Sentences with phrase «over scripture»

(2) Does my method elevate tradition over Scripture?

It seems as if people are always in debate over scripture due to relying on their own understanding to comprehend it.

If we are not united over Scripture as the final authority, then we are not united.

If we want to sit in judgement over scripture we are obviously not taking it seriously as a true witness.

While it's true that I've changed my mind about the place of women in church ministry, that hasn't happened because I chose cultural relevance over Scripture.

By contrast, the traditional Catholic (and Orthodox) conception of the relationship does have the Church standing in judgment over Scripture in some sense, for as the Catechism forthrightly states, «the Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of sacred books» (emphasis added).

«At the heart of mysticism is the primacy of experience over Scripture.

«Neither Peter in his work to include Gentiles in the church nor the abolitionists in their campaign against slavery argued that their experience should take precedence over Scripture,» writes Matthew.

Katie pours over Scripture at the close every meal.

No matter how much indoctrination, corruption, errors, or what have you, disputing over scripture, the validity of it and its authenticity, NEVER EQUATES to the «non-existence of God.»

It seems that ultimately, what this does is set humans up as judge over Scripture to determine what is «true» and what is «error.»

A couple years ago, as I was reading through Scripture, I began to notice that there were numerous jokes, allusions, and euphemisms all over Scripture for the male sexual organ.

Kavanagh is presented as a fairly typical high - church critic of evangelical liturgy who argues that liturgy ought to take priority over scripture because it is within the liturgy that scripture becomes intelligible.

Present - day Christianity seems to value Jesus over God, scripture over Jesus, Paul over scripture, and later theologians over Paul.

Honestly, I believe it is the responsibility of every Christian to read, analyze and pray over Scripture to discern His will for us as we journey through life.

Thus was authority over the scriptures bequeathed to the Church by the Master himself.

I would not fault a person for believing there is more to the human condition than biology while having the ability to see the inherent corruption and hypocrisy present in organized religion in it's adherence to doctrine over scripture and political motivations.

Many millions over the 2000 years of Christianity have pawed over scripture from that written on clay and papyrus and still are trying to understand God.

Theos (God) and Pneuma (Breath / Wind / Spirit) go together and come to the imagination like God breathing over the scripture thus «inspiring» the Words.

Both set the interpreter's judgment over Scripture rather than understanding it as in the service of Scripture.

People who are «religious» 24/7 and obsess over scriptures and rules and commandments are out of touch w / reality.

I do read books of people writing over scripture, so I was interested to hear about the books of Peter Enns and would love to read them.

Both tended to emphasize power over Scripture.

Jeremy, Under the header «The Failure of the Reformation», line four, shouldn't it read «the authority of Scripture over tradition» rather than «the authority of tradition over Scripture?»

Frankly, I am surprised at the eclipse of canon within contemporary intra-evangelical debate over Scripture.

This led some in Matthew's church (he had come out to a small group) to accuse him of «elevating his experience over Scripture.»

However, in the case of teaching the Word of God, human logic and rationalizing do not take precedence over Scripture.

To Evangelicals it appears that, in practice if not in theory, the Catholic understanding of Magisterium, including infallibility, results in the Roman Catholic Church standing in judgment over Scripture, instead of vice versa.

Because of this I spent many hours reading and pouring over scripture and reading books from varying viewpoints to seek to find out just what God really felt about this subject.

Like I said, whatever we dispute over scripture and the details have no bearing on the existence of God since it is evident to me without any scripture.

Love may be in vogue, but I find it all over Scripture.

Calvinism is tradition over scripture, and one of the biggest (Catholic) traditions that Protestants still peddle today is the Trinity.

In my reading and study, it seems that while many Reformed people talk about the authority of Scripture over tradition, in actual practice, they seem to value tradition over Scripture, just like many of these other groups do.

If you were to compare the typical writings of the average Calvinist, Arminian, Lutheran, and Catholic theologians, you would discover that when it comes to the issues of faith, grace, the accomplished work of Jesus Christ, the authority of tradition over Scripture, and the goal of glorifying God in all of life, there is very little distinguishable difference (See the journal article I wrote on this several years ago).

When Justin shared his struggle, they were kind, but tended to turn every conversation into a debate over Scripture and homosexuality.

What do you think of Matthew's response to the challenge that he is «elevating his experience over Scripture.»

We make the vast majority of our decisions through God - given wisdom, not supernatural surprises: and when those surprises do occur, they never take precedence over Scripture.