Not exact matches
If you read the article a little closer you will see that the
scriptural reference used comes from the Bible's New Testament, where Paul having a discussion regarding the resurrection, asks why would followers
of Christ at his time perform baptisms for dead if there were to be no resurrection.
See Crossan's complete list
of scriptural references at http://www.faithfutures.org/Jesus/Crossan1.rtf
He spoke
of consecration and hallowing,
of a new birth
of freedom and
of a nation under God, but all without explicit
reference to Divine agency or
scriptural text.
Following the Lord's instruction in Matthew 6:6 — «When you pray, go into your room, close the door... Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you» — Clara reveals she has created her own private «war room» — a transformed closet, with prayers and
scriptural references posted all over the walls — where she has spent many hours, invoking the name
of Jesus and asking for His guidance and support.
For example, he rightly points out that Jesus says, «You have heard that it was said, «You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy»» (Matthew 5:38), but what he doesn't say is that there is a reason Jesus uses the expression, «that it was said» instead
of his usual expression, «have you not read» or «as it is written» when he
references scriptural passages.
A note on the
Scriptural references: Because this paper deals with our understanding
of Scripture and challenges the traditionally held position and doctrines, I have made an effort to give biblical
references where appropriate.
Because they took for granted that all
scriptural references to Jesus were true, they had to come up with one doctrine
of his nature that was in harmony with all these different passages.
In a rather exhaustive eighty - page subject index for the Institutes, one finds Calvin writing about divine love only in four paragraphs.52 In four columns
of citations concerning «Christ,» only a single one involves love, God's loving act in Christ.53 And at no point in his extensive
scriptural references did Calvin even deal at all with 1 John 4:8, 16.
For instance, with
reference to the issue broached above
of the certainty
of scriptural assertions — their character as «privileged information» — that certainty is derived from the ultimacy
of the One who is their presumed origin.
For a better understanding
of the above
scriptural references we invite you to read the articles «Can Christianity or Any Other Religion Save You?»
Maybe you could clarify: by «historically» are you taking about the practice
of the religion in a perticular time period, or are you
references scriptural accounts directly?
[RM] Do you think the lingering
of pessimistic attitudes toward mental health can be linked to a lack
of (or an ignorance about)
scriptural reference to the subject?
Furthermore, it has insisted — and rightly — that Christianity is a faith and not a philosophical or ethical system; it is a faith in which affirmations are made about an historical person in whom God is believed to be specially at work; it has insisted that we have to do with a tradition which has been nourished by the lives
of holy men and women, by saints and scholars, but which is based upon the gospel, whose grounding is in the
scriptural record and witness and which therefore can not exist without constant
reference to that «deposit»
of God's self - revelation.
She has taken many
Scriptural references out
of context, and does not seem to understand the Biblical narrative as a whole.
A Dictionary
of Biblical Tradition in English Literature edited by David Lyle Jeffrey Eerdmans, 960 pages, $ 80 A mammoth new
reference work, certain to be a standard and invaluable resource, this «dictionary» contains hundreds
of articles on biblical figures, motifs, concepts, quotations, and allusions» both in their
scriptural context and as they have been used and understood by English - speaking writers and scholars since the Middle Ages.
For the better part
of nineteen centuries, the historic churches, wittingly or unwittingly, have contributed greatly to the global spread
of anti-Semitism by their excessively allegorical interpretation
of most if not all favorable
scriptural references to the Jews.
Scriptural references to these sexual practices, both before and after Leviticus, show God's displeasure with them whether or not any ceremony or idolatry is involved.Response # 2: Despite the UFMCC's contention that the word for abomination (toevah) is usually associated with idolatry, it in fact appears in Proverbs 6:16 - 19 in connection with sins having nothing to do with idolatry or pagan ceremony: There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable [an abomination or toevah] to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.Idolatry plays no part in these scriptures; clearly, then, toevah is not limited to idolatrous practices.Response # 3: If the practices in Leviticus 18 and 20 are condemned only because
of their association with idolatry, then it logically follows they would be permissible if they were committed apart from idolatry.
Mark has no such
scriptural reference; myrrhed wine» was given as a humane measure to dull the pain
of one crucified.
Even the Ayatollah Khomeini's infamous edict made no
reference to any theological point, not least because his Shiite creed gives no credence to the story
of scriptural interpolation upon which Rushdie's offending book was based.