Sentences with phrase «say about scripture»

I believe that by looking at what the authors of Scripture say about Scripture, we can arrive a much better position — one where we maintain the accuracy and authority of Scripture, but in such a way that Scripture is not set up as a sacred idol.

Have you ever had someone discredit what you say about Scripture because you don't have as much education as they do?

If I was going to be perfectly honest with myself and with God — I needed to examine all the evidence out there and take an honest look at what was being said about these scriptures and about the gay community in general.

I believe with all my heart that we all have listened to a preacher or professor and based our opionions / teachings on what «man» says about scripture... and we forget about prayer.

Not exact matches

You said Scriptures are hard to come by that speak about Jesus dying for our sins.

I would offer this scripture to you, though last time I told about giving a scripture to someone — well, let's just say some folks don't like scripture being given out.

Reality, This is precisely what Scripture reveals about Jesus: «He is the image of the invisible God, the first - born of all creation» (Colossians 1:15)... which fits nicely with what you said the Saint Ignatius of Antioch said, the bishop is typos tou Patros: he is like the living image of God the Father».

I think Christians, in general, don't know jack squat about the gay lifestyle / community nor do they really take the time to understand... their scripture says this and that's all they need (blatant ignorance — but that's life)... even those scriptures are up for contention as noted earlier by Trey.

Ms. Zacharias shows very little intelligence or insight when it comes to what the Scriptures say about God.

Regardless of what I believe Scripture says or does not say about this or that act being or not being a sin, I do not want a theology that leads Jesus to be the one portrayed in the cartoon.

Even my literalist friends will say about different scriptures «Oh, well, we know not to take that literally».

Although Scripture says little about them, it is a safe assumption that they were also interested in Jesus» politics.

Angela Shupe writes a column for RELEVANT about reading Scripture and finding our self - esteem in who God wants us to be instead of who society says we ought to be.

What I'm actually saying is that I think God is so much bigger and more incomprehensible than what we read about Him in Scripture.

And where in scripture does it say anything about who is «allowed» to read the Gospels?

Replace them with the promises of God instead by returning to Scripture to read what God has to say about your future and your security in Him.

In fact, Jesus had more to say about the the dangers of greed, love of possessions, and the lack of compassion for the the «poor» and the «least of these» than he did about any other single subject in christian scripture.

She says nothing of the Scriptures» teachings elsewhere about homosexuality, for instance.

There is a scripture in the new testament that says «God is the same yesterday, today, and forever» Mormons do nt spread lies about other churchs they say is you want to know if the church is true the only person you should ask is God himself and he will answer that question for you...

It's up to us, the regular, everyday people in the trenches of real life to speak the truth and tell our stories about the work God's doing in our lives and what He's saying to us through the Scriptures.

I was at a church retreat where one guy suddenly said in response to my asking a legitimate question about how they were interpreting scripture that Satan was in me and got the whole group to pray that Satan leave.

When speaking this way about Scripture, most theologians are about to say that as a result of the Bible being a human book, it should not surprise us to discover that the Bible has errors.

I would say to any person commenting on your 10 Ways the Non-Violent Atonement Changes Your Theology blog, to read your book first (its not an expensive purchase) before launching into any detailed discussion or disagreement.It answers many of the potential concerns people have and gets the reader to reflect very strongly on what they have been taught about the atonement and to put on a new set of glasses when reading scripture.

In this way, we can say that the Hebrew Scriptures are more of a revelation about man than a revelation about God.

Yet, if another believes another way, yet he goes home and treats his wife with love, what does that say about his belief in scripture?

I don't think simply saying a prayer and going about your life the way you used to does it, and it's because of the scriptures I listed above.

«Of course it is possible for Christians to sin and even commit serious ones» What about your scripture that says «whoever is born of god does not continue to sin»?

But this seems to go against much of what Scripture says about «testing the spirits» (1 John 4:1), and ignores warnings about how false prophets come in sheep's clothing (Matt 7:15).

Many of us knew that the Scriptures had a lot to say about the Creation, but we began to realize that some of the key things were central texts of evangelical Christianity.»

As I said last week, this general guide for interpreting and applying the Bible makes sense to me.It's not about discounting the historical / grammatical method in favor of forcing a Jesus message into every last page, but simply looking at Scripture through the lens of the gospel of Jesus Christ just as Christians should look at everything through the lens of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

They want to «stack the deck» in such a way that if you accept what they say about the accuracy, authority, and credibility of Scripture, then you will most likely also accept their interpretation and understanding of Scripture (what the witness says), if you do this, then you will also buy into the rest of their theological system that they were trying to prove in the first place.

You didn't learn anything «from Jesus» as He said nothing about what you call scripture because it didn't exist (NT) yet.

Somehow the parts of Scripture that really do have something to say about how we use our resources pretty much get bypassed because most of our available resources are consumed by the property - staff - programs triad.

The scripture people want to misquote about not being tempted with more than you can bear in 1 Corinthians doesn't say that at all in my study of it.

We will look tomorrow at the popular Jewish method of studying Scripture and what Jesus had to say about it.

Wonderful teacher... get out your Bible and start reading... this guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing leading millions to an eternity in hell... the prosperity gospel he teaches is contrary to the teachings of Christ... Christ talked about abundance in life but he was speaking of spiritual abundance not material things... Scripture and Christ said in this life you will have trouble... Christ suffered in this life as did each of his Apostles... open your eyes before it is too late for you.

Concerning the «Eternal, conscious torment in hell», take what the Bible actually says about hell and its duration» and if you do not believe some of the things that some people think is unscriptural and can not find it Scripture just ignore it.

Since all scripture is given by inspiration of God, why would you not look at the entirety of scripture on a given subject instead of what did Jesus say about it?

With all their laudable effort to understand the integrity of the Scriptures, both Old and New, and to insist on the basic unity of the Bible; with all their recognition of the place of Jesus within the setting of Jewish piety and religious thought, these scholars sometimes fail to see that the very truth about God which the Bible as a whole affirms, and above all that which the New Testament says about Jesus himself, can be smothered by sheer biblicism and thereby made meaningless for those to whom the gospel should be a living, vitalizing, and contemporary message.

He demonstrates that Scripture, (including Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Proverbs, Hosea, and the gospel accounts of Jesus» friendships, for example) has much to say about play.

As to what the Scriptures have to say about homosexual orientation, my brother, you not only have to do deeper research, but most importantly approach Scripture in the Spirit of Love, as a child who knows nothing, seeking the guidance of his Father.

He says this was about «not reading scripture purely to reinforce my theology, but engaging to encounter the person of God in scripture».

Peter's joyful reaction to the unexpected faith of Cornelius best describes my reaction to what Scripture says about the unevangelized: «I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.»

We will talk more about predetermination and foreordination in the future posts about Unconditional Election and the Sovereignty of God, so I don't want to use a lot of room to discuss these issues here, except to say that Scripture, reason, and experience all seem to point pretty clearly to the fact that God expects us to make wise choices and holds us accountable for the choices and decisions we make.

What do our selective readings say about ourselves and what we want to read into Scripture?

There is a difference between what the Scripture really says about God, and what we think the Scripture says about God.

For if Scripture says little about God's being or essence, it is constantly revealing his action and presence.

The truth is, how we «pick and choose» from Scripture often says as much about us as it says about the Bible.

And the gay community makes it almost impossible for anyone who believes they are gay to accept what scripture says about their sexual behavior.

Since Scripture never speaks explicitly of the Trinity, the thinking went, Christians should not presume to be able to say too much about it.