Sentences with phrase «biblical support»

That's proof - texting and if you go that route you can just as easily find biblical support for genocide.

And even in the new views which are contradictory and have replaced some of the old views... I still have no trouble finding biblical support for them.

The best biblical support for this argument is the story of Job.

The worst part of the way the doctrine has been interpreted but there is Biblical support for the world ending in a sudden way.

The presence of biblical support was not the reason for the teaching.

Both sides could claim fidelity and find good biblical support.

Obviously, there are some solid doctrines to stand on, but I've seen the heresy label thrown at far too little things, especially with far too little Biblical support.

As biblical support he appeals to the woman caught in adultery in the Gospel of John and Nathan's tale to David in 2 Samuel.

Coulter's perspective on the self - inflicted «victimization» of the poor and oppressed not only lacks biblical support; it is anti-biblical.

Kristen Rosser (at Wordgazer's Words): One of the best writers on biblical support for gender equality.

For centuries, there were Christians who argued that the New Testament household codes provided biblical support for preserving the institution of slavery.

Since your initial appeal was for a more civil debate, is it now your contention that any criticism of gay people, no matter how it is phrased, loving as long as the critic claims biblical support?

Can you give Biblical support for the phrase «gifts are given equally to a certain level on the chain of command»

A great deal of very solid biblical support for the rapture.

And they found much Biblical support for the view that God's will is justice and social righteousness.

That does not mean that the idea of Purgatory is necessarily true and it must be assessed in the light of scripture as a whole and, in my view, there's simply not enough biblical support to affirm it as an established doctrine.

Sometimes I wonder who really had the most biblical support back in the 1800s, Christians who used Ephesians 6 to support the institution of slavery, or Christians who used Galatians 3 to support abolition.

Implicit biblical support for democracy does not come from happy idealism about every man's worth or his capacity for sound judgment, rather, it flows from sober realism about every man's tendency to sin against his neighbor if he can get away with it.

I am going to DEMAND that you specify WHICH scripture I have perverted even though I have provided ZERO scriptural claims to back up my claims of biblical support for my view in the first place.

Grenz shows that such a view assumes a rather thin view of sexuality, one that lacks biblical support and neuters the sexuality of Jesus, John the Baptist and many other single saints throughout history.

Today, there are many Christians who argue that the household codes provide biblical support for preserving patriarchy.

They use a lot of good biblical support to explain their position, focusing primarily on Jesus — His teachings and His death on the cross.

They find biblical support for the traditional roles of women and say it not oppressive but God's order, which those liberals are looking to destroy.

[4] But in order to be faithful to the conviction that the origin of all reality lies in God, Augustine considers that matter itself is created and finds biblical support for this doctrine in the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis: he interprets the tohu - bohu (Gen. 1:2) as referring to «the unshapedness of the first matter [informitatem matehae] which thou createdst without form (of which thou wert to make this goodly world)».

May I offer that we can go to the Bible for Biblical support.

But the biblical support for entire sanctification is less than that for predestination.

It is questionable whether either theory has the biblical support that is claimed for it.

But when our interpretations are diametrically opposed and our biblical supports are contradictory, would you be willing to address my central tenet that Jesus shows us how to resolve conflicts like this — love God, love your neighbor, and everything else will follow from there.

The question is, how do you view the concept of confession, and is there any Biblical support for that view?

Just curious cause I'm struggling to discern for myself whether I think it has biblical support.

There is no Biblical support for singling out homosexuality as uniquely offensive to God or harmful to people..

People were asked to accept «by faith» doctrines for which there was no biblical support.

They may summon credal and biblical support as ammunition to defend their position, but their basic defense guards a more primal symbolic integrity.

In such situations, preaching has to address these easy assumptions and blind familiarities; the text of Scripture has to fight its way through the «almost Scripture» that is everywhere to be found and passes for Biblical support of custom and prejudice.

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.

So yes, we do have biblical support for the idea that God sometimes uses relics of his Saints to convey His healing power.

Discovering Biblical Equality, edited by Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis: If you want to take your understanding of the biblical support for Christian egalitarianism to a new level, this is the book for you.

Thank goodness I no longer consider «biblical support» a requirement.

It is ironic that the very carrot Christians yearn for (heaven) and the stick they use to get their children to follow their beliefs (hell) have little or no biblical support.

P.S.. For some biblical support for this position, check out theologian Greg Boyd's articles on control, on Romans 9, and specifically Romans 9:18.

For those who are so committed, it reenforces the importance of what they are doing and gives them further theological and biblical support for their work.