Sentences with phrase «defended by scripture»

The end result is that we can agree with much of what science says about the formation of the Grand Canyon while at the same time, seeing that such views are supported and defended by Scripture.

And according to some, this way of church growth seems to be defended by Scripture.

Not exact matches

They are rarely used, and most people groan when you get to the genealogies of Scripture in their Bible reading, but they are often some of the passages in the Bible which help defend it from the frequent attacks that are leveled against the Bible by it's critics.

Many Calvinists seem to try to defend their views by simply quoting Scripture, without being willing to have a discussion about what those Scriptures actually mean.

After this, we will look carefully at numerous texts from Scripture which are often used by Calvinists to defend the doctrine of Unconditional Election, and will suggest alternative explanations for these texts which fit better with their grammatical, cultural, theological, and historical contexts.

It is important to clarify: I am not suggesting a new approach to concordism, the hapless temptation to defend a literal interpretation of Scripture, for example, by distorting the latest hot topics in relativistic physics or geology.

One recent paper read at a meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (again, by a scholar from one of Lindsell's «safe» schools) vigorously defended the inerrancy doctrine but then rushed on to the hermeneutical level to distinguish between the timebound Weltbild of Scripture which may be discarded and the eternal Weltanschauung of Scripture which must be preserved.

Week by week she fought for an evangelical view of scripture, in spite of the liberal disposition of her tutors, having to work harder than her fellow students in order to defend her position in one - to - one tutorials.

Over the next several posts, I want to explain the history of the doctrine of the Inspiration of Scripture, the passages that are used to defend it, and provide a slightly modified and nuanced approach to the process by which I think God might have superintended the writing of Scripture.

What we need to defend is that which is essential; and that which is essential is the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, with its Scriptures, its sacraments, its life in Grace, its faith as witnessed by the Creeds, and its holy order as symbolized and continued in the Apostolic ministry.

The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It by Peter Enns.

(One does not defend Scripture by undermining the doctrine of nature established in Scripture.)

The fact that Nicene views prevailed, and have been defended over and over again by great theologians and biblical scholars down the centuries, only confirms the conclusion that the Nicene Fathers correctly discerned the meaning of Scripture on the vital issue of the nature of Christ.

'' We say, pronounce, sentence, and declare that you, the above - mentioned Galileo, because of the things deduced in the trial and confessed by you as above, have rendered yourself according to this Holy Office vehemently suspected of heresy, namely of having held and believed a doctine which is false and contrary to the divine and Holy Scripture: that the sun is the center of the world and does not move from east to west, and the earth moves and is not the center of the world, and that one may hold and defend as probable an opinion after it has been declared and defined contrary to Holy Scripture.»

Slavery in the United States was supported by Christians who saw it as God's will, defending it with scripture and opposed by Christians who saw it as not God's will attacking it with scripture.

There are also some tech - savvy monks, led by Scripture - faced Methodius (Highlander's Christopher Lambert), who vow to defend Danny in their own special way.