Sentences with phrase «deals with scripture»

Historical - criticism always deals with Scripture as a series of fragmented works from different periods and by definition remains at the basic level of human hypothesis.

I am aware of my own human fallibility, and scenarios like that which you mentioned make me very careful when dealing with Scripture and give me pause, deep pause, before I disgard it as cultural.

Sanctification is what you are describing and your right but what you are saying does not deal with the scripture commands to 1.

I am not sure I can deal with every Scripture passage on the topics, but will try to look at the key texts.

Same goes for all of us when dealing with the scriptures / writings.

Not exact matches

The scripture dealing with Judas having been better off not being born, simply relates to the shame he will feel in due time when he is resurrected on earth to find earth's billions acknowledging him as the betrayer of the world's saviour, yikes!!

As both Kugel and Reno document in detail, Jesus and Paul read their Scriptures with a great deal of interpretative freedom.

The intention behind the law simply is: caring about others as you care about yourself — this is pleasing an idea to God — Creator of the creation — and basically the scriptures only want us to deal with this delicate balance of «treating others» kindly.

The kind of relationships between two consenting adults of the same sex demonstrably abounding among us — relationships that are responsible and mutual, affirming and fulfilling — are not dealt with in the Scriptures.

There are numerous other contextual issues from Scripture that could be considered, but these are three of the central background problems for dealing with the events of the flood.

It sounds interesting and I would be curious to see what prompted your change and how you now view some of the passages in Scripture dealing with election with a more of «missional» focus rather than one of individualized salvation.

But as we move through the scriptures and analyze the accounts of how God deals with human beings, coercion is rare.

Their treatment of the Jewish scriptures is influenced by the way these are dealt with in the New Testament, especially by Paul.

Frankly, I am a little skeptical of some of the elements in these creeds since they were developed after Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire, and I fear that some of the statements of these creeds were politically motivated, and were heavily influenced by Roman Emperors, rather than by honestly dealing with the text of Scripture.

«To speak of God's Kingdom,» says Wright in Scripture and the Authority of God, «is thus to invoke God as the sovereign one who has the right, the duty, and the power to deal appropriately with evil in the world, in Israel, and in human beings, and thereupon to remake the world, Israel, and human beings.»

The date of the Passover, however, Nisan 15, is stated in Scripture, so I'm not sure how Jesus dealt with this.

In these chapters he shows why Scripture is not divine inerrant Word of God, and argues that such a view is impossible if we deal seriously and literally with the text, the way we all claim to do.

«To speak of God's Kingdom,» says Wright, «is thus to invoke God as the sovereign one who has the right, the duty, and the power to deal appropriately with evil in the world, in Israel, and in human beings, and thereupon to remake the world, Israel, and human beings... When full allowance is made for the striking differences of genre and emphasis within scripture, we may propose that Israel's sacred writings were the place where, and the means by which, Israel discovered again and again who the true God was, and how his Kingdom - purposes were being taken forward... Through scripture, God was equipping his people to serve his purposes.»

The movements Howell mentioned were all led by powerful personalities, but they also dealt with basic issues of Baptist identity and Christian faith: namely, the balance of Scripture and tradition as norms of belief and practice (Campbellism); the nature of the true church and its identity markers (Landmarkism); and the reality of divine grace in the plan of salvation (hyper «Calvinism).

And as to the scripture dealing only with those «who have gone past questioning on to disbelief» you are just flat out wrong.

Principles of interpretation (Hermeneutics) 1) Literal Principle — Scripture is to be understood in its natural, normal sense, read literally 2) Grammar Principle — Deal with what it says in the way it says it, be it using metaphor, simile, narrative, etc. 3) Historical Principle — Read the Bible in its historical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interpret Scripture

The audio links above (God's covenant of grace) deals precisely with the scriptures in question, followed by «Noah's flood» which goes a bit deeper to reveal the spiritual truth within the Genesis text.

The first is that Paul, having no idea he was writing Scripture, dealt with whatever situation called forth a letter.

When dealing with the inerrancy of Scripture, it is important to recognize that there are typically only 24 problems that people point to, and of these, only 12 are fairly serious.

Other tasks, too, besides interpreting Scripture face theologians, tasks both intramural (dealing with the church) and extramural (dialoguing with the world)- tasks of phenomenological analysis of theologies past and present and of apologetics, philosophical, evangelistic, and defensive - but these can not be spoken of here either.

This book not only deals with preliminary issues surrounding Luke and Acts such as the context of Luke and Acts in the canon of Scripture, and the unity of authorship for Luke and Acts, but also deals with numerous theological themes and issues in Luke and Acts such as salvation, the person and work of Jesus Christ, the coming of the Holy Spirit, the ongoing role of Israel and the Law, and the beginnings of the church.

To deal with issues involving inspiration is more than to make an apologetic appeal to the character of Scripture's autographs which we no longer possess.

I have a hunch that one explanation accounts for the silence of evangelical biblical scholars more than any other: the basic fear that their findings, as they deal with the text of Scripture, will conflict with the popular understanding of what inerrancy entails.

A note on the Scriptural references: Because this paper deals with our understanding of Scripture and challenges the traditionally held position and doctrines, I have made an effort to give biblical references where appropriate.

The kind of relationships between two consenting adults of the same sex demonstrably abounding among us - relationships that are responsible and mutual, affirming and fulfilling - are not dealt with in the Scriptures.

Hermeneutics is often defined as the art of interpreting Scripture and therefore deals with principles of interpretation.

Bonhoeffer's popular book Life Together deals with the practical relations of the church's life in Christ, including his concept of Christian community; how the community should worship by always including scripture, hymns and prayer both individual and common; personal worship that includes meditation, prayer and intercession; the problems of the church that require learning control of the tongue, meekness, listening, forbearing and proclaming.

[1] He acknowledges that a truly historical approach is necessary, but while it only deals with the isolated past as past it «does not exhaust the interpretive task for someone who sees the biblical writings as a single corpus of Holy Scripture inspired by God».

The scripture is very plain in how people like this should be dealt with.

A good read that has been helpful to me is Why Not Women by Bruce Hamilton and Loren Cunningham which deals with the modern church backwardness toward women and their use of scripture to try and maintain male power structures and eliminate feminine influence.

Finally, it may be helpful to conceive the di - polar nature of the preaching task hermeneutically, for the struggle to achieve unity in sermons that deal seriously with Scripture is also the struggle of Biblical interpretation.

His father will have to deal with his own judgements and scriptures he quoted in the past

In short, the Bible can be our Scripture insofar as we allow our real, modern selves to deal honestly with it.

Nevertheless, it seems from various clues in Exodus and other texts in Scripture dealing with the Israelite exodus from Egypt that it was never God's intention to break Pharaoh or destroy Egypt.

Most of them were well versed in Scriptures, religious history, liturgy, church law, and other tools of their trade, but they knew very little about the human beings with whom they had to deal.

Webb deals with the troubling passages concerning slaves, women, and homosexuals by applying what he calls a redemptive movement hermeneutic to distinguish between cultural and trans - cultural components within Scripture.

However, since it deals with some of the primary Scriptures about Satan, angels, and demons, this book is the foundation for the other two.

Why should churches allow their perverted behaviors into settings when scriptures tell us we shouldn't deal with sinners that refuse to stop sinning?

If hermeneutics in general is, in Dilthey's phrase, the interpretation of expressions of life fixed in written texts, then Christian hermeneutics deals with the unique relation between the Scriptures and what they refer to, the «kerygma» (the proclamation).

To evil Bob The scriptures you picked were really interesting in the fact that they dealt with evil spirits and in one a real person leading Gods people astray and doing evil acts and worshiping other gods, just like today.

But as you read, just recognize that there are other ways of dealing with the violence in Scripture than by assigning these activities to God and calling them «good and just.»

Nowhere in his discussion of ancient Israel or early Christianity does Greenberg deal with theological interpretations of scripture in those traditions.

I would go further and state that most expository sermons do not actually teach the passage of Scripture being dealt with.

Since the early church had no set «canon of Scripture» (we'll deal with this later), no universally accepted doctrinal statements or creeds, no seminaries to teach «correct doctrine», and no Pope or Denominational leaders to decide between disagreeing factions, there was a lot of disagreement in the early church about what was truth and what was «heresy.»

I've committed a year of my life to exploring and wrestling with every passage of Scripture that deals with women, painstakingly wading through commentary after commentary, struggling to figure out how to apply these passages to my life!