Sentences with phrase «make biblical references»

We were afraid to speak of religious things or to make biblical references, lest we sound moralistic or preachy.

Laaser takes the «higher power» rhetoric of 12 - step programs and makes Biblical references to grace (to overcome the feelings of despair and shame that accompany addiction) and the abiding presence of God as a companion in the journey.

Not exact matches

The story makes innumerable references to the Bible, from the opening parody of biblical language in the description of Astor, to the parody of Pilate's questioning of Christ in the lawyer's interview with a mute Bartleby, to the seriously meant quotation from Job.

A note on the Scriptural references: Because this paper deals with our understanding of Scripture and challenges the traditionally held position and doctrines, I have made an effort to give biblical references where appropriate.

Since the biblical authors tend to make reference to the ending, if I were going to steal Wright's metaphor, I'd prefer to characterize it as «living in the fourth act,» where you've read the first three acts and the fifth, and you have to continue where the third act leaves off, mindful that what you do must fit in with the ending specified in the fifth act.

Reference was made to Tradition, especially to the Decree of the Biblical Commission in 1909 which laid down that a special creation (peculiaris creatio) of the first man was to be held to be the literal historical sense intended by the second chapter of Genesis.

The only thing that would put us in «good standing» with the ex-gay and similar folk would be to admit we are gay and always will be («reparative» therapy doesn't work and denial ends in repression taking the form of promiscuity), and most of us aren't called to celibacy (in the only Biblical sense of the term, as Jesus makes reference to and Paul discusses at length).

If not, what do you make of the dozens of references to Hell by both Jesus and other biblical authors?

Referencing the ethical witness of his daughters, the President made his argument on biblical grounds, specifically the «golden rule,» the idea that we should «treat others the way you'd want to be treated,» as he paraphrased Matthew 7:12.

The highly technical nature of Universal Algebra, «On Mathematical Concepts of the Material World,» and Principia Mathematica makes it unlikely that they contain biblical references.

It was simply too ungainly to make one's way around in any sort of reference document (converted HTML, PDF with bookmarks, Biblical texts).

The works on view in Rachel Uffner's booth point slyly to her ongoing fascination with mythologies of all kinds, without making any reference overly obvious — if you think the piece above refers only to the Biblical Eve, you may need to look up the story of a certain Aphrodite and a handsome man named Paris.