Sentences with phrase «from scripture which»

They each begin with a quote from Scripture which sets the theme of the station, the Sign of the Cross, the Our Father, a contemplation, a short prayer taken, for example, from the Divine Office or a sequence from the Mass, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be.

In other words, to refer to a factor distinct from scripture which has to be sought within or behind it.

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.

Not exact matches

But even the most orthodox of Jews will admit that GeHenna (named after the dump outside Jerusalem that existed in the Valley of Hinnom and whilch was considered the most unclean of places, where the «fires never went out» and the «worm never died»... a reference seen in Isaiah...) was an idea adapted from Babylonian theology (taken from Zoasterism), not an idea originally developed in the Tanach (thus you will find references to «the world to come» and «tikkun Olam» only in the Talmud, not in the Tanach... which for Jews is not a problem since our view of «scripture» is not the same as a Christians).

Since young adults perceive evangelical Christianity to be... «unconcerned with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and Church social teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).

While Jewish Christians often erred in the direction of legalism, Gentile Christians often erred in the direction of philosophical speculations which sundered Christianity from its historical roots» (God's Festivals in Scripture and The Catholic theologian Augustine lived A.D. 354 - 430.

Please read the portions of Scriptures which come from the Old Testament, of our Holy Bible, and see what they tell you...» Who has believed our report?

22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

There is a sense in which the intention of early biblical criticism was an effort to restore a «biblical theology» in which the Scriptures were freed from their dogmatic imprisonment.

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.

But the roots of caste can be traced back to a story in the most ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas, in which the various social classes are produced from the sacrifice of a primordial man — the priestly class from the mouth, the warrior class from the arms, the merchant class from the thighs, the laboring class from the feet (Rig Veda 90:10).

If, as the Scriptures and experience tell us, all men are by nature in a state of guilt and depravity from which they are wholly unable to deliver themselves and have no claim whatever on God for deliverance, it follows that if any are saved God must choose out those who shall be the objects of His grace (Boettner, Predestination, 95).

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.»

«Hooker's insistence on «reason» was therefore not at all a way of undervaluing scripture,» says Wright, «but rather of ensuring that the community which based itself on scripture could have an appropriate healthy life and growth, not blundering forward as it were in the dark, but moving ahead by the light of reason, itself informed by scripture and in harmony with the natural law which stemmed from the creator God in the first place.»

Nathaniel was much bothered by some of Jesus» pronouncements which seemed to detract from the authority of the recognized Hebrew scriptures.

And I've gone back to my English major roots which have helped me see Scripture as a collection of various genres — from poetry to history to stories to philosophy to law.

I try to be aware of the faces of fear that creep into my days, and I cherish these passages from scripture, which remind me of my humanity.

«When we take the phrase «the authority of Scripture» out of its suitcase,» Wright says, «then, we recognize that it can have Christian meaning only if we are referring to scripture's authority in a delegated or mediated sense from that which God himself possesses and that which Jesus possesses as the risen Lord and Son of God, the ImmanueScripture» out of its suitcase,» Wright says, «then, we recognize that it can have Christian meaning only if we are referring to scripture's authority in a delegated or mediated sense from that which God himself possesses and that which Jesus possesses as the risen Lord and Son of God, the Immanuescripture's authority in a delegated or mediated sense from that which God himself possesses and that which Jesus possesses as the risen Lord and Son of God, the Immanuel.»

And you know what, after my revelation of GRACE last year which absolutely set me free from «performance Christianity» God told me that, regardless of what «scriptures» people threw at me, what He was telling me directly to my heart, that He has made me perfectly righteous by the blood of His son regardless of what I do or don't do, I must trust His voice in my heart, more than the printed «Word» which has been bended, bent, misterpreted and mistaught.

«First we affirm that we desire to follow Scripture alone as a rule of faith and religion, without mixing it with any other things which might be devised by the opinion of men apart from the Word of God, and without wishing to accept for our spiritual government any other doctrine than what is conveyed to us by the same Word without addition to diminution, according to the command of our Lord.»

And we answer them: «Since Scripture says that the mountain was wooded and had trees from which Abraham cut wood for the holocaust and laid it upon Isaac, [108] and then he left the as - ses behind with the two young men, why talk nonsense?

Yet the context of Christian worship in which a passage from another scripture is read may suggest a particular meaning or interpretation for the chosen passage.

The actions resulting from a person's theology should help us decide which theology will hold the most weight in our consideration of their interpretation of Scripture.

There are a number of great rabbit trails whether you want to look the blood of the «eternal covenant» noted in Hebrews, a covenant which is not written about in scripture anywhere, but implies that the plan of salvation is before all time — and it is the blood of the cross which impelled Christ from the grave.

No, with surgical precision which came from a lifetime of study and meditation upon the Word of God, Jesus was able to use Scripture properly, in the way God intended.

Besides, we Christians need to stop being shocked and ashamed of things that which Scripture doesn't shy away from.

And scripture's witnesses are properly understood only in the context of the social, cultural and historical circumstances from which they come.

Aside from 2 Timothy 3:16, another key text is 2 Peter 1:21 which indicates that men of God were moved, carried, or driven by the Holy Spirit to write Scripture.

From the decision at the Jerusalem Council to free new converts from Jewish Law, to the debates of the third of fourth century that led to the biblical cannon the Apostle's Creed, to the Protestant Reformation which resulted in increased availability of Scripture, to the Galilean controversy which opened and changed minds, the story of the Church is a story of constant adaptation and chaFrom the decision at the Jerusalem Council to free new converts from Jewish Law, to the debates of the third of fourth century that led to the biblical cannon the Apostle's Creed, to the Protestant Reformation which resulted in increased availability of Scripture, to the Galilean controversy which opened and changed minds, the story of the Church is a story of constant adaptation and chafrom Jewish Law, to the debates of the third of fourth century that led to the biblical cannon the Apostle's Creed, to the Protestant Reformation which resulted in increased availability of Scripture, to the Galilean controversy which opened and changed minds, the story of the Church is a story of constant adaptation and change.

And indeed, mysticism — which I would define as practices intended to help connect a person to God through experience, intuition, contemplation, the devotional reading of Scripture, ritual, and prayer — has been a part of the Church from the very beginning.

It had the text of Scripture, which was a loose translation (almost a paraphrase) from the Hebrew into Aramaic, and just like our study Bibles, it had explanatory notes that went along with the text.

Of course, process theology can not fulfil this responsibility without interpreting Scripture, and the separation of process theology in recent decades from the close involvement in Biblical scholarship of the earlier Chicago school has led to critical weaknesses which are only now being addressed.1 Nevertheless, for process theology the appropriate relationship to the Bible can not be exhausted by hermeneutic.

It should be the work of Christian teachers in every generation, first, to understand the Scriptures, to distinguish what gives unity to the message of the Bible from what is peculiar to this or that writer, what is central from what is peripheral, what is essential from what is accidental; and then, on the basis of such understanding, to develop a doctrine of the act of God in Christ which will be intelligible, or at least not meaningless, to the contemporary mind.

This vision of doxological theology is at odds with the standard fourfold division of seminary education in the West, which keeps «Bible,» «church history,» «theology» and «practical ministry» cordoned off from one another, For the Orthodox, theology is simply commentary upon the saints» commentary on scripture for the sake of the church's worship.

Now what is ALSO important about Jesus» crucifixion and resurrection is, is that that «He ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES DIED»: «the first day they always had to KILL the passover» and that «Christ ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES THE THIRD DAY, ROSE FROM THE DEAD» --- which is thewhole and the only reason for being of the Christians» Day - of - Worship - Rest and without which Truth «ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES» there «REMAINS», NO «Sabbath Day's - rest for the People of God».

If for you your faith is only about «worshiping» the words in a book (which are written by man)... think about it... you might be wasting your time and not realize how distant you actually have become (from the true msg) worrying about trivialities or needing to reconcile scripture with science / common sense... simply because your book (and your self - imposed obligation to believe in the words) doesn't leave you another option.

The phrase «Inspiration of Scripture» comes primarily from 2 Timothy 3:16 which says «All Scripture is given by inspiration of God...»

This approach to scripture even inspired me to start a Bible study in which we are studying the harmony of the Gospels from the standpoint of how Jesus offered himself in relationship to broken people He came in contact with.

What makes common sense to me is that this is coming from the same volume of scripture that has within it revelations from the past present and future from the time in which the events that were written about took place.

One way to begin to free ourselves from the bondage of power that we put on others and put upon ourselves is to unravel the theology and Scripture texts which have been used to support our claim to power and authority.

Far from cherry - picking, this is how Scripture is SUPPOSED to be read: IN context, NOT taking the line «this generation shall not pass» OUT of the context in which He was speaking, which is what you are doing, and, as noted, is a common error.

It provides a totally new perspective from which black people can view themselves, others, Scripture, church, tradition and reason.

You might want to read some of the (even older) scriptures from Hinduism or Buddhism (and others) which say many similar things.

He takes particular issue with doctrines ratified by popes down the centuries, such as the immaculate conception (the belief that Mary was born free from original sin) which, in his view, have no basis in scripture.

Whether or not your crass description of the Gospel is from significant ignorance of Scripture or simply because you are simply a mocker of that which is foriegn to you doesn't matter.

That a congregation's defining practice of worship is a response «in Jesus» name» implies study of that to which it is a response: Just how is God understood to be «present» is Jesus» ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection appearances; what understanding of God follows from this; who is Jesus; what are the sources and the warrants of these characterizations of Jesus and of God (scripture, tradition, history of doctrine); what understanding of these sources makes them not only sources but also authoritative for these understandings of God and Jesus?

All of the stories from all of Man's scriptures are fully accounted for, and so revolutionarily superseded, by Pandeism, which demonstrates the logical probability of all of these nonuniversal propostions as simply reflecting the miscomprehensions of the limited human mind in attempting to grasp an ultimate underlying reality.

It has taken me a number of years and an equal number of attempts to try and look beyond the behavior of the «Christians» in church, to realize that a church unreflective of God's word, cherry picking which scripture to apply and whom it applies to, is NOT what God desires from his children.

I love the Greg has stuck with a high view of Scripture and biblical infallibility (which is related to, but distinct from, inerrancy).

But there is a strength and forthrightness about the Gathas which sets them apart from the later scriptures, which preserve chiefly the rituals of the faith of a later day.