Sentences with phrase «of biblical quotes»

It examines in detail the arguments of certain religious leaders against homosexuality: the faulty logic, the quotation of scriptures out of their historical context, the convenient interpretation of biblical quotes, the power of charismatic preachers.

It's currently owned by Lynsi Snyder who, according to the Daily Mail, has two tattoos of Biblical quotes.

Not exact matches

I hope you realize anything that is quoted «Spoken by Jesus» is questionable at best as in the academic world (Biblical scholars) most of what was written by anonymous scribe 200 - 300 years after the event are consider Pseudepigraphic and if nescessary I can supply historical reference.

The Biblical quote didn't specify to beware of the false prophet Joseph Smith.

The convictionâ $» endemic among churchfolkâ $» persists that, if problems of misapprehension and misrepresentation are overcome and the gospel can be heard in its own integrity, the gospel will be found attractive by people, become popular, and, even, be a success of some sortâ $ ¦ This idea is both curious and ironical because it is bluntly contradicted in Scripture and in the experience of the continuing biblical witness in history from the event of Pentecost unto the present momentâ $ (William Stringfellow, quoted in A Keeper of the Word, p. 348).

Now did I talk of failed Bible prophecies that u quote as evidence for the truth of Biblical God?

At many points Wesley sounds like a son of the Reformation in his emphasis on the finality of biblical authority and in his desire to be, in the much quoted phrase, a homo unius libri (a «man of one book»).

Here's a biblical quote where jesus says we should follow the OT: Jesus orders Christians to follow the Law of Moses in the Old Testament: «Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

They argue that when they quote Scripture at me, I am silenced by the weight of Biblical evidence.

Obama went on to frame decisions as disparate as ending tax breaks for the wealthy and defending foreign aid as examples of biblical principles in action, quoting Jesus» teaching that «for unto whom much is given, much shall be required» and invoking the «biblical call to care for the least of these.»

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.

(And rendering only a partial quote is much like biblical proof texting in my opinion) I am kind of a stickler on such details, as a sloppy portrayal of another's words often leads to inaccurate representation of their intent.

The majority of the «Biblical Quotes» out of their mouths are actually from Ben Franklin, Shakespear, Milton, Omar Khayam and other non-Biblical sources.

Light Shines and Jeff: Biblical quotes are only relevant to those who accept the supposed authority of the bible.

In fact, in an extended section justifying violence in the name of self - defense (plagiarized, like much in the manifesto, from other websites), it quotes from Exodus, Samuel, Judges, Psalms, Luke, Matthew, Isaiah, Daniel, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and other biblical books.

Having quoted from scripture, likewise there may be some who think of me as a so - called «believer» or «biblical Christian».

If I am asked to identify more precisely what biblical scholarship and Reformation traditions have taught us on this subject, I quote one of the eminent theologians of the first part of this century, who wrote:

Thoughts of a responsible gun owner and follower of Christ: After a quick read of this acticle, the author's biblical based quotes and interpretations seem true.

It is inconceivable to me that Paul can be quoted by modern male chauvinists as the biblical authority for excluding women from accepting God's call to serve others in the name of Christ, when Paul himself encouraged and congratulated inspired women who were prominent — to use his own descriptions — as deacons, apostles, ministers and saints.

I was sick and tired of the bible thumpers quoting biblical texts and telling me the bible fact.

book of Enoch to the well - known Biblical character, or when it quotes Jesus» reference to the mustard seed as the smallest of all seeds.

I'm talking to these Christians posting biblical texts all over here, they love to quote the first 4 gospels and pretend their religion is soft and cuddly, when in reality it's just as dangerous as any of the other religions.

Instead of addressing the fact that humans are organic beings that are part of the evolutionary life cycle, members of organized religion can fall back on biblical quotes and canonical teachings.

And then instead of you answering my questions, you come back with a bunch of other Biblical quotes which mean nothing as I already explained.

For example, it is the opinion of not a few biblical scholars that the love commandments in the Fourth Gospel and the epistles of John, so often quoted to stress the universality of the Christian ethic, were originally understood as applying only within the Christian community, and as in the Old Testament «Love your neighbor» meant «Love your fellow Israelite,» so the corresponding «new commandment» was taken to mean, «Love your fellow Christian.

If you believe in Biblical literacy and the infallibility of the Bible's writers, then those passages you quote and many others in the N.T. are indeed hard to understand, even after two thousand years of examination and discussion — at least without developing some fantastic theology that goes completely against God and nature.

Dale Vree came back in the New Oxford Review with an article titled «If Everyone Is Saved...,» defending Regis Scanlon and rejecting Neuhaus» exegesis of the biblical texts he had quoted.

The comment in quotes is by Shawn Kelley from an article entitled «Poststructuralism and / or Afrocentrism,» in Eugene H. Lovering, Jr., ed., Society of Biblical Literature: 1995 Seminar Papers (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995), p. 243.

If I quote a small biblical passage, then I get accused of taking it out of context.

The difference between the Biblical and non-Biblical conceptions of myth is indeed implicitly recognized by HBK, for it quotes Alfred Jeremias's definition of Biblical myth: «Myth in the narrower sense... is one of the supreme creations of the human spirit.

It generally refers to taking a number of individual versus and quoting them out of context (either their immediate textual context or the broader biblical context) to make a point that could not be validly made otherwise.

An appropriate biblical quote here would be the story of the adulteress.

It has been said that whenever some older theologians got to a hard place they simply quoted a few lines of Wordsworth or Tennyson, thinking that ended the matter; or they made a few biblical citations as if that were the complete answer; or (at worst), when the attack was most fierce, they used the word «mystery» as a kind of «escape - hatch».

There were other issues too: The way the accounts of Israel's monarchy contradicted one another, the way Jesus and Paul quoted Hebrew Scripture in ways that seemed to stretch the original meaning, the fact that women were considered property in Levitical Law, the way both science and archeology challenged the historicity of so many biblical texts, and the fact that it was nearly impossible for me to write a creative retelling of Resurrection Day because each of the gospel writers tell the story so differently, sometimes with contradictory details.

In The Art of Biblical Narrative, Robert Alter suggests a key to characters» inner thoughts and motivations which would be helpful even to the inexperienced reader of Scripture: first, external details (appearance, clothing, gestures); second, «one character's comments on another»; third, «direct speech by the character»; fourth, «inward speech... quoted as interior monologue»; and fifth, «statements by the narrator about the attitudes and intentions of the personages» (pp.116 - 117).

I swear - there are common sense Christians who live by faith and follow ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS and then there are the pick - and - choose, no - understanding, ignorant Christians who can quote a couple of Bible verses (turn the other cheek, thou shalt not kill and judge not being the most popular amongst your ilk) who LITERALLY have NO READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS AT ALL and for whom CLEARLY The Lord has not chosen to reveal the most basic of Biblical tenets.

I don't respond well to threats, so I will respond with one of my favorite Biblical quotes: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, because I am the meanest son of a bi-tch in the valley.

The Navarre Bible, that wonderful commentary which has done so much to seed the wasteland of contemporary Biblical scholarship, refers in connection with the passage I quoted from Matthew (9:36) to words of St Margaret Mary Alacoque: «This Divine Heart is a great abyss which holds all good, and he commands that all his poor people should pour their needs into it.

The biblical quote that follows gives the context of the quote.

Why anyone would think Hitler was a person that should be quoted in any sort of positive way to support - or - contrast Biblical teachings for parents and children is beyond me.

But Christians compare and contrast a Biblical truth (how one brings up a child) with a quote from an evil man who brainwashed millions in Germany to follow an evil path of destruction and we are doing something evil.

For example, the Bible is frequently quoted in support of opposition to portrayals of sex and violence in the media but not often to challenge the practice of western media corporations destroying poorer indigenous cultures by selling cheap western entertainment that under - cuts local programming, even though protection of the poor is a strong biblical message.

Spurious biblical warrant was quoted for increased military spending and the development of American nuclear capability.

The biblical quote of treating the rest (Gentiles) as dogs is very true.

For every biblical quote thrown around I have others to prove my point in support of my church but one of my favorite sayings is «never try and teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig.»

but all of the others who quote biblical text annoy the sh & * out of me shut the f up and just state your opinion, we do nt need a lecture!

Also love how she quotes the book of philip which was rejected by Biblical Scholars when gathering the Bible together.

She did quote some of the scriptures that required quotations, the rest she stated the part and then paraphrased biblical scholar about that section of text.

It may mean printing the text and pointing out specific verses or quoting them with sufficient frequency that it becomes clear that these verses are present, that the ways in which the passage was remembered — the past interpretations brought to the present hearing — have overlooked these verses, that these are not the creation of the preacher but are the biblical text.

There has been so much violence and hatred against gays, with «Christians» (not all, of course), quoting biblical censoring — Islam is just as bad.