Sentences with phrase «by biblical writers»

In modern times, increasing use of «the historical method» has led to insistence upon the variety of the outlooks expressed by biblical writers and sometimes to the refusal to lay emphasis upon their common faith.

I disagreed fiercely at first, but eventually decided it was unimportant to the claims of Christianity — just like a spherical earth or a heliocentric solar system is, even though neither were believed by the biblical writers.

Ecological theologies that are shaped by biblical materials require a thorough analysis of the various views of nature held by biblical writers.

Similarly, when one examines the treatment of slaves encouraged by the biblical writers, it is decidedly more generous than that of other cultures... although the categorization of slaves as property, the use of slaves for reproductive purposes, and leniency regarding beatings, remains troubling, or «needing further movement,» according to Webb.

For example, that the cosmology assumed by the Biblical writers is prescientific and untenable had long been evident.

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 time.

The various metaphors from nature, on the other hand — organism, process, body, ground of being — tend to rule out full explication of the historical dimension as it is attested by the biblical writers.

Onan's refusal to impregnate his widowed sister - in - law, a refusal expressed in his deliberate withdrawal before ejaculation, was interpreted by the biblical writer as so serious a violation of divine decree that Onan was killed by Yahweh.

Not exact matches

God has already maligned Himself by inspiring biblical writers to record horrendous acts against people, many of which appear to be on the same level as those crimes committed by men like Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein.

Science may tell us much that the biblical writers did not know about the processes by which God continually fashions an unfinished world, but it can not go beyond the great truth stated in Genesis 1:1, «In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.»

(I.v.) Demonstrations of the Bible's thematic coherence were made by various writers of the British Biblical Theology school: e.g., A. M. Hunter, The Message of the New Testament (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1944); A. G. Hebert, The Bible from Within (London: Oxford University Press, 1950); H. H. Rowley, The Unity of the Bible (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1955).

The biblical writer is clear on this point, for he portrays at length, by assuming the role of king, the vanity and emptiness of those «Greeks» who work at having fun (Eccl.

He then summarizes the biblical arguments offered by «the Fathers and writers of the Church» and their «explicit affirmation» of the doctrine.

It is, in particular, the second of evangelicalism's two tenets, i. e., Biblical authority, that sets evangelicals off from their fellow Christians.8 Over against those wanting to make tradition co-normative with Scripture; over against those wanting to update Christianity by conforming it to the current philosophical trends; over against those who view Biblical authority selectively and dissent from what they find unreasonable; over against those who would understand Biblical authority primarily in terms of its writers» religious sensitivity or their proximity to the primal originating events of the faith; over against those who would consider Biblical authority subjectively, stressing the effect on the reader, not the quality of the source — over against all these, evangelicals believe the Biblical text as written to be totally authoritative in all that it affirms.

Although Biblical authority is asserted as a hallmark of the movement, it is daily called into question by the independent and contradictory theological opinions which are being given dogmatic status by evangelical writers.

being verbally inspired, the Biblical writers were also supernaturally enabled by God to understand the best way to take certain non-revelational, cultural matters, and without changing them, use them to enhance the communication of revelational truths to the original hearers or readers.47

Those who advocate for «biblical equality» often overlook those passages in which women are clearly regarded by the writers of Scripture as less than equal.]

Kurt Willems is an Anabaptist writer and pastor who is preparing for church planting by finishing work towards a Master of Divinity degree at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary.

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.

But the fact that the land was originally acquired by force was erased from the minds of the biblical writers because of the deeply moral and spiritual heritage which the people of Israel developed there.

When Paul says that «all Scripture is inspired by God» (2 Tim 3:16), he doesn't mean that the biblical writers received God's word while rolling around in some trance, totally unaware of what was going on.

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While King David and Paul and just about every biblical writer speaks extensively about the profound effects of sin on our lives, there's not as much Scriptural support as you might think for the notion of «total depravity» as is often explained by Christians.

The biblical writers were untroubled by many of the questions we raise; they were simply narrating what they believed to be true about God's continuous activity in history.

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 document collecting sayings by Jesus, referred to by biblical scholars by this name, has long been posited as a source for the Gospel writers.

Finally, the writer [apparently] operates on the mistaken view that if we can only get at least 51 percent of the voting populace to be swayed sufficiently by our coalesced, power structure, emotional appeals, and biblical truth (used only where it will work), then we can pass laws outlawing abortion.

Christian preachers, biblical scholars, theologians, writers, conference speakers, broadcasters and Christian media organisations have immense power by having access to opportunities for communication that others don't have.

Equally puzzling is the inclusion of Edmund Leach's essay «Fishing for Men on the Edge of the Wilderness,» which has little to recommend it but the author's eminence as perhaps the world's leading structural anthropologist — who here wishes to demonstrate that structuralism enables a style of biblical exegesis not unlike «the typological style of argument employed by the majority of early Christian writers.»

Secondly, I have called the paper «Biblical Views of Nature» because I do not believe there is any one view held by the whole range of biblical Biblical Views of Nature» because I do not believe there is any one view held by the whole range of biblical biblical writers.

According to the biblical writers, they were punished for this by the destruction of the northern state of Israel in 722 BCE and by the destruction of Jerusalem in 593 BCE, which was followed by the exile in Babylon of the leading citizens of Judah.

Kurt is writer and pastor who is preparing for church planting by finishing work towards a Master of Divinity degree at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary.

To this we may reply, with the Church Fathers, that the Scriptures were breathed out by a common Spirit, operating mysteriously in union with the free agency of the biblical writers in their varied times and places.

A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature edited by David Lyle Jeffrey Eerdmans, 960 pages, $ 80 A mammoth new reference work, certain to be a standard and invaluable resource, this «dictionary» contains hundreds of articles on biblical figures, motifs, concepts, quotations, and allusions» both in their scriptural context and as they have been used and understood by English - speaking writers and scholars since the MiddBiblical Tradition in English Literature edited by David Lyle Jeffrey Eerdmans, 960 pages, $ 80 A mammoth new reference work, certain to be a standard and invaluable resource, this «dictionary» contains hundreds of articles on biblical figures, motifs, concepts, quotations, and allusions» both in their scriptural context and as they have been used and understood by English - speaking writers and scholars since the Middbiblical figures, motifs, concepts, quotations, and allusions» both in their scriptural context and as they have been used and understood by English - speaking writers and scholars since the Middle Ages.

They contended that the biblical writers were conditioned by the times in which they lived, and that biblical religion, like all religion, was subject to historical development.

But the «rootedness» of the historic churches is offset by a sorry record concerning faithfulness to an honest scriptural exegesis based on the original intent of the biblical writer or writers in question.

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The writer builds his story around the life of biblical Gideon who was being haunted by an altar his father brought from a foreign land.

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The new preview for writer - director Darren Aronofsky's cinematic retelling of the biblical flood features more battle scenes than you might have expected, as an army led by Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins) tries to storm Noah's vessel, as Hopkins yells, «Take the ark!»