So when he speaks
of salvation in these verses, he means temporal, physical salvation from enemies like the Roman government.
It provides the means
of salvation for people who try but fail to live as he did.
The whole fabric of the social and cultural life of a person or congregation contributes to the understanding brought to the sermon and is involved in the
meaning of salvation which the sermon brings.
For the first time in our religious tradition, this prophet stated the doctrine
of salvation by a minority.
It is in view of this mission that conversion and baptism become meaningful, not in view
of the salvation of a few individuals.
The discovery of the total person, the corporate personality and the unity of humankind leads directly to an understanding
of salvation as liberation.
The events that became the church's
story of salvation happened to a community of believers.
To suggest otherwise would be to have an economy
of salvation which could not reach out in fullness to every human being across history.
And black dogs are in a desperate
need of salvation from a cruel life on the streets, or in shelters.
They have heard demands for sacrifice of comforts but have not heard much
promise of salvation for them.
Our conclusion stands: we must replace the
concept of salvation from sin in this life, and its negative and inadequate emphasis on avoidance, with the idea of living a faithful life.
These were very bold and strong statements to make about the church and its place in the
economy of salvation.
Instead we read that it is appointed for us to die and face judgment, and that today is the
day of salvation.
He never did anything to us, except to be the agent whose dark work was a necessary
part of our salvation.
They are indispensable symbolic ways of making ourselves in some sense contemporary with the past
events of salvation history.
If not, what about social media, which has also been touted as a potential
source of salvation?
Ultimately, she takes inspiration from them to make a bold move and achieve some
form of salvation.
If we ever base the assurance
of our salvation on good works, we can never, ever know for sure that we are saved.
Phrases with «of salvation»