Sentences with phrase «read other scriptures»

I know that sometimes the sacraments are confusing but I do ask you to read the other scriptures that support confession and writing of the early church fathers.

Not exact matches

The other keynote address, that of Professor Chung, invoked — with its gongs, drums, and appeals to read Scripture from the perspective of birds, trees, and mountains — a very different spirit.

Scripture does do something to us in worship, which is why it is a scandal that Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and other traditions have more public reading of Scripture in their services than we Bible - oriented evangelical Protestants.

Now, as you talk of UV light and water and oxygen (and yes, this is not my field of science), but I do care to read other hypothesis given forth to explain things, before jumping to believe what a religious scripture or actually its Church wants me to believe.

If someone reads religious scripture and is inspired to love others selflessly (like we see happening in this very article), that is fine with me.

If you want to say that two men or two women is an abomination then you might want to read some more of that scripture and you would find puting two seeds in the same hole, working on sundays, wearing cloths with more than one color and lots of other dumb things are mentioned in a list why do you all foucus on just one part of that list it has lots of abominations that we all do every day

When I read Romans 12:2 and so many other scriptures it challenges me to not conform to this world, but be transformed by thinking like and following God.

the other ones were dreams i was having the night before i would read the scripture the next day, and this is stuff I had zero knowledge of.

For it is Gilead's denial of history, its own historicity and any reading of Scripture other than the literalistic that make the regime a social menace.

It is unfortunate, but most Christians tend to let their tradition too heavily influence their reading of Scripture instead of the other way around.

While I do not consider myself an expert on all the religious writings of all of the main religions in the world, I have read most of the main religious texts for most of the main world religions, and while it is not uncommon to find violent events being described in these other religious books, no other set of religious writings comes even close to describing the violence and bloodshed that one finds within the pages of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Yet this passage of Scripture, as with all the others, deserves a more nuanced and respectful reading.

Too many Christians mistake «Scripture alone» as if it were a license for them to read the Bible alone — to read it apart from other people.

It is the intentional, yet not coerced, effort to read or think about, to read and think about, some significant incident in God's way with men as reported in Scripture or in some other piece of writing.

Quite quickly as I began to read Hindu and other scriptures, I found passages that were «inspiring».

The Consultation recognized that reading from other scriptures during Christian worship may well be beneficial, provided it is not done to criticise those to whom the text belongs nor misused out of context to support Christian claims.

We must take communal reading and interpretations of Scripture much more seriously than American politics or other national documents.

It really helped us realize the real - world implications for how we read each other's texts, and how vulnerable we feel when others are interpreting our scriptures in certain ways.

Smith, and many others, have argued that reading Scripture with the «prejudice of love» means reading it with a «Christocentric hermeneutic,» that «the purpose, center, and interpretive key to scripture is Jesus ChrisScripture with the «prejudice of love» means reading it with a «Christocentric hermeneutic,» that «the purpose, center, and interpretive key to scripture is Jesus Chrisscripture is Jesus Christ.»

Evangelicals are also slightly more likely to report reading Scripture at least weekly (63 % in 2014 vs. 60 % in 2007), participating in a weekly prayer or Bible study group (44 % vs. 41 %), and sharing their faith with others at least weekly (35 % vs. 34 %).

This is what a comprehensive contextual reading of Scripture leads to, instead of having to balance apparently contradictory texts against each other when they are plucked out as «proof texts.»

They show that the Old Testament can, and must, be read as a Christian book, prophetic of Jesus; that the paradox that the Messiah should suffer death can be understood in the light of the scriptures; and that the risen Lord's presence, even if it is not recognized at other times, is to be discerned when he encounters his people in the breaking of bread (the Church's Eucharist).

You might want to read some of the (even older) scriptures from Hinduism or Buddhism (and others) which say many similar things.

A contextual reading of scripture also means understanding and appreciating our own contexts and the way they predispose us to «highlight some things in the Bible and quietly ignore others,» Wright adds.

If anyone does the due deligence, all Rabbi's are married, Even Ishya bin Maryam al Messiah (his real name) was a Galilean, he still would be able to Mary, and you read the scripture's there are 2 Marys... 1 a Common woman, who sold herself to people, and the other one which was Ishya's Wife.

the key is to understand that this happens when we read the scriptures, or any other document for that matter.

Principles of interpretation (Hermeneutics) 1) Literal Principle — Scripture is to be understood in its natural, normal sense, read literally 2) Grammar Principle — Deal with what it says in the way it says it, be it using metaphor, simile, narrative, etc. 3) Historical Principle — Read the Bible in its historical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interpret Scripread literally 2) Grammar Principle — Deal with what it says in the way it says it, be it using metaphor, simile, narrative, etc. 3) Historical Principle — Read the Bible in its historical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interpret ScripRead the Bible in its historical context 4) Synthesis Principle — No one part of the Bible contradicts any other part (Scripture interprets Scripture) 5) Practical Principle — It contains a practical application 6) Illumination of the Holy Spirit — It is the job of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the child of God to the meaning of Scripture, without Him, one is without the ability to interpret Scripture

I've been staying open with God in my prayer and scripture reading and other habits designed to keep me growing closer to Jesus.

I don't mind reading the opinions of others, but as soon as they start claiming to have written additional Scriptures, I get concerned.

The other side of this same point is that by ignoring the particular settings in which Scripture is read we risk losing the richness that varying perspectives may bring to our understanding of the truth of Scripture.

Lately I have been encouraged to read the scriptures without infusing my own thoughts, or what I've heard others say, or teach about the bible.

But if Pate thinks it is too humanistic (the many), and others think it might be too spiritual (the one), might postmodern thinking actually be incarnational, and therefore, a good candidate for helping us continue to read Scripture and develop theology?

They are learning what it means to follow Jesus into the world, to experience true community with other believers, to read Scripture in a new light, and to serve others out of love rather than compulsion.

«22 The trouble, in other words, is that presuppositions are too often read into Scripture rather than being read out of Scripture.

By the age of seven he knew most of the Hindu Bhagavad Gita by heart and by sixteen had read several other Indian scriptures.

While the basic structure and words of the core components of the liturgy do not change from Sunday to Sunday, there are changes in other texts, particularly the various readings from Holy Scripture appointed for every Sunday and festival day, that give the various times in the Church Year their unique emphases and nuances.

For our ethical considerations on peace, peace - ministry, conflict resolution, Christians may profit from reading the Old Testament, our Holy Scripture, as a witness to the experience of a people in war and peace with other nations and as a reflection on what peace requires of the community.

If this turns out to be the case (that he has a skewed view of Jesus), then I want to ask him if, in his lifelong quest for truth, he has ever read about Jesus from Scripture, rather than just hearing about Jesus from others.

In other words, they read the scriptures and found justification to purify their race.

The tradition of lectio divina — a contemplative reading of scripture — was lost to the Protestant Church, which preferred other ways of reading the scriptures.

On the other hand, just about every article I read in defense of PSA has frequent references to Scripture.

But I am hopeful, because the experience of leaving that job opened my eyes and mind to a whole new way of viewing people, thinking about theology, reading Scripture, interacting with others, and ultimately, living life.

Always reflect on the scriptures that speak and show Christ's life when reading any other part of scripture.

Of course, we read Scripture together in our churches and work to understand it, but similar practices of reading and discussing other books in our churches and neighborhoods can form and strengthen bonds between us and transform our community and how we live and work together (and interact with other communities, locally and around the globe).

We could even go before the time of Christ and go back, for example, to Nehemiah 8, and see that when Ezra wants to teach the people the Word of God, he gathers the people, and then he and several other Levites took turns reading from Scripture and explaining what it meant.

We neither ignored nor downplayed Scripture; we kept reading it with others, and our minds were changed.

T they would read a passage from Scripture, just like Jesus did, but then, instead of explain it, they would just start quoting other teachers.

The way to interpret Scripture is to compare it with other passages of Scripture, and read it in context with the rest of the Bible.

If you don't, pretty soon you will find yourself not reading Scripture, not hanging out with other believers, not following the ways of God, and not having any spiritual input into your life.

Besides, reading scripture would be easier than some other things.