Sentences with phrase «clear teaching of»

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It seems as though, during the last half - century, the results of science and the beliefs of religion had come into a position of frank disagreement, from which there can be no escape, except by abandoning either the clear teaching of science, or the clear teaching of religion.

Certainly these grave reasons can exist; but the clear teaching of the magisterium is that NFP is natural only when such reasons exist.

In light of the parable of the Good Samaritan and the clear teaching of Matthew 5:43 ff., one is compelled to say that those who fail to aid the poor and oppressed (whether they are believers or not) are simply not the people of God.

When forced to choose between the logical result of a theological position or the clear teaching of Scripture, we must choose Scripture every time.

There doesn't seem to be any prohibition against women teaching kids and certainly women can teach other women, but God isn't going to put a calling on anyone or anything that directly contradicts the clear teaching of scripture.

Indeed Craig, in fact perhaps we should accept that God will not put a calling on highly paid preachers, clerical titles and controlling domineering «elders» because such things directly contradict the clear teaching of scripture.

Whether or not Jesus allowed for an exception to his proscription of divorce — and whether or not that exception applies to sexual infidelity or only to incestuous marriages — the clear teaching of Matthew 19:3 - 9 must not be obscured: The intent of God in Creation was that male and female be joined in a permanent union.

We have seen how St. Augustine, in spite of his clear teaching of the goodness of the creation, asserted the superiority of loving God to loving the world because God is eternal and the world is temporal.9 This devaluation of the temporal world is a remnant of platonism.

Retelling very clear teaching of God as somehow all due to original sin is presumptuous.

So if we think that the word «salvation» refers to «eternal life,» then the clear teaching of Scripture is that receiving and keeping eternal life is conditional about believing the right things and behaving in the right way.

To accept evolution is to deny the clear teaching of scripture and to call God a liar.

It seems clear to me (I have been putting off and coming out of the religion of men for 28 years) that the clear teaching of Scripture is that Man IS a Body AND Spirit in combination — and the experience of this interaction is the ephemeral thing we call Consciousness — «Soul».

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This hubris is in contradistinction to the clear teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church» for the Catechism, while assuming a serious dialogue among government officials, just war analysts, and the public, nonetheless teaches (at § 2309) that «the evaluation of these [just war] conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good.»

Why believe at all if you are not going to adhere to the clear teaching of the bible?

How do we respond to anyone that refuses to listen to the clear teaching of Christ concerning sin?

In departing from the clear teaching of the Church on our sexual identity, we do injury to our personal dignity as being male or female image - bearers of God and prevent ourselves from resolving the most fundamental question each of us strives to answer: «Who am I?»

It is in keeping with both the clear teaching of scripture and Jesus» methods that He would have interacted similarly with a person He knew to be engaged in homosexuality, saying to this dear person, «My son / my daughter, do not continue in this.»

[8] We tend to smile at such forthrightness but is it because we have dismissed the whole idea of concupiscence, and shrink from the concept of the flesh having to be brought into subjection; and this, despite the clear teaching of St. Paul (I Corinthians 9:27; Ephesians 6:1 Off)?

Quite the contrary, I am convinced that when Scripture is studied in its various contexts, eternal security is the clear teaching of the Bible.

Exactly, but, when one chooses to ignore the clear teachings of scripture, you wind up like our professor friend, with a reprobate mind, believing a lie.

If we're not careful we render the clear teachings of scripture void and meaningless in the name of challenging assumptions.

Craig you said...... If we're not careful we render the clear teachings of scripture void and meaningless in the name of challenging assumptions.

More problematically, when we defend these false descriptions of man, we go against the clear teachings of the Church and lead others to embrace one of the great confusions of our age.

One article concludes that «each of us must decide whether we are going to trust the secular opinions of human beings, or the clear teachings of the Bible.»

My point is that, despite insistent claims that they simply follow the «clear teachings of the Bible,» complementarians themselves are not in total agreement on what those teachings are.

i would like to say here and now that if i resorted to torture that i will have abandoned the clear teachings of Jesus.

This is because those who do not take the Bible seriously claim these clear teachings of Scripture have a «cultural» component.

Not exact matches

«By taking the time to teach the orientation, the clear message that comes across is that we value them and their work so highly that the head of the company is willing to sit with them to go over things,» he says.

The song — direct, clear and insanely catchy — is part of publishing company Flocabulary's new 12 - unit course aimed at teaching students grades sixth through 12 financial literacy.

We've compiled a list of expert - taught courses that offer clear, easy - to - follow instruction on entrepreneurial must - knows — and have split them into beginner and experienced tracks so you can easily find resources tailored to your experience level.

The university has a clear strategic direction — «Eyes High» — to become one of Canada's top five research universities by 2016, grounded in innovative learning and teaching and fully integrated with the community of Calgary.

Lidow encapsulates years of trial and error and teaches what's required for successful entrepreneurship with a clear methodology.

He said that all universities» schools of Marxism should follow a clear - cut political orientation and teaching principles.

In clear defiance of the lessons taught by the Global Financial Crisis, the price of new homes in Iceland have hit a record in the first quarter of 2012, having surged 40.1 percent since the final three months of 2010, according to estimates by the National Registry of Iceland in Reykjavik.

But there are few who teach design and business marketing with such a clear, concise and immediately usable approach as Pamela Wilson of Big Brand System.

Having spent much of the past decade teaching lawyers around the world to manage their projects, I've come «round to a different — and I believe clearer — way to frame that definitional issue: What does success look like?

The failed trader's mentality teaches us lots of important aspect of the trading including the importance of research, discipline, and strategizing every trade with a clear - cut goal and risk - management.

In fact, the Tanach is very clear to the Jews that the only covenant they have (and will ever have) is the one pounded out between G - d and the Jews on Mt. Sinai (which, if you read the fine print AND the NT is allowed to be understood / interpreted by designated leaders in the Jewish society; Jesus believed those people to be the Pharisees and told his JEWISH followers to adhere to Pharisee teachings... the Pharisees were the honorable, compassionate end of the theology spectrum in the first century instead of the bad rap they get from a mis - reading of the NT (done generally with no comprehension of Jewish culture or history).

The teachings of Christ are crystal clear — that we must love our enemies, bless those who persecute us, pray for those who hate us — and not that they receive condemnation, but that their hearts may be turned to ways of true justice, love, and peace.

And to be clear, Oh Brother: I have no problem with a criticism of how science is taught.

Catholics, in turn, teach that the Magisterium exercised by the successors of the apostles — which they believe is intended by Christ, is guided by the Holy Spirit, and is in clear continuity with the orthodox tradition — enables the Church to explicate the truth of Holy Scripture obediently and accurately.

... while Paul VI did write that it was his responsibility to sift the material he had been given by many advisers, including the papal commission on marriage and fertility that Pope John XXIII had established and that he, Paul, had expanded, he also made clear that the teaching of Humanae Vitae rested, not on the personal conscience of Giovanni Battista Montini, but on the mature conviction of Pope Paul VI as custodian and servant, not master, of the Catholic tradition.

Jesus did have an incredibly clear cut position on violence, one that Christians typically ignore (like most of his teachings): «Turn the other cheek.»

so glad YOU know what god means... why don't you enlighten the rest of us becuase the bible is full of contradictions... I am going to come here everyday now to see if you can fill me in... but unless you can clear it up for me post haste, I am going to continue to view belief in god as silly and childish which it is and that is how I teach it... I don't say «all of you listen: god doesn't exist.»

The Qur «an never asks a Christian or Jew to accept it because their own scripture has become corrupt, rather they are asked to accept the Qur «an because the Qur «an claims, 1 / to confirm the teaching of the Bible, 2 / that Muhammad is foretold in the Torah and Gospel, 3 / the Qur «anic teaching makes clear what the Jews and Christians could not understand properly from their own scriptures.

The positions taken are not directly, or even plausibly, the necessary consequence of clear and authoritative teaching.

With Easter, all that has been obscure about his life, his teaching, his works and his fate becomes radiantly clear: this Risen One is the «first - born among many brethren» (Romans 8:29); he is the new Temple (Revelation 21:22); and by embracing him we enter the dwelling place of God among us (Revelation 21:3).

Just to clear a couple of things up, we are taught regularly that we should love our neighbor.