I do have to admit that Jerry almost converted me to a Young Earth Bible believing Christian who thinks all gays and progressives are going to hell but he didn't get the chance to fully debate his body of
biblical evidence so I remain a hell - bound doomed soul.
Not exact matches
You hit the nail squarely on the head for indeed
so,
biblical truths are «written on our heart» by way of the Presence of Christ's Indwelt Spirit Who is ever faithful to «guide you into all truth» and «show (us) things to come» (John 16:13) but the problem is (as is woefully evident with this Article \ s Author), too many people (believers) choose to eschew or disregard «sound doctrine» (2 Timothy 4:3) promulgating John 14:17 ignorance of the Doctrine of The Holy Spirit whose inevitable product is a darkened understanding (such as is
evidenced by the Article's Author --RRB-.
But there is
evidence — beginning with Genesis 1, where we are told that God looked at the whole creation and saw that it was good — that
biblical thinking is not nearly
so anthropocentric as many interpreters of the Bible have supposed.
But the corollary doctrine that the Jews were condemned to wander the earth as visible
evidence of God's judgment
so thoroughly muddied the
biblical teaching that Christians in both communions, Protestant and Catholic, were blind to the escalating existential threat to Jews in Germany and elsewhere.
So the
biblical experts say there is not enough
evidence to make a determination, yet you, who has never seen the fragment, declares that it is talking about the church.
The
biblical evidence indicates that Jesus categorically condemns divorce and remarriage after divorce, basing his prohibition on an appeal to God's original intention in creation (``... from the beginning it was not
so»).
So when eternal conscious torment is the very question at hand, what
biblical evidence would you point to as teaching that the resurrected bodies of the lost will likewise be made immortal?
So I am still searching for
biblical evidences although I am pretty sure God is leading me in your direction Jeremy.
As time has passed,
evidence has in fact emerged for some of these figures, and
so more
biblical personalities are brought to life.
Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for
evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish...
so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other
evidence of the Exodus and other
biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...
... and this is why this country is
so backwards and falling behind the rest of the post-industrial countries... and why is it that these... nuts... will use rules of
evidence and «science» to back claims of
biblical proof... but reject the same critria when it is used against them?
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Biblical scholar F. F. Bruce has said «the
evidence for our New Testament writings is ever
so much greater than the
evidence for many writings of cla ssical authors, the authenticity of which no one dreams of questioning... It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament records than have many theologians.»
I myself recalled having heard a number of Dallas faculty members and graduates in recent years distance themselves from «hardline» dispensationalism, reducing C. I. Scofield's highly articulated framework to virtually two principles: the literal reading of the text is to be preferred unless strong
evidence indicates otherwise, and Israel and the church remain distinct in
biblical chronology (and
so in eschatology) to the end.
Equally dedicated Christians differ
so widely and feel
so strongly on this subject that a closer look at the
biblical evidence is advisable.
That is a far, far different meaning than the «instant obedience» often held up as the epitome of Christian faith and
evidence of love for God and, by extension, the goal of
so - called «
Biblical parenting.»