HeavenSent - «what I blogged is written
from scriptures in the Bible.»
The quotation
from scripture in verses 6 and 7 gives Jesus» position.
Then, in one of the few departures
from Scripture in this long biblical section, Lazarus is shown sitting up in a daze after being pulled out of his eternal sleep.
Rather, I hope to respond rather than review — and I will hopefully make my points
from the scriptures in a way that is helpful.
The readings
from scripture in the Catholic Mass are mostly NT epistles and parables - not much, if anything, from the OT.
For reasons of space I can not quote extensively
from the Scriptures in this book, but the reader is encouraged to read and dwell within the countless similar passages where the impossible breaks into and renews history, always by being received in hope.
Not exact matches
He made a similar suggestion
in 2003 during a speech at Georgetown University, pointing to a Bible
scripture that spoke of a «day of great slaughter, when the towers fall,» adding «there are consequences when we turn away
from our source of our strength.»
John 12:8 is the most common example: «You always have the poor with you...» Left out of that (mis) interpretation is the fact that Jesus is actually quoting a passage
from Jewish
Scripture that makes the opposite point: The continual existence of the poor serves as the fundamental reason for God's command to assist them, to give «liberally and ungrudgingly»: «Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor
in your land.»
The
scripture says
in Gen 1:1 that God CREATED, and «created» is translated
from the Hebrew word: bara.
The movement's website features personal stories of women who are usually the only head coverers
in their churches, as well as arguments
from scripture to support the practice.
The Bible teaches that to truly believe
in and trust God means to trust
in His Word, and all
scripture is inspired by God, so all
scripture comes
from him (2 Timothy 3:16).
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).
What is at stake are issues of principle — the role of revelation and
Scripture in the formation of conscience — that affect matters of doctrine ranging
from the place of the Methodist Quadrilateral
in the formation of United Methodist identity to the place of Christ
in salvation.
My aim is to take
scriptures at their most obvious, and I am not bending or breaking a single thing
from any passage
in Genesis (most of this is based on Rabbinic interpretations).
Borrowing
from scripture, Kant says
in a related context that we have to be wise as serpents and as gentle as doves.
But slavery going
from Egypt is
in the Holy
scriptures (Deuteronomy 28:68) Israel sons and daughters were put on slave ships and sold to their enemies!
So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics
from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse
in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing
in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or
scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to
in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart
in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.
Hebrews outlines a version of the atonement that exists nowhere else
in NT
scripture — namely
from Jesus» own teachings.
Don't take it
from me; consider that working hard shows up
in Scriptures several times, like
in Ephesians 6 and throughout the book of Proverbs.
That is not to say we should not take the journey for ourselves; it simply means that there are maps drawn by those who have gone before —
from the saints
in Scripture to the Fathers of the Church.
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.
We are warned constantly
from scripture about false teachers, shepherds, and prophets that are here
in the last days.
We seen clearly
in scripture that His love is not expressed by giving people resources or eliminating day to day problems or health problems
from their life.
The Reformers vigorously protested what they viewed as deviations
from biblical teaching, but they never used
Scripture to undermine the Trinitarian and Christological consensus of the early Church embodied
in the historic creeds that had come down
from patristic times.
Perhaps some judge her
in an inappropriate way: But also remember the
Scripture: «If I say to the wicked man, you shall surely die; and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him
from his wicked conduct so that he may live: that wicked man shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death.»
I laid with him
in his hospital bed when he was still conscious and began reading
scripture to him
from a little book he had received 80 years earlier as a child
in England.
From what I see
in scripture Hell was never created for us but for Lucifer, and through disobedience we (through Adam) doomed ourselves to Hell.
Among his companions
from the
scriptures are the pseudochristoi who, Christ says, will come «
in my name» and will «lead you astray» -» the lawless one» (2 Thessalonians 2:10) who, by the power of Satan, will impress the faithful with false signs and wonders, offering «a strong delusion» to tempt «those who are perishing»; «Gog and Magog» who, under Satan's command, will gather the nations for the final battle with Christ (Revelation 20:2 - 10); the «beasts» of Revelation (16, 17, 19) that harken back to the «beasts» of Daniel (7); «the sons of Belial» (Deuteronomy 13:13 and passim) who are «base» or «worthless,» who practice idolatry, drunkenness, disrespect, evil speech, who are «empty men» (2 Chronicles 13:7); and the conspiring nations and rulers who take counsel against the Lord (Psalms 2:1 - 3).
We who are Evangelicals recognize the need to address the widespread misunderstanding
in our community that sola scriptura (
Scripture alone) means nuda scriptura (literally,
Scripture unclothed; i.e., denuded of and abstracted
from its churchly context).
The isolation of
Scripture study
from the believing community of faith (nuda scriptura) disregards the Holy Spirit's work
in guiding the witness of the people of God to scriptural truths, and leaves the interpretation of that truth vulnerable to unfettered subjectivism.
If you are monotheist and not Polytheist, not Idolater, make or worship partners with God... Guess you
in the right Abrahamic track the True Base of Submission within all holy
scriptures... (God + HolySpirit + Apostle = The
scriptures of the Holy Messages all through Generations
from old).
In «With Her» Milosz speaks of hearing a passage from Scripture during Mass at St. Mary Magdalen in Berkeley: «A reading this Sunday from the Book of Wisdom / About how God has not made death / And does not rejoice in the annihilation of the living.&raqu
In «With Her» Milosz speaks of hearing a passage
from Scripture during Mass at St. Mary Magdalen
in Berkeley: «A reading this Sunday from the Book of Wisdom / About how God has not made death / And does not rejoice in the annihilation of the living.&raqu
in Berkeley: «A reading this Sunday
from the Book of Wisdom / About how God has not made death / And does not rejoice
in the annihilation of the living.&raqu
in the annihilation of the living.»
In this engagement with Scripture, Evangelicals and Catholics are learning from one another: Catholics from the Evangelical emphasis on group Bible study and commitment to the majestic and final authority of the written word of God; and Evangelicals from the Catholic emphasis on Scripture in the liturgical and devotional life, informed by the lived experience of Christ's Church through the age
In this engagement with
Scripture, Evangelicals and Catholics are learning
from one another: Catholics
from the Evangelical emphasis on group Bible study and commitment to the majestic and final authority of the written word of God; and Evangelicals
from the Catholic emphasis on
Scripture in the liturgical and devotional life, informed by the lived experience of Christ's Church through the age
in the liturgical and devotional life, informed by the lived experience of Christ's Church through the ages.
The Qur «an never asks a Christian or Jew to accept it because their own
scripture has become corrupt, rather they are asked to accept the Qur «an because the Qur «an claims, 1 / to confirm the teaching of the Bible, 2 / that Muhammad is foretold
in the Torah and Gospel, 3 / the Qur «anic teaching makes clear what the Jews and Christians could not understand properly
from their own
scriptures.
As Evangelicals and Catholics fully committed to our respective heritages, we affirm together the coinherence of
Scripture and tradition: tradition is not a second source of revelation alongside the Bible but must ever be corrected and informed by it, and
Scripture itself is not understood
in a vacuum apart
from the historical existence and life of the community of faith.
Hence there are Church members today who continue to summon and teach at every level of Church education the racial discourse that black people are descendants of Cain, that they merited lesser earthly privilege because they were «fence - sitters»
in the War
in Heaven, and that, science and climatic factors aside, there is a link between skin color and righteousness» Mormon
scripture specifically referencing race includes (
from the Book of Mormon): 1 Nephi 11:8 1 Nephi 11:13 1 Nephi 12:23 1 Nephi 13:15 2 Nephi 5:21 2 Nephi 30:6 (1830 edition) Jacob 3:8 Alma 3:6 3 Nephi 2:15 Mormon 5:15
The point here is that no
scripture in the Bible specifically states that God created something
from nothing.
The convictionâ $» endemic among churchfolkâ $» persists that, if problems of misapprehension and misrepresentation are overcome and the gospel can be heard
in its own integrity, the gospel will be found attractive by people, become popular, and, even, be a success of some sortâ $ ¦ This idea is both curious and ironical because it is bluntly contradicted
in Scripture and
in the experience of the continuing biblical witness
in history
from the event of Pentecost unto the present momentâ $ (William Stringfellow, quoted
in A Keeper of the Word, p. 348).
Not convincing
in the least, and I think we all know
from scripture that Jesus was h.o.m.o.s.e.xual.
In Proverbs, and again in Revelation, scripture pronounces damnation upon anyone who adds to or subtracts away from the inspiration of the Holy Spiri
In Proverbs, and again
in Revelation, scripture pronounces damnation upon anyone who adds to or subtracts away from the inspiration of the Holy Spiri
in Revelation,
scripture pronounces damnation upon anyone who adds to or subtracts away
from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Also, I couldn't quite get this into words as I was writing before, so: I am believe that I am correct
in my view of
Scripture as it has been handed down to me
from teachers, preachers, writers and others; I believe that I am correct
in my beliefs about who God is, and about His self - revelation,
in the same way that all people believe that the opinions they hold are true.
While convergence does happen
in religion
from the perspective of the human psyche being adapted through its self - deceptive capabilities (e.g., as a coping mechanism), we didn't land
in the new world with the discovery of the same kind of
scripture stemming
from a singular God.
First Scot, by «what
scripture actually teaches» it's important for us to keep
in mind that what it teaches you is quite often different
from what it teaches someone else.
Since Jesus Christ did not lie to the Apostles and His Church is still standing after 2000 years it is very simple to see who has the proper interpretation of the Bible... the Church that compiled the Bible... collecting the inspired
scripture from amongst many
scriptures and placing the Books
in the Bible.
From the blatantly obvious faith healers whipping believers into a mindless frenzy, to the more subtle yet pervasive forms of manipulation such as alteration or outright forgery present
in scripture.
If I have been incorrect
in anything that I state, then you have my humble apologies, and please, prove me wrong
from scripture.
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.
The Qur» ān is basically quoting
from the Hebrew
Scriptures (commonly called the Old Testament) of the Bible (compiled
from 1513 B.C.E to about 443 B.C.E), that predates the Qur» ān by about 1,000 years (composed after Muhammad's death
in 632 C.E.)
These things are
in scripture to convict us (so we'll have some sorrow and repent that the gospel may take a hold of us) and to protect us
from harming ourselve and others
in society)
It's called REThinker, and it looks at issues
in our culture and
in areas of
scripture from a Strategic Christian perspective.