Sentences with phrase «in scripture as»

SOME receive it earlier (the «first resurrection»)-- this is known in Scripture as receiving aionian life, some refer to it as living in the «Millennium».

The second group wants to take the account of Jesus» life and ministry preserved in scripture as both faithful record and record of faith.

To explain God's actions in Scripture as «accommodation» is just as much an evasion of what is really happening as it is to call some uncomfortable description of God as an «anthropomorphism.»

It is introduced by the following preamble: «The word heart is used in Scripture as the seat of life or strength; hence it means mind, soul, spirit, or one's entire emotional nature and understanding...» The word «thought» does have about 110 entries but close inspection reveals that these are «thoughts of the heart».

We claim for, ourselves the model known in Scripture as «the realm of God,» which Wells defines «an alternative way of living.»

Pinnock acknowledges the diversity in Scripture as the ultimate authority but appeals to continuity within diversity and the early creeds as the basis for theology.

This is a little odd for us to think about, but this was a way for them to show the deepest grief possible, and we see it happen in several other places in Scripture as well.

The concrete possibility of «freedom in the light of hope» rests on our ability to specify the «innovation of meaning» given us in Scripture as reliably the same innovation in all circumstances and vicissitudes.

As I watch Christian theology and church tradition fall into a tradition that is rooted not so much in Scripture as in history, I was hoping to learn how and why the Jewish tradition developed as it did, and see if there were any similarities to how our own tradition is developing.

It's like they've never bothered to challenge their brains over the idea of «death to self» that is taught time and again in both scripture as well as other Christian traditions such as the catechism.

After showing how this has happened in various «myths,» Girard turns to some biblical accounts to show how the skapegoating mechanism is revealed in Scripture as well, but in a way that turns the mechanism upside down and reveals what is truly going on behind the scenes.

God, who is rich in mercy, is described in scripture as a searching Father.

Your actions DO at times speak louder than words and Jesus reminds us of this in scripture as well....

A standard Protestant objection to Catholic Mariology is that she is not as important in scripture as she has become in ecclesial traditions.

The examples of Jesus gathering crowds and what happened with the early church are not written in Scripture as examples to be followed for all Christians everywhere.

is the emphasis on «love» which seems to be «in vogue» today just a reflection of our culture and times or is it really the emphasis in Scripture as well?

The standard you keep wanting to assert is no where affirmed in scripture as being the only threshold that needs to be crossed.

But children are not intended by God to be brought into the world outside the marriage bond, nor is single parenthood endorsed in scripture as a providential way of rearing children.

We speak of the «deposit of faith» which is found in Scripture as authoritatively interpreted in the apostolic tradition under the promised guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Even if you can't see it as clearly in scripture as I do, I hope you can at least be open to the possibility that people who thought they were saved, may find out on that day that they really weren't because they didn't listen to Jesus» and Paul's warnings.

Such a practice is not mentioned anywhere in Scripture as part of the Gospel or how to respond to it.

His respect for women is established in scripture as is His disrespect for the man - made rules of the Pharisees and their successors in the Roman curia.

A believers motivation is high and shaped by a strong sense of purpose in life, their motivation is rooted in the scriptures as evidenced by those high performers.

If not, then I've made no false presumption, for that position rejects parts of the Bible and the God presented in those verses and attacks those Christians who believe in the Scriptures as a whole.

Not exact matches

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 letter, as Brad Stone reports in The Everything Store, has «become the equivalent of holy scripture inside Amazon,» evidence that Amazon emerged almost fully formed in Bezos's imagination.

There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own [a] utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures.

Instead, being exclusive and prideful does hurt others... so I see closed - minded, exclusive theology as sinful, not gay marriage... and I think Scripture, especially the teachings of Christ, is in that same spirit.

tha tis a practice of some other religions, but the word does not even exist in Mormon scripture as a practice of the church.

It has gone so far as to call into question the criterion established in Familiaris consortio, which in number 84 says: «The Church reaffirms her practice, which is based upon Sacred Scripture, of not admitting to Eucharistic Communion divorced persons who have remarried.

If NO man knows the date etc. as it says in scripture and their is always a whackadoo somewhere in the world saying the world will end tomorrow, would that mean that somebody is bound to know the day?

In one response you have referred to me as silly, accused me of being unable to reconcile my beliefs to scripture, accused me of stalling, rambling on and on, (love the irony in this one... grin), likened me to a tween, insinuated I do not know or rightly divide scripture, referred to me as sensitive, and implied my post was immaturIn one response you have referred to me as silly, accused me of being unable to reconcile my beliefs to scripture, accused me of stalling, rambling on and on, (love the irony in this one... grin), likened me to a tween, insinuated I do not know or rightly divide scripture, referred to me as sensitive, and implied my post was immaturin this one... grin), likened me to a tween, insinuated I do not know or rightly divide scripture, referred to me as sensitive, and implied my post was immature.

And we seem to have some differences as well — in what we believe, in how we interpret Scripture, and in how we define truth.

I am so sorry that you have been told / taught such awful things about Jesus, but whether or not you believe He is fully man and also fully God, there is more than enough proof historically and in present scripture to show that labeling Him as a mysogonist and an advocate for murder is a drastically false account of who He is and what He stood for.

If you hold to the biblical teachings in scripture, you will indeed hold to this teaching as well.

it makes sense, read your bible... but this time, try starting at the beginning and finish at the end instead of jumping thru the birth of jesus — he isn't special enough to believe in the god you claim yet not read the part that came before the man as he himself tells you to know the scripture!!!

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.

Realize that, according to truth as portrayed in scripture and not Catholicism, partaking in communion as a sinner is like drinking damnation to your soul.

Would you care to explain how it is that «primitive sheep herders» as most of you love to derogatorily call them were able to in and of themselves write scripture such that the first two books Genesis & Exodus spell TORAH = LAW for every equidistant letter sequence of the 50th letter... and does the same backwards HAROT for Numbers & Deuteronomy, and the 3rd book that they're pointing towards Leviticus, every 7th letter (7 is God's number for perfection) spells YHWH = The name of God.

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).

Ignatius and Polycarp never regarded the entire book as «Scripture» — they simply never used it in their writings.

Their interpretations are based on the Torah (including those Leviticus passages) and they consider all thing in their interpretation — not just 2 scriptures as «evidence».

As Christians wrestle through issues like this in the 21st century, we need to remember these kinds of developments are not addressed explicitly in Scripture — there are only general parameters to ponder, wonder about, pray over and wrestle through.

Borrowing from scripture, Kant says in a related context that we have to be wise as serpents and as gentle as doves.

It's not that I don't feel like I can, I can... but is that in the vocabulary of the one who I worship, if it's not then why would I as His Son want to take on what is not His, my Father's nature... The versions of the Bible I've read seem to think that words are powerful and speaking them is an action and can even change physics if used properly... Again, the scriptures speak for themselves and circumventing the topical study with christiany cliche come - backs doesn't answer or annul anything that the Word has to say on the matter.

Now the pressures of the sexual revolution are tempting the Church to loosen her claim on the bodily act that Scripture consistently treats as most deeply implicated in spiritual things — sex.

I think Christians, in general, don't know jack squat about the gay lifestyle / community nor do they really take the time to understand... their scripture says this and that's all they need (blatant ignorance — but that's life)... even those scriptures are up for contention as noted earlier by Trey.

Joshua 23:14 relates also to the truth found in Scripture that this Earth, just as person, will,» wax old like a garment» (Psalm 102:26; Hebrews 1:11) KJB.

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.

The book we know as Genesis is a Jewish scripture, written in Hebrew, in which God says, «מה - רזאת עשית ותאמר».