Sentences with phrase «find scriptural»

All find scriptural warrant for progressive views, most commonly in prophetic and apocalyptic texts.

(Christian slave - owners had to work somewhat harder to find scriptural justifications for holding Africans in servitude.)

One can find a scriptural precedent for the development of doctrine in Christ's claim that «when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth.»

I don't want to compare my experience to that of Moses, since I was only called to open my heart, but I find the scriptural account moving in that when Moses first notices the burning bush — a moment we have come to think of as a great theophany — the impression given by the text is more humdrum.

People are finding scriptural justification to cleanse their groups of what they believe is impure.

The early Baptist and Congregationalist churches also found no Scriptural grounds for celebrating Christ's birth.

Not exact matches

Luke 12: 47 - 48: Said passage is a single attestation i.e. not found in any other scriptural docu - mentation and was written between 80 - 120 CE thereby failing rigorous historic testing and therefore historically nil.

Taking five pages at random in one of their widely circulated books, I found that the author had averaged five scriptural citations per page.

If you do not believe some of the things that some people think is scriptural is scriptural and can not find it in Scripture, just ignore it.

Claiming to be founded on the Scripture, it has, as a matter of fact, completely surrendered many Scriptural frameworks of thinking and has accepted the Greek counterparts instead.

And again, while there is a lot of freedom and liberty here, we are talking about keeping it Scriptural, and so I have found that by far, the best thing I can do is use Scripture.

Whenever he found his speech growing too modern — which was about every sentence or two — he ladled in a few such Scriptural phrases as «exceeding sore,» «and it came to pass,» etc., and made things satisfactory again.

She commits herself to Scriptural study, asks God to forgive her sins, forgives her husband for his, prays he will find the grace necessary to turn his life around, and promises the Lord to become a better mother and wife — inspiring her young daughter to also pray and rally for her parents.

If by «strongest» you mean the argument from whose clutches those bound by it find it most difficult to escape, it is not a scriptural argument at all.

The scriptural witness of the prophecies should be enough as a basis for faith; Mary did not find the Lord through her quest for his body, but only through answering his personal call to her; she must not cling to his bodily presence, for his life is now on another plane, with the Father who is the Father of all those who follow Jesus because he is his Father who has raised him from the dead; Thomas is offered sight and touch, as a gracious concession to his lack of faith; but he does not believe because of this, but because the risen Lord addresses him; and the happiness of those who have faith without sight is greater.

We would end up with a fractured canon, with bits and pieces taken out of their Scriptural context, with a different body of canon for each theological point of view, and with those portions of Scripture which we find uncomfortable not only ignored but disposed of altogether.

The Scriptural principle to overcoming greed is found right here.

I think one part of this came out of the strict religious traditions that highlighted hypocrisy, exhibited pride in self - ability to carry out religious ordinances or «procedures», and were founded in mere tradition rather than from some higher power or actual scriptural foundation.

I am sorry i do nt mean any harm, i just found it kinda of weird that you did nt believe in god but you follow up on the comment with scriptural basis.

JESUS was attributed as saying,»... the kingdom of GOD is within you» in the so - called gospel of St. Andrew... which was found to be inconsistent withe other Gospels and therefore rejected as legitimate scriptural writing.

I, too, find myself convinced of the importance of developing a theology of hope based on the scriptural drama which runs from creation to consummation, telling of God's purpose to bring his Kingdom to pass in cosmos and in human history.

In a rather exhaustive eighty - page subject index for the Institutes, one finds Calvin writing about divine love only in four paragraphs.52 In four columns of citations concerning «Christ,» only a single one involves love, God's loving act in Christ.53 And at no point in his extensive scriptural references did Calvin even deal at all with 1 John 4:8, 16.

Certainly the principle «treat every human humanely», which is really the Golden Rule, can be found in most faith traditions, although the scriptural or theological support for this statement will be particular to each faith.

The school of theology founded by Frei and Lindbeck has emphasized the community - forming centrality of scriptural narrative and the countercultural mission of the church.

On the contrary, we desperately need the «fullness of language,» the whole range of scriptural expression, to find ourselves.

Doc Vestibule, if you are interested in researching the traditions of scriptural hermeneutics, which includes how to understand them allegorically, literally, anagogically, historically, etc. and when / how to apply these methods of hermeneutics, I encourage you to find someone with a degree from the seminary — preferably from one of the orthodox traditions.

The absolute certainty you were able to find in something untrue is directly dependent upon your faith, and desire for your scriptural fantasy.

With that in mind, I have noticed that many, if not most new converts can have, in all appearances, a genuine spiritual experience before any high doctrine of «scriptural authority ever enters their head.Now, some may say that just how it works, first you crawl, then you walk... baby food, then the meat, but this is my point... the world is full of «spiritual meatheads»... there are so many believers who wdn't know an original thought, unless of course, they cd find the chapter and verse to unequivocally support it.Is it so difficult to comprehend how a collection of ancient documents may not be the final, complete and indisputable Word of God, but mere human artifacts, sometimes godly, sometimes not, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering.?

Has not the church created a new position and that is why we can find scant Scriptural support for paying the people who hold that position?

Once we set Jesus in the context of a larger scriptural story, however, and come to grips with his sense of what exactly the new the new covenant would mean and how it would both fulfill and transform the old one... we discover a much richer, and more narratival, sense of «fulfillment,» which generates that subtle and powerful view of scripture we find in the early church.»

They will not be the only ingredients — especially where public exams are involved, there will be Scriptural and other studies — but they will be what is remembered by young people who had their own deep and eager questions on major issues of faith and found they were not answered.

The Book of Moses, found within the scriptural canon of the LDS Church, has several similarities to the Book of Enoch, [30] including names [31] that have been found in some versions of the Book of Enoch, and is believed by the Church to contain a condensed record of Enoch.»

By purposely separating yourself from participation in fellowship, and accountability to biblically qualified eldership, both of which are found in the context of the local church, it would seem that you are out of God's ordained scriptural order.

In these pages, you will find keen insights and powerful Scriptural truths which I am only beginning to grasp the significance of, myself.

and just found yours via a Google search for an inspirational scriptural verse about farms... as another lady whose blog I now follow (Fiona & Twig) FINALLY had their closing today after much ado I might add.