Sentences with phrase «other than scripture»

At the same time, Jesus seems to have enjoyed an authority sourced from something other than Scripture.

I think it best to avoid using the word «inspired» in Christian circles to apply to anything other than Scripture.

I accept no authority other than Scripture.

Not exact matches

In other words, I'll manipulate scripture to pander to man rather than follow God's plan.

Scripture does do something to us in worship, which is why it is a scandal that Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and other traditions have more public reading of Scripture in their services than we Bible - oriented evangelical Protestants.

The gospel can not be preached in any other language than its own: a language deeply shaped by the Sacred Scriptures, a language that has been revealed and received and is not to be recast when the culture suggests that the Church do so.

If you want to say that two men or two women is an abomination then you might want to read some more of that scripture and you would find puting two seeds in the same hole, working on sundays, wearing cloths with more than one color and lots of other dumb things are mentioned in a list why do you all foucus on just one part of that list it has lots of abominations that we all do every day

In fact, Jesus had more to say about the the dangers of greed, love of possessions, and the lack of compassion for the the «poor» and the «least of these» than he did about any other single subject in christian scripture.

You do, of course realize that it is just as irrelevant, or more so than the Scriptures you disregard from the other side of the argument.

Rather than base his arguments on a detailed analysis of pertinent Scripture texts, he tended to quote St. Augustine (who predated Calvinism), John Calvin, and other prominent Calvinistic theologians.

Other than referencing Scripture (which I try to do thoroughly and contextually), I certainly don't do these things and I don't know anyone else who does either.

For it is Gilead's denial of history, its own historicity and any reading of Scripture other than the literalistic that make the regime a social menace.

But here's the thing that tripped me up more than any other: I don't see this Scripture fulfilled.

Many other translations, following the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek known as the Septuagint, speak of a «virgin» rather than a young woman, although the Hebrew word means a young woman and not necessarily a virgin.

«First we affirm that we desire to follow Scripture alone as a rule of faith and religion, without mixing it with any other things which might be devised by the opinion of men apart from the Word of God, and without wishing to accept for our spiritual government any other doctrine than what is conveyed to us by the same Word without addition to diminution, according to the command of our Lord.»

We must take communal reading and interpretations of Scripture much more seriously than American politics or other national documents.

It is perhaps ironic but nevertheless delightful that the Roman Catholic Church has done more to restore a balanced approach to the use of Scripture in worship than any other church since the Reformation.

I value and respect the views of people like yourself, and numerous others, who hold to the various «Less than inerrant» views about Scripture.

2) Archaeological Evidence for the trustworthiness of Scripture: We have by far more manuscript evidence of the Scriptures than for any other book of antiquity BY FAR.

When, in the course of his remarks, he intimated that some parts of the Scripture were more truth - containing than others and admonished his hearers to feed their souls upon the best of the spiritual food, James interrupted the Master, asking: «Would you be good enough, Master, to suggest to us how we may choose the better passages from the Scriptures for our personal edification?»

But Baden knows there is a paying audience for that sort of elevation of man and so he digs his own pit, and you and the others fall in too, preferring to view our Creator and His Word as pliable to man's actions and wishes, rather than accepting His absolute sovereignty, the inerrancy of Scripture, and our utter helplessness before Him.

A man and woman as husband and wife are one, according to scripture, but that is not to say they are the same or to say one is better than the other.

Nowhere does Scripture make reference to the deliberate destruction of a fetus, other than in acts of wartime atrocities (e.g., Amos 1:13).

Here is the verse, and I am open and willing to see what is written here and understand so show me how this scripture that speaks so emphatically and forthrightly can mean something other than a certain sin can not and will not be forgiven, namely the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

What makes the Bible any different than any other ancient collection of morality tales, or any other religion's scriptures?

Even the Apostle Paul stated, that if any man teach any other teaching or doctrine other than what the apostles have taught and left in the scriptures, let him be accursed.

They are learning what it means to follow Jesus into the world, to experience true community with other believers, to read Scripture in a new light, and to serve others out of love rather than compulsion.

Not only does it take up more space in the Decalogue than any of the other commandments, but it is reformulated and discussed throughout the pages of Scripture.

He will continue to be ordained by the institution and will, if he is faithful to it, have as much authority as the institution he represents has; spiritual authority is as necessary to him as to ministers of every other type; he is not less under the authority of Scriptures or less representative of it than the preacher; but his relation to all these authorities is different.

«22 The trouble, in other words, is that presuppositions are too often read into Scripture rather than being read out of Scripture.

Here, and in other egalitarian literature, principle is given priority over application; admonition is given preference over description.34 What is dangerous in such a procedure, though it admittedly works in many cases, is the implied epistemological claim that objective, impersonal statements are of a somehow higher order of trustworthiness than the more personal and relational aspects of Scripture.

I accept no creeds or confessions other than what Scripture makes clear, even though I may have no disagreement with any of them.

Obviously Jesus and the writers of Scripture treat some sins as more severe than others (see pp. 5 — 8 of this article), even though Eichenwald mocks anyone who thinks this as showing «that they know next to nothing about the New Testament.»

I have a hunch that one explanation accounts for the silence of evangelical biblical scholars more than any other: the basic fear that their findings, as they deal with the text of Scripture, will conflict with the popular understanding of what inerrancy entails.

If this turns out to be the case (that he has a skewed view of Jesus), then I want to ask him if, in his lifelong quest for truth, he has ever read about Jesus from Scripture, rather than just hearing about Jesus from others.

Jeremy i agree with what you have written many of the traditions in the church have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about having a good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz

Rather than being excited about some new insight from Scripture or idea about theology which I get to pass on to others, my writing has become more about pageviews, backlinks, ad revenue, email subscriber stats, book sales, and comment counts.

In other words, every father in Scripture who is given more than just a brief -LSB-...]

We have attempted to provide more explanation than many other study Bibles on some of the difficult passages of scripture.

Besides, reading scripture would be easier than some other things.

The daily routine of the orthodox Hindu is probably much more determined by some part of his scriptures than that of the people of the West by the Bible, or for that matter than that of any other people by its scripture, save only the Moslems.

The internal principle for interpreting scripture can be no other than the mind of Christ.17 Christ is Lord of scripture as surely as he is Lord of the Sabbath, Lord of the church, Lord of all.

I think that McLaren would say that he could help show you that the gospel is way more than just about getting saved, but is also a way of living life in the world here and now, and living this way will shift and transform how you view others, read Scripture, and interact with God.

Yet contemporary Hinduism is perhaps more influenced by them than by the other scriptures.

So for people of other religions following scriptures other than Quran, Allah has pre-planned punishment.

Some people might distinguish between them more sharply than others, but both processes involve a major movement affecting our subjective limitations and, therefore, they deeply influence our interpretation of Scripture and tradition.

Afraid of the slippery slope, afraid of nuance, afraid of anything other than a literal black - and - white reading of Scripture, afraid of the breadth of tradition within orthodox Christianity, afraid of science, afraid of education, afraid of university, afraid of Michael himself even.

Though he preferred to speak of biblical «saga» rather than «myth» in order to distinguish biblical myth from the monist mythologies of other religions and philosophies, he urged that, by either name, the «mythical» aspects of scripture should not be regarded as dispensable for theology.

There has as yet been no collection of these revelations, other than scattered selections published by a follower, Walter C. Lanyon, in England.7 But, here is a scripture in the making.

They state under the category of the Holy Scriptures that, «The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture, and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings.»