Sentences with phrase «of scripture for»

In the process of digging through the pages of Scripture for an understanding of how the death of Jesus saves the world from sin, I discovered a God I never knew existed, as well as some truths about Scripture, sin, and humanity that I never would have found in any other way.

I was very interested in seeing the supporting lines of scripture for that, but she unfortunately didn't provide any.

I find it interesting that you are against the use of scripture for the defense of the practice of pastors on salary.

Without saying that it is particular religious acts or practices, such as prayer or the use of Scripture for guidance, that make one's function pastoral, I believe that a case can be made for an identifiable pastoral function as well as a pastoral way of thinking about that function.

We should not take our kind of Scripture for granted.

Actually, the turning point came in spring 1974, during a seminar on the authority of Scripture for theology.

Each week five different small groups in the congregation meet to discuss the passage of Scripture for the sermon two Sundays hence and to explore how the Faith congregation walks the streets of that passage today.

This does not mean that it is the preacher's responsibility to hand down a more or less authoritative interpretation for them, but as pastor - preacher he will lead them into the experience of hearing the message of Scripture for their situations.

The Bible can be the book of the church if members are able to bring all of life to the mirror of Scripture for reflection about the life of faith.

Any woman leafing through the pages of Scripture for a story to call her own will quickly come to discover...

Ordinarily one would not regard the great national epics as scriptures though, in the case of the Iliad and the Odyssey, they come close to forming at least an equivalent of scripture for the Greek people, and to students of Greek religion they provide a rich mine of material with reference to the gods of classical Greek religion.

Another distinction that has helped make sense of Scripture for me is the word «salvation.»

Therefore, by referring to the apostles and prophets, Paul reveals his conviction about the centrality of Scripture for the church.

I not only want to help others see exhilarating truths of Scripture, but also show people the importance of Scripture for daily living.

/ Discipship / training leaders / develop ministry teams / train connect group leaders / pray for the sick / visit the sick / visit those in hospital / visit those that can not get out due to illness etc / pre marriage counciling / marriage counciling / training on parenting / financial training (not teaching people how to give more simply helping them walk in the council of scripture for their personal finances) / meet with lay leaders regularly / keep a good account of the finances / prepare a financial report bi annually /

By omitting this, I believe that Trible does not offer as much help in understanding the importance of Scripture for personal and societal transformation.

Even patriarchy's deepest plots have not wholly» silenced women in the biblical tradition, nor does our knowledge of these infamous «proceedings» have to cancel other values of Scripture for us.

Even the various forms of theological activity can be redescribed in narrative terms, as when Newbigin writes of «the congregation as hermeneutic of the gospel»: interpretation of Scripture for Newbigin is not so much what a particular scholar writes as what a particular community of believers enacts.

What unites all elements of this process is the assumed centrality of the scriptures for church self - understanding and the necessity for the special ministry of study and interpretation as well as proclaiming the word in preaching.

We have manuscripts of the scriptures for the New Testament dating back to 100 years after Christ, and for the Old Testament, a few hundred years before, in the original languages.

In the fourth century St. Jerome translated the entire Bible into Latin, which was then the Vulgate or common language of the western world.54 This served the church for centuries and at the Council of Trent was decreed to be the official version of the scriptures for the Roman Catholic Church.

Not exact matches

John 12:8 is the most common example: «You always have the poor with you...» Left out of that (mis) interpretation is the fact that Jesus is actually quoting a passage from Jewish Scripture that makes the opposite point: The continual existence of the poor serves as the fundamental reason for God's command to assist them, to give «liberally and ungrudgingly»: «Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.»

This being said, when gay and lesbians want to promote their views as normal or that would be permissible for a priest or bishop to be a practising homosexual, I disagree based on the clear statements of Scripture.

I am so sorry that you have been told / taught such awful things about Jesus, but whether or not you believe He is fully man and also fully God, there is more than enough proof historically and in present scripture to show that labeling Him as a mysogonist and an advocate for murder is a drastically false account of who He is and what He stood for.

2 Timothy 3:16 — «All Scripture is inspired by God («Theopneustos» God breathed, literally), and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.»

«Desire is part of our design» «We are destined for eternal ecstasy» «Sexual union is the main icon scripture uses to explain what heaven has in store for us»

As far as it being condemned by God, you can see some of my earlier posts where we talked about there being legitimate theological interpretations of Scripture that allow for loving, committed gay relationships.

The Scripture says that God has given us the ability to think, work and produce for the good of all.

Would you care to explain how it is that «primitive sheep herders» as most of you love to derogatorily call them were able to in and of themselves write scripture such that the first two books Genesis & Exodus spell TORAH = LAW for every equidistant letter sequence of the 50th letter... and does the same backwards HAROT for Numbers & Deuteronomy, and the 3rd book that they're pointing towards Leviticus, every 7th letter (7 is God's number for perfection) spells YHWH = The name of God.

But even the most orthodox of Jews will admit that GeHenna (named after the dump outside Jerusalem that existed in the Valley of Hinnom and whilch was considered the most unclean of places, where the «fires never went out» and the «worm never died»... a reference seen in Isaiah...) was an idea adapted from Babylonian theology (taken from Zoasterism), not an idea originally developed in the Tanach (thus you will find references to «the world to come» and «tikkun Olam» only in the Talmud, not in the Tanach... which for Jews is not a problem since our view of «scripture» is not the same as a Christians).

I, too, owned a Bible and knew the words for many years... and wrapped my legalism and fear / hate - mongering in a cloak woven of bits and pieces of random Scripture that suited my self - righteousness d'jour.

I thought that when anyone speaks from the pulpit, and speaks truth, even if they be such a Pharisee, they should be obeyed regardless of what they do, for the words they are quoting are true, because they are quoting scripture.

Although the creeds of our denomination pay lip service to the idea that Scripture is «authoritative» and «sufficient for faith and practice,» many of us have moved far beyond that notion in our theological thinking.

Here is another: Romans 15:4, «For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.»

And what better way to do this than quote Scripture and threaten the loss of God's blessings for non - tithers / less - than - sacrificial givers.

3:16, «All Scripture is God - breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so the the man of God may be thouroughly equipped for every good work.»

Meanwhile, there is a whole long record of reading scripture for more depth / meaning.

The ELCA is a large and diverse community (currently twice the size of the LCMS) that has chosen to interpret Scripture to allow for the inclusion of many previously marginalized by the church.

It's not that I don't feel like I can, I can... but is that in the vocabulary of the one who I worship, if it's not then why would I as His Son want to take on what is not His, my Father's nature... The versions of the Bible I've read seem to think that words are powerful and speaking them is an action and can even change physics if used properly... Again, the scriptures speak for themselves and circumventing the topical study with christiany cliche come - backs doesn't answer or annul anything that the Word has to say on the matter.

Such an episode occurred, although the revised version of Scripture remained unseen for nearly seven decades after its abridger's death.

I can provide scripture references for any of the claims I make.

But as a vocal feminist and a Christian, the fact that those advocating for egalitarian and feminist interpretations of gender and scripture are becoming prominent once more — crossing out of academia and into popular discussion — is amazing.

if we take time to interprate the scriptures instead of the holy spirit do it for us....

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

Funny how IDers don't claim to be creationists, yet both have the EXACT same language and interpretation of evolutionary theory verbatim, go to the same church, watch the same videos, use the same arguments, vote for the same leaders, listen to the same pastors, and quote the same scripture, etc...

«For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was RAISED on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the twelFor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was RAISED on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the twelfor our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was RAISED on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the twelve.

That is not to say we should not take the journey for ourselves; it simply means that there are maps drawn by those who have gone before — from the saints in Scripture to the Fathers of the Church.

It is one thing to offend by speaking truth, that'll happen, but any other type of offence is unnecessary and against the teachings (which show God's heart on the matter) in scripture for those who claim to «know Him».

@Daniel, this page has a list of a scriptures that use feminine imagery for God.

The key question for theology is whether Kant can make any sense out of who the scriptures say Jesus is rather than abjuring the task and simply correcting the apostolic witness in light of some higher «religious» principle.