Sentences with phrase «pages of scripture»

God's old epistolary strategy, putting words in the mouths of prophets and on pages of scripture, had not sufficed.

'» [2] Reading the first few pages of scripture gave this philosopher - pope a theological anthropology unmatched in the history of Christian thought.

But when the community of believers is formed, then churchgoers can be impelled into the works of love, mercy, and justice to which most pages of their scriptures call them.

You looked forward to the part of your day where you were able to pour over the pages of Scripture that filled you in on this new relationship.

The pages of Scripture are replete with God's love for His created beings and their place of preeminence in the created order.

A lot of Christians are under the assumption that instructions about wives submitting to their husbands are found exclusively in the pages of Scripture, that these are solely «biblical» concepts.

We may say then in answer to the question, Who is this Jesus who calls to us from the pages of scripture?

Jesus himself said that we can expect to encounter his presence not simply in the pages of Scripture, but also among the least of these, where two or three are gathered, in persecution, and in communion.

Personally, I think sticking to one text would have been better, but these men didn't seem to have too much trouble flipping through the pages of Scripture.

I suspect this has something to do with being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, not the Bible, something to do with God's presence both inhabiting and transcending the pages of Scripture, something to do with having a God - given conscience, interpreting with wisdom, and going with your gut.

You are part of the story that was begun in the pages of Scripture.

In the pages of Scripture we have the fabled fountain of youth.

The Protestant, his finger humbly pointed at the page of Scripture, declares, «Haec dicit dominus de.»

Yes, we believe it is true from cover to cover, and there are certain fundamental truths reflected in the pages of Scripture that reveal the heart of God.

So I have decided to return to the original purpose of this website, and focus my writing on the inexhaustible content found within the pages of Scripture.

Sometimes powerful, sometimes plodding, the film is a glimpse between the pages of Scripture.

Although it is a wisdom book, its mood of resignation conveys a bleakness unique within the pages of Scripture:

I have decided to return to the original purpose of this website, and focus my writing on the inexhaustible content found within the pages of Scripture.

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.

According to Donald Bloesch, it is not inappropriate to see a «reflection of God's love for his people and of the human response to this love» in the sexual love between a man and a woman.67 This prophetic theme is repeatedly mentioned in the pages of Scripture and is the central image of the Book of Hosea, as we have already observed.

This is the view we are going to see throughout the pages of Scripture.

As far as I know, within the pages of scripture, «Word of God» (capital W) always and only refers to Jesus.

With this approach, the reader is actually inspired by the apparent conflicts found within the pages of Scripture, rather than afraid of them.

Some will point to the unique roles of women and men within the pages of Scripture as proof of this belief.

I have found great freedom in the pages of scripture.

I dare say that there are very few prayers that can't be answered or at least reframed within the pages of Scripture.

Any woman leafing through the pages of Scripture for a story to call her own will quickly come to discover...

And those words are available to us within the pages of Scripture.

Like most, I've spent a lifetime scanning through the pages of Scripture searching to find «my» story: a biblical narrative I could write myself into.

Redistribution of wealth is a wonderful idea, is commended by God, and we find numerous examples of it within the pages of Scripture.

Many who engage in street preaching find justification for it in the pages of Scripture, where Jesus, Peter, Paul preached in marketplaces and streets.

The desire for freedom and liberation are not only built into the heart and soul of every person on earth, but seem to be confirmed and supported as a good and godly desire within the pages of Scripture.

Straight out of the pages of Scripture we see that God is a happy God.

This is a reimaged Jesus not found in the pages of scripture.

Logos means «word» but when used of Scripture, it refers to all of the written Word of God, all of the Bible, in it's entirety, as it is written down with pen and ink on the pages of Scripture.

And if this Gospel we have cobbled together from various passages truly is the one most important message in the entire world, which people must know and believe in order to be born again, why didn't God deem it necessary to include this message all in one place, somewhere within the pages of Scripture?

In this way, the council avoids any narrow biblicism that would tend to derive all important truths for our lives from the pages of Scripture alone.

I think we see this both / and approach on nearly every page of Scripture.

But we do not see any healthy people in the pages of Scripture apart from forgiveness.

I see that it is difficult to find Jesus in some pages of Scripture, but I think sometimes we can see him by way of contrast, as in «This is what they did, and this is NOT like Jesus.»

However, it sometimes seems that the values expressed by our government as found within the Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Bill of Rights, sometimes conflicts with the values of Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven as found within the pages of Scripture.

Most of those who engage in street preaching find justification for it in the pages of Scripture.

He just walks onto the pages of Scripture, blesses Abram, and then disappears.

It is the step many men and women throughout the pages of Scripture have taken when everyone and everything seemed against them.