Sentences with phrase «pieces of scripture on»

Couple of applicable pieces of scripture on the inappropriateness of labeling someone «not a Christian» who claims faith in Jesus Christ and especially who does not show specific violations of the requirements of such faith:

Not exact matches

If you look back where I first (I think) explored the analogy of performance, in a piece titled «Performing the Scriptures» (first published in 1982, reprinted in a collection called Theology on the Way to Emmaus in 1986), you will see that I contrast the notion of interpretation as performance not with the historian's craft but with the supposition that a text (any text, although it is with scripture that I am most concerned)-- a set of black marks on white paper — tells you how to take it, without any interpretative labor on the reader's part, a labor for which the reader must take personal responsibility.

... and will use anything we can get our hands on to justify them: little pieces of scripture, history, guilt, tradition, privilege, money, politics,...

It's easy for people who are more liberal on this issue to claim the pastoral high ground (indeed, Chalke's piece is partly pastorally motivated), but that ignores many who will be hurt to read his change of view, and what they will regard as a sharp shift from scripture.

it COMMUNICATES ideas... to read the SCRIPTURES in context does NOT limit itself to the Bible ALONE... one needs to study JEWISH CULTURES... the Bible does not contain every piece of informaiton on the Jewish culture (The Jews already knew their own culture) nor does any ONE Book... get the background, the culture..

It is finally a relief to know that reading one more book, contemplating one more pithy saying, meditating on one more piece of scripture, doing one more good deed — none of these is going to make the difference.

I would prefer to worship Gandalf the Gray or Aslan than embrace a theology based on «We have decided not to live by the full council of scripture, just pieces of it, & our human reasoning has dictated what is applicable to us».

JB... from what I gather, you are not a believer because you don't undertsand scripture except to pick and choose a piece of scripture and base it on what fits your need.

Even though, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized, most people who call themselves religious tend to adhere to only those bits and pieces from scripture that appeal to them, by according undue respect for ancient religious beliefs in general, we nonetheless are suggesting that they are on par with conclusions that have been drawn from centuries of rational empirical investigation.

and «You need a nice vintage sign with a piece of scripture painted on it on THIS wall.»

She envisioned a big piece of art with scripture on it.