There are, of course, lots of
good biblical reasons why people should not sin.
Not exact matches
Not only do my own private experiences of the bible's truth claims give me
good reason to believe it's assessment, but the success and consistency of
biblical anthropology in other quarters (not least literature and philosophy) means that I have absolutely no
reason to be ashamed.
In the
biblical documents, the prophetic motif clearly dominates the apocalyptic (which is one
good reason for not buying into the current trend to elide the former into the latter), which means that hope characterizes the Christian stance toward life.
For this and other
reasons the
best Biblical preaching going on in the churches today undertakes to interpret the Word of God as a word spoken to Israel and the Church.
Although that might appear to be a conclusion of mere practical
reason, first reached by the so - called Enlightenment, there is also a case to be made for it in terms of
biblical Christianity as
well as «natural law» or secular utilitarianism.
While self - righteousness avoidance certainly affects our selective literalism, we also have
good reasons for not condemning one another for the more ubiquitous
biblical violations (again, real or perceived) in our culture.
Hooray mankind found some evidence of our past - that's a
good thing - but there's no
reason at all to claim it goes to shore up anything
Biblical.
Maybe I have thoughtful AND
biblical theologically sound
reasons as
well...
Without casting Enlightenment rationalism as categorically evil, Wright details some of the problematic consequences of Enlightenment assumptions regarding the
biblical text: false claims to absolute objectivity, the elevation of «
reason» («not as an insistence that exegesis must make sense with an overall view of God and the wider world,» Wright notes, «but as a separate «source» in its own right»), reductive and skeptical readings of scripture that cast Christianity as out - of - date and irrelevant, a human - based eschatology that fosters a «we - know -
better - now» attitude toward the text, a reframing of the problem of evil as a mere failure to be rational, the reduction of the act of God in Jesus Christ to a mere moral teacher, etc..
It was the reading of Emil Brunner's Revelation and
Reason in the early 1950s that enabled me to move with a
good conscience from my first theological position toward something like the
biblical theology which Childs described.
I do believe that the
biblical model is there for a very
good reason.
THE
BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHURCH IS THIS: Every Christian should gather together to hear the Scriptures and worship Jesus together with other believers weekly (see Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Romans 16:5; Acts 20:20; James 2:2; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 92:13) It is also good to meet for smaller groups of Christian community in each other's homes regularly (see Acts 2:46) It's good to have leaders overseeing the work and needs of each local church — this is the Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are believers who are unable for physical reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their o
BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHURCH IS THIS: Every Christian should gather together to hear the Scriptures and worship Jesus together with other believers weekly (see Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Romans 16:5; Acts 20:20; James 2:2; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 92:13) It is also
good to meet for smaller groups of Christian community in each other's homes regularly (see Acts 2:46) It's
good to have leaders overseeing the work and needs of each local church — this is the
Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are believers who are unable for physical reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their o
Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are believers who are unable for physical
reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly for worship in their own home.