Sentences with phrase «most biblical passages»

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And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.

The fact is, most of the defenses of American slavery were written by clergy who quoted Scripture generously and appealed to a «clear, plain, and common - sense reading» of biblical passages like Genesis 17:2, Deuteronomy 20:10 - 11, 1 Corinthians 7:21, Ephesians 6:1 - 5, Colossians 3:18 - 25; 4:1, and I Timothy 6:1 - 2.

I utterly reject Biblical inerrancy http://lotharlorraine.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/on-the-inspiration-of-the-bible-and-other-books-von-der-interpretation-der-bibel-und-anderen-buchern/ but find it interesting that this view of the afterlife is the most likely interpretation of the passages, provided one consider the Old Testament imagery in its own context.

Not only that, but many of the biblical passages that people find the most troubling, and the most likely to be «mistaken», are affirmed willy - nilly by Jesus and the apostles with complete disregard for any subsequent controversies that might emerge.

of his entire antiquities, there are two passages that mention Jesus, 1 merely says his brother was James, and people called him christ (which says nothing about works, resurrection, miracles, teachings), and the other is recognized as most likely a forgery, even by biblical scholars.

If anyone were to read the whole of Lewis's writings with an eye only to discover what biblical passage he most often cites, one would find, I suspect, that it would be «he that loseth his life shall save it.»

And in reality, most of us already proclaim a lack of canonicity of certain Biblical passages in the way we treat them.

The most significant schism was undoubtedly Martin Luther's, but earlier ones had involved the Coptics and Eastern Orthodox; subsequent ones are too numerous to mention, but spectacularly include the Southern versions of the Baptists and Methodists, whose adherents of nearly 2 centuries ago were more persuaded by the Biblical passages endorsing slavery than by the COMPETING Biblical passages commanding love of one's fellow man.

They want to honor women on Mother's Day, so they turn to the biblical passage most associated with femininity, the one that culminates with what may be the most cross-stitched Bible verse of all time: «Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.»

Most scholars and pastors, however, recognize that this admonition needs to be balanced with other biblical passages that suggest individuals will at times face a very clear choice between God and Caesar.

If you look at those» certain biblical passages» you'll discover that most are pretty common to ancient law codes of the time.

This passage is perhaps one of the most powerful biblical illustrations of how often it is those who walk closest to Jesus prevent children from approaching Him.

The apocalyptic passages are too deeply imbedded in the Gospels for most biblical scholars to feel that they can be thus disposed of.

Drawing from the work of biblical scholars, most notably James Brownson, Matthew looks at the context, language, and historical background of these passages to conclude that the Bible does not directly address the issue of same - sex orientation or the expression of that orientation.

The most commonly cited biblical passages are Acts 2:31; Ephesians 4:8 - 10; 1 Peter 4:6; and, most importantly, 1 Peter 3:18 - 20.