Sentences with phrase «experience over scripture»

What do you think of Matthew's response to the challenge that he is «elevating his experience over Scripture.»

This led some in Matthew's church (he had come out to a small group) to accuse him of «elevating his experience over Scripture.»

«At the heart of mysticism is the primacy of experience over Scripture.

Not exact matches

On the level of authority, the Scripture is set over against reason and tradition (understood both ecclesiastically and as the cumulative and collected wisdom of personal experience).

I know her hard work and service over at Redeemer Presbyterian Church far exceeds her job description and that many, many people have been blessed by her wisdom, experience, insight into Scripture, and grace.

Many works are consciously designed to accommodate «selective» reading, and most readers over the centuries have experienced the Bible in just this way (including Jesus, who frequently quoted Scripture» even as he hung on the cross).

All these scriptures / Biblical teachings created a problem for me as over the years when I would experience psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena as a result of intense / deep prayer and meditation, I actually thought that God was trying to show me a sign or tell me something or he was leading me in a particular direction.

«Neither Peter in his work to include Gentiles in the church nor the abolitionists in their campaign against slavery argued that their experience should take precedence over Scripture,» writes Matthew.