentences with phrase «biblical belief in»

«The beginnings of the biblical belief in angels must be sought in very early folklore.

The death - of - God theologians are not at all radical in this sense, since their starting point would seem to be the rejection of biblical belief in the living, eternal God.

More recently, the Egyptologist Jan Assmann has advanced the thesis that biblical belief in the one God eliminated the tolerance proper to polytheism (cf.. The Price of Monotheism).

Not exact matches

Under the radar, the «establishment» in university science departments has been finding ways to get rid of professors who have any belief in the creation / Biblical viewpoint.

About the latter, for example, they imply that Christian support for Israel relies on particular beliefs about biblical prophecies while they ignore more prudential arguments in Israel's favor.

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.

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and aBiblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and aBiblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and aBiblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and abiblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

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

Some lose their beliefs in theological college, when they are exposed for the first time to the work of Biblical scholars and sophisticated theologians.

Biblical heresy is often a denial of the core beliefs held in the Church that are founded on the Bible.

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.

Arguments based on biblical criticism are not decisive for or against belief in the virginal conception.

It's ironic — those who champion nondiscrimination, in the name of nondiscrimination, are creating rules that push out those who «discriminate» based on biblical belief statements.

The resolution noted that the Assemblies were formed on «several biblical Pentecostal distinctives, not the least of which is the belief that the initial physical evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit is speaking in other tongues.»

Proclaiming that a certain belief is wrong or that a certain activity is sinful, based on biblical principles, is increasingly being included in the definition of hate speech.»

Hal Lindsey says that the United States is not mentioned in biblical prophecy; but Herbert W. Armstrong, whose church is built on the belief that Great Britain and the United States are the ten lost tribes of Israel, holds that a great deal of biblical prophecy has to do with their special destiny in God's plan for the world.

Gradually that tie has largely gone, but the christians in the USA at least want to impose their religion on the rest of us despite the First Amendment: biblical texts on public buildings, their god on the currency, their religious beliefs to be law, christian prayer at public events, etc..

It is clear then why the question of biblical authority is so important to evangelicals: belief in the infallibility of the Scriptures is the pillar which supports our theology - without it the edifice would surely crumble.

Critical scholarship is supposed to have proven the unscientific nature of belief in biblical authority.

The biblical story of Noah makes no sense in terms of contemporary Christian belief so here's Joel Baden attempting to try to rationalize the inconsistencies.

Note that throughout Biblical history God always imputed righteousness unto man on the basis of Faith, that is Belief in Him, whoever he / she was / is.

Of course, for most people, before they can ever believe in Jesus for eternal life, they need to have other beliefs about themselves, the existence and nature of God, and some other biblical truths.

For example, in 1923 Mullins, the champion of «soul liberty,» outlined various basic Christian beliefs (e.g., biblical inspiration, the miracles of Christ, his vicarious atonement, bodily resurrection, literal ascension, and final return) and declared before the SBC: «We believe that adherence to the above truths and facts is a necessary condition of service for teachers in our Baptist schools.»

Neither candidates are qualified in accordance to Biblical qualifications for leadership, but one has beliefs closer to them than the other.

To me if someone is a Biblical literalist, for example, they are fundamentalist in their beliefs.

Beliefs are important, especially when anchored in the retelling of biblical stories — but beliefs in themselves are sBeliefs are important, especially when anchored in the retelling of biblical stories — but beliefs in themselves are sbeliefs in themselves are sterile.

We had 8 years of the last bible beating nitwit, George W., who got us involved in a trillion dollar war based on a lie and his goofy belief that Gog and Magog, a couple of make believe biblical bad guys, were loose in the Middle East and had to be stopped (Google Bush, Gog and Magog).

When someone in America is not allowed to voice a historical, Biblical, longstanding belief, that is now out of vogue, this is the real nonsense.

The real «gotcha» question would be «Do you believe in biblical creation, and what impact would your beliefs have on public education?»

The main difference is Obama doesn't lead state - wide prayer meetings and talk about his biblical interpretations of the bible... like Bachmann's belief in submitting to her husband.

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

What are the equivalent values, beliefs, practices that are found in other cultures which can be adopted and adapted to fit with the values, beliefs, and practices within the biblical Gospel?

Judaism has always held belief in the biblical concept of Teshuvah, which means «return to God».

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

Our forefathers based the laws of this country on Biblical beliefs because they believed in God.

This belief led him to a wholehearted recognition of the world come of age, to a criticism of religion, and to an attempt to interpret Biblical and theological concepts in a non-religious language.

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?

Such an order, he says, is based on a belief in natural rights, and that belief, in turn, has its source in biblical religion.

At the same time, she writes in a later blog that the main point she wished to make in her earlier article is that atheists like her don't need belief in the biblical God in order to maintain certain ethical principles by reason alone, in the light of experience, and thus in a «conservative» manner.

We just have gay stereotypes and we base our beliefs on a few biblical passages, ignoring passages about things that people in the church really struggle with, like food and other addictions.

It is difficult to imagine how belief in historical revelation can be abandoned without destroying the very foundations of biblical religion, but every effort must be made to remove from the idea any shadow of arrogance.

The reason is that without a belief in Yahweh, acceptance that Jesus Christ is the only «way» to a relationship with the Creator, and measuring results in terms of Biblical truths, there would be little universal help to Christians, Jews, Moslems, atheists, and others at all.

These beliefs, in reaction to evolutionary theories and Biblical criticism, included the verbal inerrancy of scripture, the virgin birth, a substitutionary theory of the atonement and the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The second point to note is that when the biblical legends stemming from the historical Elijah were taking shape, there was no current belief at all in resurrection.

There it is — the belief that usually resides deep beneath the surface of conscious thought, safe from examination and extrication, but was born in biblical times, solidified in the days of the Enlightenment, and codified into colonial law in 1660 through the racialization of Virginia slave codes.

This is not Biblical and in light of their persecution of reformers and truth seekers, their long - waged wars against muslims and other «heretics,» it is quite obvious that they have tried to will people into belief.

I have plenty of facts in History and Extra biblical texts that support my belief in God and Jesus.

The following facts support this belief: the participation of the churches in the theological conversations of the ecumenical movement, which perforce have had to find their common starting point and common vocabulary in biblical literature and theology; the growing body of specifically biblical theology, produced by the very vitality of fragmentary and monographic studies.

Some biblical scholars belief that Eygpt will have a shift in relations with Israel and once again become an enemy!

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.