Sentences with phrase «biblical position»

I agree there is no clear biblical position on gun ownership, however, there is precedent to respect human life on every page.

Having been taught my whole life that exclusivism was the only truly biblical position, I nearly gave up on the Christian faith altogether when my moral objections to it became too overwhelming for me to ignore.

The consistent biblical position, however, is that only trust or hope can fully energize the ethical life.

I'd been convinced that young earth creationism (absent of any evolution at all) was a fundamental tenant of the Christian faith and the only truly biblical position... so rather than simply questioning my approach to science, I questioned my entire faith in God.

Most of our official Church doctrine was developed in the Greco - Roman world in the several centuries after Jesus of Nazareth, and does not necessarily represent the Biblical position; (2) For me to claim that my position is right and (therefore) that all others are wrong does not mean that I claim that the others are not valid Christian beliefs.

Ethicists must look not only at the Israelite context but also at the moral values of the surrounding culture or cultures on any given moral point, for often the biblical position is taken in direct response to some contrary moral behavior.

What are the theological implications of a change away from the biblical position where God is seen as supreme to the position where people's religious needs are seen as supreme?

Now if you were to ask which of those is the Biblical position on the nature of Jesus of Nazareth, the answer would be «none of them».

What has not been sufficiently grasped, however, are the theological implications of a change away from the biblical position where God is seen as supreme to the position where people's religious needs are seen as supreme.