Sentences with phrase «other scriptural texts»

The more I studied, the more convinced I became that we Christians had applied a different standard to the homosexuality texts than we had to other Scriptural texts, and that condemning Christ - centered relationships solely based on gender was actually inconsistent with biblical teaching.

The other scriptural text in which Mary emerges as the Mother of the Church is the apocalyptic vision of Revelation 12.

Not exact matches

The truths of Genesis 6 - 8 (and especially 6:7, 13, 17; 7:23) can be understood differently when we grasp the Scriptural and cultural contexts in which these texts were written, what other Old Testament authors had to say about the flood, and also what the Apostle Peter writes about it in his second letter.

He has turned the «curse» in Genesis 3:16 into an eternal principle, and has centered on the role of «homemaker» in the text from Titus, to the exclusion of other Scriptural data.

The book reflects a Mennonite understanding of the church as a community of reconciliation, as stressed in scriptural texts such as Matthew 18 and John 20, wherein Jesus explicitly ties God's forgiveness of people to their forgiveness of others, especially in the Lord's Prayer.

We will show how Gregory weaves scriptural resources intrinsically into his pastoral care in such a way that biblical texts and pastoral practice are inseparable, and the one can not be conceived without the other.

While radical Muslim groups like ISIS use ancient religious texts to support their horrific deeds, others violate historical and scriptural witness to promote a more appealing version of Muhammad.