Sentences with phrase «of biblical times»

However, as the research continues into the health benefits of pomegranate fruit, seeds, and now the peels, it is obvious that this ancient fruit of Biblical times could be beneficial in more ways than we could imagine at present.

My hope is just that Biblical references to grains won't be used to justify eating processed flours and foods that are nothing like the actual grains of Biblical times.

Which may have more to do with us having access to a better historical record of his time than of biblical times.

Is the world we live in WAY better than that of biblical times?

[I can think of plenty more, starting with this idea that the Bible presents us with a singular picture of «biblical womanhood» that more closely resembles the June Cleaver culture of pre-feminist America than the familial norms of biblical times - not that I'm biased on that one or anything.

The «altars» of biblical times were smelly, blood - covered, fly - infested places that no one wanted close to his tent, and which graphically reminded any worshipper of the messy and deadly - serious consequences of sin.

The sword was the «assault weapon» of biblical times and Jesus apparently had no problem with Peter carrying one.

It should be that she is faithfully discerning the responsible actions of that movement which arose through the long history of Biblical times and which is alive today.

Others have thought theologically from a perspective shaped by study of the Near Eastern religions of Biblical times.

So I don't believe that the women of biblical time were ignorant of that fact.

Prophetism is the total achievement of that unique movement spectacularly witnessed in concentrated power in the eighth, seventh, and sixth centuries, but developing from the time of Israel's birth as a people out of Egypt and continuing to find essential expression in the final six or seven centuries of biblical time.

Not exact matches

However, he added «it's really not the kind of flavor that has a market,» and the taste likely explains why wine was the drink of choice in biblical times.

Just as the Jews in Biblical times achieved their dream of freedom and self - determination, many of the elements of the Exodus story serve as metaphors for how we can achieve our own dreams today.

WHat does invalidate the Biblical account is the measurable and observable passage of those events, that would take more of what humans call time than the Bible allows for.

a) Given the lack of a natural explaination to create matter, energy and time, b) Given the lack of a natural explaination to create life, Therefore, this implies some supernatural being (i.e. God) is necessary, but not necessariuly the Biblical God.

I've spent considerable amounts of time reading the biblical literature and have yet to come across said» magic.»

I spent a lot of time ostracized by fellow churchgoers because I dared question meanings and interpretations of biblical passages.

I'm fond of saying,» We have a choice... theological history or historical theology»... and becuz I lean toward the latter, biblical anachronisms (belonging to another time) aren't on my wish list.

The morals you claim to be biblical are merely the morals of the time, recorded in the bible.

The masses of people during Biblical times had no formal education and no means of employment.

The Reformers vigorously protested what they viewed as deviations from biblical teaching, but they never used Scripture to undermine the Trinitarian and Christological consensus of the early Church embodied in the historic creeds that had come down from patristic times.

As has been pointed out to you countless times, science has shown that the biblical myths of creation and life are not true — they are simply stories invented to satisfy an ignorant populace.

I wonder what would be revealed if scientists would be permitted to study the remains in the tomb at Machpelah... after all, like all things Biblical, we only have one reference, and we ONLY have Abraham's word that he saw the face of God (contrary to John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time, AND John 6:46: Not that any man hath seen the Father)... Bet you those bones aren't from a 175 year old man and 127 year old woman...

Biblical interpretation naturally absorbs a lot of ink; but «modern biblical scholars» will be surprised to learn that many of them regard miracle stories as fictions «designed to influence the common folk of an ancient and more simple time»: a view closer to old - fashioned anticlericalism of Thomas Paine's vintage than modern scholarship even of a radicalBiblical interpretation naturally absorbs a lot of ink; but «modern biblical scholars» will be surprised to learn that many of them regard miracle stories as fictions «designed to influence the common folk of an ancient and more simple time»: a view closer to old - fashioned anticlericalism of Thomas Paine's vintage than modern scholarship even of a radicalbiblical scholars» will be surprised to learn that many of them regard miracle stories as fictions «designed to influence the common folk of an ancient and more simple time»: a view closer to old - fashioned anticlericalism of Thomas Paine's vintage than modern scholarship even of a radical stripe.

If you're interested in self - inquiry there are a lot of psychological texts written in recent years when the science was far, far in advance of anything understood about humans back in biblical times.

Support for Israel has become a key issue for American evangelicals, some of whom believe the country plays a key role in end times and others who believe there's a biblical mandate to honor the Jewish state.

It's because old - time mindless Biblical literalist, young - earth Christainity is so easy and fun to make fun of!

You can't counter with any evidence the obvious biblical evidence recorded by REAL people describing ACTUAL events of the time.

At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.

Few biblical laws are repeated three times; this is one of those few.

All biblical evidence points to the fact that there was an understanding about the nature of the earth and many other topics far beyond the secular understanding of the time.

The Biblical accounts of God - to - human relationship and affairs going from the very obvious to the very mysterious, starting with creation and going through a multitude of stages, the fall, the expulsion and curse, trials and covenants, rebellion and Law, culminating with God's «Ultimate Provision» for Salvation, the «Good News» of the Lord Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, the «New Covenant,» the «Millennial Kingdom» to come, the end of time, and the afterlife, are the basis for the Christian Theology on «Time Dispensations.&ratime, and the afterlife, are the basis for the Christian Theology on «Time Dispensations.&raTime Dispensations.»

It does draw an accurate picture of the wild bull that existed in biblical times and down into the not - too - distant past.

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and aBiblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and aBiblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and aBiblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and abiblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

But each time you transmit another one of your standard, Christian - inspired attempts to twist truth into a form that fits your biblical world view, you give all of us an opportunity to provide a reasoned rebuttal.

'' Thomas Jefferson omitted it (Revelation) along with most of the Biblical canon, from the Jefferson Bible, and wrote that at one time, he considered it (Revelation) as «merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams.»

I accept the Bible's authority; at the same time I have wondered — as with suicide — about a precise identification of every person of this type with the biblical model» («The Bible and Two Tough Topics,» Eternity, August 1974).

If these are the kinds of marriages that were perfectly fine for Biblical times then why are they not legally widespread and what is considered «traditional marriage» in America now?

Christianity itself has become a principality and holds thousands captive, Before anyone comments on me calling todays Christianity a principality, (a demonic stronghold) let me just make a request that those who do answer are those who live as the followers of the way did in biblical times, that is, meeting every day, considering nothing they owned as their own, laying their lives down for the gospel (and not getting paid to do so) and having signs and wonders accompany them when they speak of the Lord.

Of course, we don't find anything specifically about guns in the Bible; they weren't invented until the 14th century A.D. Common weapons in biblical times were various types of knives, axes, spears — and especially the sworOf course, we don't find anything specifically about guns in the Bible; they weren't invented until the 14th century A.D. Common weapons in biblical times were various types of knives, axes, spears — and especially the sworof knives, axes, spears — and especially the sword.

The Wesleyans did not see the biblical injunctions against the ministry of women as providing a norm and pattern for all time.

However, we should not allow us to be totally seduced by this Victorian version of the season, and recall that in the biblical stories, and in centuries past, this was a time when the world turned upside down.

You can not simultaneously cry out of church discipline and at the same time neglect its Biblical requirements....

The training at St. John's, in bright contrast to the American scene I had fled, was biblical (unlike anything I had seen or heard of in the Church I knew), serious, and most important at the time, pastoral.

In the times of the biblical narrative Jesus is healing lepers, raising people from the dead, controlling nature.

Some lose their beliefs in theological college, when they are exposed for the first time to the work of Biblical scholars and sophisticated theologians.

It sounds crazy, but I spent three days at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama as part of my «biblical womanhood» project last year, and it was one of the most meaningful times of prayer and contemplation I've ever experienced.

The biblical authors simply transplanted the nomadic standards of their time into the distant past.

We named her after Woman Wisdom partly because She's a pretty kickass biblical character, and partly because our lives were such a mess at the time of Sophia's birth.

This verse is not a botanical reference to the size of every seed known to man, but rather a comparison of the mustard seed to the other seeds a gardener would typically sow in his garden in the biblical world at the time of Christ.