Sentences with phrase «biblical passages point»

Not exact matches

In this work he commented one by one on all his writings, giving details about the date and circumstances of the work, noting places where he had changed his mind, pointing out passages where he got things wrong, for example where he had cited a biblical text from memory and not gotten it correct.

I, (and many biblical scholars and fellow Christians), would argue the point of these passages is not that patriarchy is the best foundation for marriage, but rather that the humility and service of Jesus Christ is the best example for marriage... and any relationship.

I have yet to meet anyone who claims to have been convinced that what the Bible says is true, or who claims to have been convinced about the correctness of a particular interpretation of any Biblical passage by someone who wanted to argue those points.

«In particular, those who saw in Scripture a sanction for slavery were both more insistent on pointing to the passages that seemed so transparently to support their position and more confident in decrying the wanton disregard for divine revelation that seemed so willfully to dismiss biblical truths.»

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?

For we have already pointed out that the biblical passage is late, and, though we can not date it within a couple of centuries, it is probably not earlier than Plato and may easily be as late as Zeno.

Yet, some biblical scholars point out that this passage can only refer to the homosexual acts of heterosexual persons.7 This is because the writers of the Bible did not distinguish between a homosexual orientation and same - gender sexual acts.

Yet as we look at each of the Five Points in more detail in subsequent posts, we will make room for other Calvinistic voices to be heard as well, and as we look at the biblical passages they use to defend their theology, we will see that Calvinism may not be as reasonable or biblical as it first appears.

Despite my hesitancy to use selective passages of Scripture to «make a point» and my general aversion to bullet - points, I felt it necessary to include a more detailed presentation of a biblical alternative to exclusivism for the benefit of those readers who are themselves searching for one.

The passage in 1 Samuel 8 where Israel asks for a king is a pivotal point in the biblical narrative.

It may mean printing the text and pointing out specific verses or quoting them with sufficient frequency that it becomes clear that these verses are present, that the ways in which the passage was remembered — the past interpretations brought to the present hearing — have overlooked these verses, that these are not the creation of the preacher but are the biblical text.

It's odd that they find so many folks to demonize because of arcane biblical passages yet continue to pray in public despite the pointed criticism of such actions by their Creator.

In «Proverbs,» a passage from the biblical book of the same name provides the starting point for a meditation on sexual love.

This is the first of five revision sheets, aimed at the OCR GCSE Philosophy (Unit B602) Paper 2, with some key points and some Biblical passages.

This is the final revision sheet in a series of five, aimed at the OCR GCSE Philosophy (Unit B602) Paper 2, with some key points and suggested Biblical passages, looking at what Christians rely on to determine how they should behave.