Sentences with phrase «more old covenant»

They may claim more rwness and more dependence given their often dire circumstance but the theology is more old covenant than even found in the USA, no personal grace / individual freedom whatsoever.

Not exact matches

Historical studies have made clear that both under the Old and the New Covenants the people and the book were far more closely associated than was once thought to be the case.

Jewish persecution of the Christians had begun alongside the Roman, and everything pointed to the need to see the new covenant as a fulfillment of the old, to stress the new righteousness as not less but more demanding than the old.

If it really has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope, love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more if I thought about it.

Once we set Jesus in the context of a larger scriptural story, however, and come to grips with his sense of what exactly the new the new covenant would mean and how it would both fulfill and transform the old one... we discover a much richer, and more narratival, sense of «fulfillment,» which generates that subtle and powerful view of scripture we find in the early church.»

Years ago, an HOA more than 20 years old at the time was sued by two home owners who claimed the association converted their attached «townhouse» homes from condominiums to planned development lots, despite the fact that the original covenants clearly identified the HOA as a planned development.