Sentences with phrase «literal meaning of these passages»

Not exact matches

Whether we read a passage as a metaphor or literal can greatly change the meaning of passage.

If two apparently contradictory passages are both true in the higher understanding, this means that at least one of them doesn't mean what it says, which means it is true (in the higher understanding) precisely because it is false (in the literal sense).

In some cases» such as the Lucan account of the virgin birth or eyewitness reports about the risen Jesus» Cox mentions the troublesome passages but discourages his readers from grappling with their literal meaning and supernatural elements.

«When the plain sense of scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense; therefore, take every word at its primary, ordinary, usual, literal meaning unless the facts of the immediate context, studied in the light of related passages and axiomatic and fundamental truths indicate clearly otherwise» (Dr. David L. Cooper)