And by the time he reached adulthood, he'd not only become convinced that it was evil, but he'd started surreptitiously
quoting Biblical verses supporting that conclusion, such as «Do not become slaves of men.»
Not exact matches
I swear - there are common sense Christians who live by faith and follow ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS and then there are the pick - and - choose, no - understanding, ignorant Christians who can
quote a couple of Bible
verses (turn the other cheek, thou shalt not kill and judge not being the most popular amongst your ilk) who LITERALLY have NO READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS AT ALL and for whom CLEARLY The Lord has not chosen to reveal the most basic of
Biblical tenets.
It may mean printing the text and pointing out specific
verses or
quoting them with sufficient frequency that it becomes clear that these
verses are present, that the ways in which the passage was remembered — the past interpretations brought to the present hearing — have overlooked these
verses, that these are not the creation of the preacher but are the
biblical text.
When the non-Christian response to our «
biblical answer» is less receptive than we would like, we shrug our shoulders and
quote another
verse.
I corrected the chapter and
verse of a
Biblical quotation, I researched and found the original source of a
quote, and I called up the students for necessary citations.