Sentences with phrase «biblical times by»

Apparently: «The new Gospel Champions series takes children back to biblical times by recreating Gospel stories in a state - of - the - art game that intertwines action / adventure gameplay with sequenced elements of Bible stories.»

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I spent a lot of time ostracized by fellow churchgoers because I dared question meanings and interpretations of biblical passages.

She applauded Stewart's retort to Huckabee regarding «biblical marriage» by pointing out the polygamy that was prevalent in times past.

You can't counter with any evidence the obvious biblical evidence recorded by REAL people describing ACTUAL events of the time.

The same thing followed throughout Biblical times, man tried earning redemption by own merits and efforts / works but could not keep God's Covenants & Law, man's efforts were not sufficient.

Buber contends that the fact that the Holy Land is also inhabited by another people (as it always has been, from biblical to modern times) should not be an obstacle but instead is a challenge to embody that divine call in the modern world.

However, we should not allow us to be totally seduced by this Victorian version of the season, and recall that in the biblical stories, and in centuries past, this was a time when the world turned upside down.

Both texts are greatly aided by a proper understanding of how adoption worked in biblical times.

Others have thought theologically from a perspective shaped by study of the Near Eastern religions of Biblical times.

By this «in - mythologizing,» there is the possibility of penetration into the reality which the ancient cosmology and the mythology used by the biblical writers was attempting to state in language appropriate to their timBy this «in - mythologizing,» there is the possibility of penetration into the reality which the ancient cosmology and the mythology used by the biblical writers was attempting to state in language appropriate to their timby the biblical writers was attempting to state in language appropriate to their time.

While it is true that the biblical view of creation sanctifies time and nature as created by God — and therefore good — it does not follow that the creation accounts as such are to be understood chronologically or as natural history.

The alternative method, often used by scholars, considers one epoch of Biblical religion at a time, presenting the entire complex of ideas which characterized that era, and then moves on to study the next succeeding epoch as a whole.

Some of our greatest leaders, Jefferson and Lincoln included, though profoundly influenced by modern philosophy, have risen to a biblical level of insight in our times of need.

The strong, biblical foundation which took root in his childhood has remained an important influence throughout his life, but by the time he went up to Cambridge, he was having doubts about whether evangelical Protestantism was for him.

Science and natural history as we know them simply did not exist, even though they owe a debt to the positive value given to space, time, matter and history by the biblical affirmation of creation.

I think the biblical writings written by men were canonized and catalogued by men... men of their times... and that they had, each one separate and different... ideas of God that they wanted to communicate... and that this served their political, social, cultural, and religious ends, etc..

GO read up on floggins done by the Romans in Biblical times!..

In contrast to people in biblical times «modern man acknowledges as reality only such phenomena or events as are comprehensible within the framework of the rational order of the universe... the thinking of modem men is really shaped by the scientific world - view, and.

Salem Kirban was a biblical - prophecy guru who flourished in the 1970s — think of a minor - league Hal Lindsey — who produced a Bible in which every passage of Scripture relating to the end times was highlighted, magnified, commented on, and surrounded by illustrations.

Seems like I feel the same way about you — there is so much that has been dug up by biblical archaeologist and ignored by your type — every time someone like you opens their mouth a biblical archaeologist shoves another spade in it.

The christmas myth as told by western culture, is a jumble of faith, popular culture, earlier festivals, and it is held at a time of year that is clearly not in line with biblical accounts of the birth of Jesus.

The fact that people are tempted to abuse Scripture by calling upon it to support whatever they believe is one of the reasons it is inappropriate most of the time to think that the primary theological debate is about whether the biblical text is authoritative or not.

At the same time they have not been limited to the purely topical but have combined it with ideal motives inspired by socialistic and Biblical teachings on social justice.

In its immensities of time and space, as well as in its love of endless diversity, it sacramentalizes the generosity, extravagance, and unpredictability of the creator known by biblical faith as the God of promise.

This assertion that there is a distinctive time - consciousness in the Biblical world view is made by Professor Paul Minear.

At the same time, it opens the way for theologians more decisively guided by the distinctive character of biblical faith and of Christian symbols and images to appropriate the achievements of process thinkers into their own understanding.

For families whose time is completely monopolized by caring for their family, again, not a bad thing, it's biblical to care for the family first, there isn't as much they can do to invest in the mission of Jesus because they don't have a lot of time.

The interpreter has to look for that meaning which a biblical writer intended and expressed in his particular circumstances, and in his historical and cultural context, by means of such literary genres as were in use at his time, To understand correctly what a biblical writer intended to assert, due attention is needed both to the customary and characteristic ways of feeling, speaking and storytelling which were current in his time, and to the social conventions of the period.

The God of the biblical narrative is not an unmoved mover, majestic monarch or all - determining controller of history who is untouched by the vagaries of time and change.

This is not to deny that those who are educated in biblical studies and at the same time enlightened by the Spirit are able to understand the cultural and theological ramifications of the revelation of the Word of God far better than those who are illiterate in these areas.

He seemed to be unaware of this actual process, even though some of the centers of biblical form and literary criticism, (especially in Austria - Germany (ie Tubingen University)-RRB- HAD begun to be aware of the historical, (archeologically validated) processes, (and eventually at Harvard and Yale and Princeton, and I'm sure other places I don't know about), by the time Smith was doing his thing.

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.

But if you have the Story firmly in your head, with a good grasp of various biblical ways of telling it, what you teach by opportunity will, over time, exhibit a visible coherence that it wouldn't otherwise have.

I am, of course, not enough of a biblical expert to write a commentary, but I figure that if I start now, by the time I'm 80 or 90 and know enough to write a commentary (although does anyone ever know enough?)

Although I believe that modern Christians can be instructed by biblical perspectives on church and family, I am not advocating a return to some earlier time when the church may seem to have been more faithful.

Now, in seeking a more biblical and grace - filled response, we can not erase our past mistakes, however, we can control our attitudes and responses in the future by being both clear and gracious at the same time.

For a time biblical criticism played a creative role in genuine liberation and individuation, insofar as its «agentic» function was dialectically related to what Bakan calls «the communion function,» that is, the process by which separation is finally overcome.

Biblical time which is full of promise, judgement and transcendence has been replaced by the mere succession of chronology.

On the other hand, such activities require the perspective of Biblical faith which seeks the Kingdom of God on earth without falling into the illusion that we are going to bring this Kingdom into being by our own actions or that we can expect to participate in it within our own time.

Niebuhr introduces his own constructive discussion with several statements which are not only a correct report of the biblical - theological situation in our time, but also provide material for our effort to say something useful about the theme of this lecture: what are the requirements for preaching which are suggested by this search for a proper theological method?

This new apologetic task is not unlike other apologetic tasks undertaken by Christianity in other periods, especially at the time the biblical tradition encountered the Greco - Roman world in the first centuries of the Christian era, from Paul to Augustine, and at the time of the transition from the Middle Ages to the dawn of modernity, including the great reformations of Europe and the Americas.

By the end of that century, archaeologists had excavated a number of the ruins and were learning about everyday life during biblical times.

The book, «Biblical Eldership,» by Alex Strauch, is a very thorough book on the topic of Scriptural ministers of the Lord, and gives a terrific background of what it was like to be an elder / pastor in New Testament times.

What troubles me is this: When discussing how to apply the Bible both personally and in public policy, nine times out of ten, the words of Jesus are trumped by some other biblical passage or are discounted as impractical.

I read this article by charisma magazine which i thought was well written which is pro Women preaching http://www.charismamag.com/blogs/fire-in-my-bones/16851-why-i-defend-women-preachers This debate is an on going one John Piper who i respect as a bible preacher believes that scripture is clear women shouldnt have authority over men or teach in the church some go as far as saying women shouldnt preach in sunday school if the classes are mixed.Personally i think times are changing and i say that because i have a women manager she has authority over me and other men so if we follow the biblical example i shouldnt allow myself to be in that situation which is just crazy thinking.

good hetero modeling with little idle time to be tempted by the lifestyle and we cd sleep soundly in the knowledge that those unfortunate gays, who are born with that terrible genetic defect, were being loved by people who take biblical integrity seriously.

I guess the ruins of the roman emperior in Biblical time, the actual corpses and burial places of Biblical people, and the places you can see and feel with your own feet and hands, Iserial and Persia, is all an illusion and made up by man.

But biblical writers have been so outspoken in expressing their despair, their abandonment by God, their emptiness, that their words have lent a voice to distressed Jews and Christians of all times.

A review of a book by Roger Haight that surveys Christologies from Biblical times to the present.

When a person truly dies a Biblical death (By Biblical, I'm referring to the fact that they are not coming back any time soon), they will stand in judgement before the Lord.