Sentences with phrase «perspective on the scriptures»

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.

Some years ago James Smart observed that one of the reasons the Bible is «strangely silent» in congregations is because pastors are not able to bring a «critical» perspective on Scripture to bear on faith issues.5 With that in mind, I have attempted to address a biblically informed theological reflection to the key issues raised by transition in culture, church, and family.

Mesmerized by current trends, Porter turns patronizing when the Scholastics seem to her to get something like the subordination of women within marriage wrong, noting that they «did not have the kind of historical / critical perspective on Scripture that would have enabled them to relativize these precepts.»

Not exact matches

In a fascinating historical treatment, Holy Scripture and the Quest for Authority at the End of the Middle Ages, Ian Christopher Levy offers a new perspective on this question.

The writers draw on literature, philosophy and scripture as well as on sociological and psychological perspectives.

I think it's you, based on solid research into Scripture from another perspective.

The Christian community now possesses for the first time some excellent scholarly works on the treatment of homosexuality in Scripture, such as Robin Scroggs's The New Testament and Homosexuality (Fortress, 1984) and George Edwards's Gay / Lesbian Liberation: A Biblical Perspective (Pilgrim, 1984).

Specifically, I want to provide Calvinists and non-Calvinists with a perspective on certain passages of Scripture which will hopefully allow people to see that there are viable alternatives to Calvinism and it's theological opposite, Arminianism.

I tend to agree with almost every interpretation or perspective on how to read scripture.

This can shed light on a specific passage of Scripture and offer great insight, truth and perspective to your times of study.

Instead, it is, I think, those texts and traditions and teachings as I see them from within the true story of what God has done in Jesus Christ — and the whole perspective on life and the world that flows from that story, as expressed definitively in Scripture.»

I believe scripture lands on the side of the orthodox traditional perspective.

Beginning with Genesis 1:1, I plan on taking you verse by verse through the Bible to explain it from a historical - cultural perspective, and in a way that exposes how religion has forced Scripture to become its errand boy, when in reality, Scripture should be leading us away from religion and into a deeper and more intimate relationship with God.

We must now examine more closely the perspective in which Ricoeur carries on his project of opening the way for the text of Scripture to restore the «interval of interrogation» in which the question of faith can be heard.

Finally, when I say that God is on the side of the poor, I do not mean that hermeneutically we must start with some ideologically interpreted context of oppression (for instance, a Marxist definition of the poor and their oppressed situation) and then reinterpret Scripture from that ideological perspective.

In many cases homiletical texts recommend a method of reading scriptures aloud to gain an experiential perspective on biblical texts and also to understand their bases in orality.

These are anabaptist, holiness, missional, generously orthodox leaning evangelicals (like myself) who see new perspectives on an authoritative scripture and new incarnational ways of doing church as the only way forward in a post-Christendom world.»

Instead of grounding her thinking here simply in scripture and tradition, Farley draws as well on secular perspectives and contemporary experience.

Those who use a «theistic» compass, for instance, base moral decisions and perspectives on religious belief scripture, the teaching of a religious group, or the prevailing norms of a believing community.

All in all, there is little enthusiasm for a ressourcementthat would draw deeply on the actual contents of our Scripture - based, Sacramental - Liturgical Tradition, and would use these resources to challenge our contemporaries and ourselves to a conversion that would be not only a widening and deepening, but also a change of perspective.

Prior to that, let me provide you with the various views or perspectives on the Inspiration of Scripture and make you guess which perspective I will fall into.

Its limited vocabulary makes it perfect for younger readers, in English - as - a-second-language use, or even for longer - term Christians who just want a fresh perspective on the scriptures.This unique scripture version, originally designed to reach people who did not speak English as their native language, uses a limited vocabulary of 850 words to simply and clearly share God's truth...

Or I should say, it demonstrates how Scripture ultimately leads one to the reformed perspective if you follow Scripture in its whole and not just concentrate on the various parts in which you feel most comfortable.