Sentences with phrase «from biblical roots»

He can support Wesleyan process theologians and free them from their tendency to intellectualism, distance from biblical roots, and divided loyalty.

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Biblical ideas of atonement root back in this basic soil and stem out from it; and while the development later carried them to branches far distant from the roots, there is no understanding the topmost twig — for example, «as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive» --(I Corinthians 15:22.)

Its roots: «The establishment of December 25 evolved not from biblical precedent,» says The Christmas Encyclopedia, «but from pagan Roman festivals held at year's end,» about the time of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

It is seldom noticed (at least in discussions of the City of God) that the Latin terms for justice and justification come from the same Latin root (lost in English when the biblical term «justice» is translated as «righteousness»).

There is overwhelming biblical scholarship for the full equality of women and that the interpretation of scripture to exclude women from roles by gender (rather than gifting) has been found to be rooted in patriarchy, an ancient worldview that became intertwined in the growth and doctrine of the church.

Such mistreatment comes from personal insecurity and fear rooted in cultural prejudice, not Biblical teaching.

Perhaps only a major shift in the established biblical religions, a shift away from their uneasy alliance with utilitarian individualism and toward a profound reappropriation of their own religious roots and an openness to the needs of the contemporary world, would provide the mass base for a successful effort to establish the revolutionary alternative.

Establishment evangelicalism was reinforced by the Billy Graham Center's location at Wheaton College, by Christianity Today's removal from Washington, D.C., to Chicago suburbs where evangelical independency has deep roots, and by formation of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy.

Daniel Westberg, an Episcopal priest and professor at Nashotah House who learned his trade from Oliver O'Donovan and Herbert McCabe, has given us a lively and learned introduction to moral theology, one that seeks to renew a venerable Catholic and Thomist tradition by rooting it more deeply in its biblical, evangelical, and Christ - centered origins.

For parents looking to honor their faith, recognize their family or simply find the perfect name with biblical roots, choosing from the hundreds of Jewish baby names out there can be fun, but also challenging.

But he never quite explains why, and ends up devoting much space to the obvious non-Darwinian roots of Hitler's racism and anti-semitism, which was to do with a kind of biblical naturalism that would have black people descend from cursed sons of Noah, and Jews cursed for having killed Christ.