Sentences with phrase «issues from scripture»

There are numerous other contextual issues from Scripture that could be considered, but these are three of the central background problems for dealing with the events of the flood.

Not exact matches

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.

It's called REThinker, and it looks at issues in our culture and in areas of scripture from a Strategic Christian perspective.

He takes particular issue with doctrines ratified by popes down the centuries, such as the immaculate conception (the belief that Mary was born free from original sin) which, in his view, have no basis in scripture.

Christians today should be speaking to these practical issues as examples from Scripture.

It's easy for people who are more liberal on this issue to claim the pastoral high ground (indeed, Chalke's piece is partly pastorally motivated), but that ignores many who will be hurt to read his change of view, and what they will regard as a sharp shift from scripture.

The issue of apostolic authority can be cleared up by learning from Scripture what an apostle is and what an apostle does.

The EECMY had issued a letter to the ELCA in 2010, calling it to repent of its doctrinal deviations from Scripture.

I really appreciate your integrity in approaching this issue — my husband and I are from DTS too and the idea that there is a different way to interpret the scriptures about women was just not allowed, LOL.

But I fail to see how a single verse like Luke 17:34 (which in context has little or no bearing on homosexual marriage / behavior), or even several bare verses from various places in Scripture that are often quoted on this issue, make for worthwhile conversation.

Once I really faced the issue, I found myself in a position slightly A side of the A / B fence but have migrated from that position as I've studied the issue in Scripture and mediated on the theology of the issue.

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.

If your congregation has been relatively socioeconomically homogeneous and isolated from the effects of poverty you have likely developed a theological frame of reference that has excluded large portions of Scripture that address issues of poverty.

Perhaps a summary of the basics of Catholic teaching on each issue, arguments from scripture, arguments from natural law and empirical evidence from modern society and scientific understanding?

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

The basic principle is that we must separate the theological issues (holding the Bible to be inspired Scripture) from literary questions.

But he clearly doesn't mean by this that the concept of omnipotence he attributes to God is derived solely from biblical statements, for he immediately adds that «unfortunately, Scripture contains no explicit statement concerning God's omnipotence, nor does it discuss the issue in any philosophical way.»

Toward the end of Ut Unum Sint, John Paul cites some of the questions that must be addressed in conversation with the communities issuing from the tragic divisions of the sixteenth century: (1) The relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matters of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God; (2) The Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, an offering of praise to the Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit; (3) Ordination, as a Sacrament, to the threefold ministry of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate; (4) The Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith; (5) The Virgin Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual Mother who intercedes for Christ's disciples and for all humanity.

Rather than make their case from scripture, the couple have approached the issue from another angle, as DeVon explains: «There's a tremendous amount of science and research been done to show there's value in practising delayed gratification.

The authority of the Nicene Creed follows from this Protestant principle of the perspicuity of Scripture because this principle leads us to think that the early Church, when faced with the need to explicate more precisely the identity and nature of Christ, would get it right, given the obvious importance of this issue in the New Testament revelation.

However, after less than a year of study of early Christian teachings about the Scriptures from the primary Church Fathers (far less than one to two hours a week of study) I can totally answer the whole issue of God commanding the death of the Caananites, etc..

Of course, aside from Scripture (just speaking pragmatically here), I know many women who would do a much better job deciding on doctrinal and practical issues than many so - called elders.

They attend to scripture; struggle to discern the gospel's call and demand on them and their congregations in particular contexts; lead worship, preach and teach; respond to requests for help of all kinds from myriad people in need; live with children, youth and adults through life cycles marked by both great joy and profound sadness; and take responsibility for the unending work of running an organization with buildings, budgets, and public relations and personnel issues.

In this book the whole issue is addressed and provides much more insight from scripture.

Could Piper have psychological issues with women that in turn create unhealthy emotional responses to women that in turn determine the way he uses scripture to prevent women from teaching men?

This book differs from Two Thousand Kisses a Day, Whispers Through Time, and The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline in that it takes a Christian approach to parenting as L.R. takes on big names in the Christian child - training sect such as Dr. James Dobson, Tedd Tripp, Gary Ezzo, and Michael Pearl, breaking down their doctrine and reexamining such issues as spanking, instant obedience, submission, free will, and more in light of the original Hebrew and Greek texts of the scriptures.

Aside from their mutual support of orange men, on issues such as abortion and marriage equality both Pence and the DUP's respective views are deeply rooted in a fundamentalist interpretation of Christian scripture.

Five years later, the legislators issued a corrective in the form of the Old Deluder Satan Law: «It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures,» the law intoned, «it is therefore ordered... that everie Township [of 100 households or more] in this Jurisdiction» be required to provide a trained teacher and a grammar school, at taxpayer expense.