Sentences with phrase «in biblical instruction»

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The purpose of my project was to unpack and explore the phrase «biblical womanhood» — mostly because, as a woman, the Bible's instructions and stories regarding womanhood have always intrigued me, but also because the phrase «biblical womanhood» is often invoked in the conservative evangelical culture to explain why women should be discouraged from working outside the home and forbidden from assuming leadership positions in the church.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

All three of the biblical passages that instruct wives to submit to their husbands are either directly preceded or followed by instructions for slaves to obey their masters, with phrases like «likewise» and «in the same way» connecting them.

Although A Year of Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal extreme.

But Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, The Year of Biblical Womanhood, the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

In our quest to uphold biblical instruction about not being unequally yoked and intermarrying (2 Corinthians 6:14, Deuteronomy 7:3), Christian dating has snowballed into a race to find spiritual perfection.

Liturgical innovation and church school curricula have often abandoned biblical language and instruction in counterproductive attempts at relevancy.

To be more biblical means the greater use of the Bible in sermons as well as in religious education, and instruction as to how to understand the Bible both in its historical setting and as the Word of God speaking to the human spirit in every age.

Many young people in Latin America, who were motivated by the Gospel to love their neighbor and be concerned for justice and freedom in their society, have often become Marxists simply because their churches did not provide biblical instruction about Christian discipleship, or because they [their churches] were blind to clear demands from the Bible and opportunities and challenges provided by new social situations.80

In the third paragraph I, upfront, indicated my bias as to what I believe is the Biblical precedence which is that fallen mankind has the inherent - free - will capacity to accept or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, teachings, promises and gifts which biased my interpretation of John 6:25 - 71 — and my interpretation indicates that section of Scripture can be understood (interpreted) to be consistent with the precedence I mentioned.

I haven't heard any sermons on all of those biblical instructions, but I've heard more than I can count on 1 Timothy 2:11, which says, «a woman should learn in quietness and full submission.

CNN: «Bible Belt» meets «Borscht Belt» Rachel Held Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, «The Year of Biblical Womanhood,» the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

The most biblical form of instruction I received was in assemblies at the Church of England school that I attended.

However, a careful review of Biblical instructions mandates that celibacy be maintained in any same s @x Christian pairing.

Christians have often had to reconsider their interpretation of the Bible in light of new information, he argued, just as many did when they concluded slavery was immoral in spite of biblical instructions that seem to support it.

P.S. Webb does a great job of grabbing his readers» interest at the beginning of the book by asking them to look through a list of a few dozen verses and mark which biblical instructions are «still in force for us today exactly as they are articulated «on the page.

Instructions that provide guidance, reassurance, and insight in raising children following a biblical worldview.

The text itself mentions church being a part of family life, but there truly are no references to Scripture, Biblical directives, or explicit instructions strictly for Christian parents in the text of Babywise.

Give Clear Instructions Ed Miller, Biblical Parenting Coach This is the second article in the series on heart - based parenti...

Jacob's instructions to his sons, recorded in the Biblical book of Genesis, are often cited as the first example of this tradition.