Sentences with phrase «major biblical concept»

Resurrection with God's gift of a new spiritual body is the major biblical concept (cf. I Cor.

Not exact matches

It is fascinating in itself; it throws light on every portion of the Bible; it clears up obscurities, explaining what is else inexplicable; it distinguishes the minor detours from the major highways of Biblical thought; it gives their true value to primitive concepts, the early, blazed trails leading out to great issues; and, in the end, it makes of the Bible a coherent whole, understood, as everything has to be understood, in terms of its origins and growth.

That is, instead of taking up the question of the autonomy of consciousness in its most general sense, I will attempt to focus the debate on a central concept of self - awareness which is capable of corresponding to one of the major traits of the idea of revelation brought to light by our analysis of biblical discourse.

Growing up in a home that practiced the «time honored» biblical practice of hitting children for the horrible offenses of pissing in our pants and sneaking food sucked major, major nuggets and had very little to do with my concept of personal responsibility.