Sentences with phrase «light of scripture»

But recently, I have undertaken the practice of questioning absolutely everything the church does in light of Scripture and effectiveness.

Could you please clarify your statements in light of the scriptures, please?

Do the infinite richness and luminous light of the Scriptures require us to denigrate and dismiss the noble, intelligent, and, as I argued in my essay, relevant and helpful work of the Fathers?

Or is the real idolatry to hold on to beliefs without examining them critically in light of Scripture?

In light of scripture and the circumstances, he said, the congregation needed to stop in the middle of the service and process together to the homes of the other two families.

The abundant preaching of Benedict XVI on Our Lady testifies not only to the centrality of the Mother of God in salvation, but also to the Pope Emeritus's personal devotion to Mary, whom he has evidently contemplated deeply in the light of Scripture.

LifeWay needs to follow the Biblical example and judge the books by their merits in light of Scripture and not by the failings of the book's authors.

I hope that these posts will help you determine for yourself — in the light of Scripture and through the guidance of the Holy Spirit — that you also have not committed the unforgivable sin.

(At the same time, the church's experience in Paul's own historical moment is interpreted in light of scripture, which leads Paul to warn gentile believers against being wise in their own conceits.

I would encourage us to search our hearts and our influences prayerfully in light of Scripture, recognizing that we may come to different conclusions on the best way forward.

That does not mean that the idea of Purgatory is necessarily true and it must be assessed in the light of scripture as a whole and, in my view, there's simply not enough biblical support to affirm it as an established doctrine.

Theology becomes a reflection on Christian praxis (a favorite «in» word) in the light of Scripture.

So when people in the pews hear their church leaders espouse this same ideal, that we should be cautious about political partisanship (generously stated), I'm not convinced the people are sophisticated enough to know that they aren't being (or shouldn't be) told to abandon positions on issues that are thought out and held up against the light of scripture.

Editor's Note: Wayne Grudem, research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary om Phoenix, Arizona, is author of Politics According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture.

It means that the people need to learn how to reflect about their lives and the life of the congregation in the light of Scripture.

As the person set aside by a congregation to be their spiritual leader, the pastor is the person most responsible for interpreting the life of faith in the light of Scripture.

However, knowledge about the Bible is only the first stage in learning to reflect about life in the light of Scripture.

and becomes «What is the Word that the Spirit speaks to the churches now, in the light of Scripture, tradition, theology, psychology, genetics, anthropology and biology?»

Maybe our perspective of what the limits or boundaries are in respect to our families and jobs need to change in light of the Scripture.

When the Declaration later proclaimed that the church must always hear and obey her Lord over against all other authorities, it did so in the light of the scriptures and the communal memory of the church, which gives concrete embodiment to her worship.

Sure, RCC contains serious errors in the light of the Scriptures but there are many true Christians within; read on Father Maximilian Korbe for example, since he is a contemporary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

It must bring these ideals to bear on particular issues, illuminating their moral meaning in the light of Scriptures, the life of Jesus, the laws of nature and the Kingdom of God.

In order to determine whether «Egyptian gold» is «real gold,» however, it must be measured in the light of Scripture.

You have to read scripture in light of scripture.

Its purpose, therefore, can only be served by intense examination and discussion in the light of the Scriptures, even if it turns out that the form of the teaching must be modified as a result of such reflection.

The goal, therefore, is not simply to interpret the Bible in the light of our context, but even more, to interpret ourselves and our global context in the light of Scripture.

Examines various philosophies of education in light of Scripture.