Sentences with phrase «interpreting all scripture so»

The spiritual authority of a pastor depends on a capacity to interpret Scripture so that it becomes good news to the people of God.

Not exact matches

One of the so - called tools that goes along with this hermeneutic principle of using scripture to interpret scripture is to favor clear scripture over less clear scripture when comparing similar themes and concepts.

«Scripture interprets scripture», so it is very easy to distinguish between what is the Word of God and whaScripture interprets scripture», so it is very easy to distinguish between what is the Word of God and whascripture», so it is very easy to distinguish between what is the Word of God and what is not.

I come to wonder, if what we read out of scripture needs a proper interpretation of it following some basic principals to be in the proper context and we don't follow those simple rules, then what we interpret creates in our minds a false will of God and we follow this so called «Gods will» are we going down the wrong path?

Did King Josiah close his eyes so he would forget she was a woman as she read and interpreted Scripture in his presence, explaining, directly and personally, how that Scripture would affect Israel and its king?

That person would surely acknowledge (even if wincing while doing so) that preachers, in attempting to interpret Scripture and guide the faithful, are free to draw on a variety of resources to make their points, and that such attempts will not always please everyone.

Just as the Beroeans of Acts responded to the events around them by searching the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul said was true (Acts I7: II), so we must interpret our experience afresh in the light of God's word.

When it comes to scripture though we have a written record that yes must be read and therefore interpreted but has been done so throughout the history of the Church and corrected by the same through the oversight and guidance of God himself and it endures even till today.

The minister who is obedient to Scriptures and represents its authority does so as one who is interpreting the mind of the community - before - God.

Isn't that WHY we have so many Christian - based religions, because they interpret parts or all of the Scripture differently?

Oddly enough, Augustine was writing about the mysteries found within the book of Genesis, when he said, «in matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

Centuries ago, it was known that no reading of Scripture could be interpreted in one way... if you're talking about the Christian faith, which is already so one - sided, nowadays...

The issue from the outset has not been the need for new and better tools, but the solution of the fundamental anomaly of the field: the failure of the old paradigm so to interpret Scripture as to enable personal and social transformation today.

«In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

Otherwise, the Bible becomes the prisoner of what was once believed to be scientifically true: «In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

Also the idea of «interpreting» Scripture so as to personally profit comes to mind.

So if God says do something and your pastor interprets other scripture to mean not to do what God commands you pastor is interpreting incorrectly and misleading you.

Nor does this rule out biblical authority; but it does mean that the «minister who is obedient to Scripture and represents its authority does so as one who is interpreting the mind of the community - before - God».

The scientific beliefs of the time stated that the earth was the center of the universe, so the church began to interpret the scripture with this in mind.

This is of course the only way fundamentalists ever interpret the scripture... but to do so represents eisegesis rather than exegesis.

MacArthur and other cessationists believe that the Gifts of the Spirit, specifically tongues and healing, do not operate today (an assumption that I disagree with), so they interpret all scripture with that filter, that initial bias.

He believed the «power gifts» were no longer in operation, so he interpreted scripture one way, while I believed the gifts are in operation today, so I interpret things differently.

So many denominations all believing they have got it figured out and judging all others for not interpreting the scripture the same way they do.

He said the French scholar Stapulensis was also guilty — although «a man otherwise spiritual and most sound», he «lacks spiritual understanding in interpreting divine Scripture; yet he definitely shows so much of it in the conduct of his own life and the encouragement of others.

«In mattes that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.