Sentences with phrase «on scripture alone»

He understood himself to be renewing the Reformers» emphasis on scripture alone, but he was more rigorous than they in excluding philosophical support.

The other possibility was to give up natural law and rely on Scripture alone, trusting the grace of God to hold the wayward mind steady in the effort to understand it.

In their opinion the Church needed to return to a «pure» religion based on scripture alone, sola scriptura.

They could stand on scripture alone as the Word's final address to fallen human beings.

Polemically, Reformation theology grounded its teaching on Scripture alone, rather than on Scripture and tradition, the polemical pole represented by the Roman and Greek churches.

Not exact matches

I think we all like to claim that our theology alone is based on Scripture, etc, when in reality, there is a whole host of other influences that get poured into our theology as well.

He notes that Richard Hooker pushed back on the Puritan movement and its claim that since scripture alone is authoritative, only those customs and ceremonies should be admitted into the life of the church (and state, I would add) which were explicitly authorized by scripture itself.

At the same time, when proposing an alternate understanding, we must never accuse those who believe in the traditional view of believing in «Scripture plus tradition» while we believe in «the Bible alone» for even a «new view» is based in some way on previous traditions, and as soon as it is taught, becomes a tradition itself.

«mysticism» and instead embraces the doctrine of the Reformed tradition and its emphasis on knowing God through Scripture alone.

Though there are numerous avenues that one might take in seeking to provide a non-Calvinistic perspective on Scripture, the route I have chosen is to emphasize the biblical teaching on «faith alone» and contrast it with what is often taught in Calvinism.

Reaching for the wholeness of Scripture is to read each text in the canonical context, not to see it as an atomic unit all alone but as a member of the divinely willed body of the canon such that the light of every part is shed on all the rest.

If you're going to hang your doctrinal hat on Enoch's experience alone, ignoring everything else in scripture you're going to wind up in error.

But as psychologist and author Dan Allender explains, «The problem with the «focus on God alone» trope is that it is not the primary message of Scripture... It is not that we are to focus on God and thus achieve mental health, it is that God enters the fray of mental complexity and makes His home not only among us but in us.»

It is the abiding Word of God alone that tests and accompanies all study of Scripture; it challenges and encourages us to continue on this road, critically weighing all human words about God's Word, with the expectation and certainty shared with the church of all ages that the «jewel» of the gospel will not be lost in a new and still unknown future.24

«Scripture says, «Man can not live on bread alone; he lives on every word that God utters.»»

Since the Reformation in the 16th Century, much Christian infighting and misunderstanding has occurred over the Catholic and Orthodox emphasis on Tradition (which usually got confused with small cultural «traditions») versus the new Protestant emphasis on Scripture, even «Scripture alone!»

Carl F. H. Henry in «Interview: Carl Henry on Evangelical Identity,» p. 27; Bernard Ramm, «Is «Scripture Alone» the Essence of Christianity?»

Our methodology in crafting «The Gift of Salvation» was to study the Bible together and to formulate a statement on salvation derived from and based upon the evidence of Holy Scripture alone.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

It is evident that Smith's theology is «natural theology», a knowledge of God arrived at by the study of nature alone, without any reliance on «revelation» as recorded in sacred scripture.

it COMMUNICATES ideas... to read the SCRIPTURES in context does NOT limit itself to the Bible ALONE... one needs to study JEWISH CULTURES... the Bible does not contain every piece of informaiton on the Jewish culture (The Jews already knew their own culture) nor does any ONE Book... get the background, the culture..

Those who are saved by God recieve the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, if you pray to Him to reveal to you what a scripture says, I think this would be a better result then leaning on men's understanding alone.

If you can not use it «to come to any conclusion regarding God or scripture,» then you can't use logic at all, which means, I think, that your argument rests on faith and faith alone.

Only then do we really know what the Scriptures mean by «repent and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,» for it is this name alone that sustains us on that day.