Sentences with phrase «compelled by scripture»

The author finds himself compelled by Scripture, reason and experience to disagree with much of what constitutes traditional doctrine.

This formulation makes sense, but I find myself compelled by Scripture, reason and experience to disagree with much of what constitutes traditional doctrine.

Not exact matches

And to accept the arguments of the abolitionist, our great - great - grandparents had to see beyond the «plain meaning» of proof texts like Ephesians 6:1 - 5, Colossians 3:18 - 25; 4:1, and I Timothy 6:1 - 2 and instead be compelled by the general sweep of Scripture toward justice and freedom.

On page 29 and 30, Dr. Playfair musters compelling Scripture to establish that those addicted to alcohol are called drunkards; that the alcoholic or drug addict is a person controlled by his or her habit; that the Christian is to be «controlled» by the Holy Spirit; that we have a choice in such matters; that substance abuse or misabuse has brought these people «under the power,» and that such «uncontrolled lifestyle» is called unrighteousness (sin).

I think the scriptures teach us that we are compelled by love in how we are to live out our faith and God's mission.

And, you should wrestle with the scriptures for the answers and be compelled to act by what you find.

The texts flowed, The Persons related by Consanguinity and Affinity who are Forbidden to marry by Scripture (1522), The Estate of Marriage (1522), An Exhortation to the Knights of the Teutonic Order that they lay aside False Chastity and assume True Wedlock (1523), That Parents should neither compel nor hinder the Marriage of their Children and That Children should not become engaged without their Parents» Consent (1524).

It's a simple question we're compelled to answer by the scripture in Matthew.

Compelling references continue through the millennia in numerous esoteric texts: the sacred B'on treaties, manuscripts of the Kalki lore, the Puranas, the earliest texts of the Kalachakra Laghutantra, in the even older Kalachakra Mulatantra, and in the ancient wisdom traditions of civilizations throughout the Himalayan regions of Asia and beyond.The Zhang Zhung and Tibetan scriptures refer to the mysterious world as Shambhala I lam - yig, B'on treaties as Olmolungring, Hindu histories as Aryavarth, Chinese as Hsi Tien, and Russian traditions as Belovoyde.In an esoteric treatise composed in the early 1500s by Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup, the Third Panchen Lama describes his remarkable visit to a land of wise masters hidden deep in the Himalayas.