Sentences with phrase «scriptural references»

If you read Acts 8, you read of Saul of Tarsus persecuting the church and scattering them abroad and then we see the only scriptural reference of Phillip's ministry.

-6 - It can be argued that God's primary reason for not wanting us to sin is because he loves us and not because he is angry but, apparently, the Bible portrays God — unless such scriptural references are claimed to be read as anthropomorphisms — responding in anger because of our sins.

The only scriptural reference to spiritalis / πυευμaτίκος is however in 1 Corinthians 10:3 where Paul refers to «spiritual food».

There are several scriptural references that impute God had provided commands, decrees and instructions pre-Moses.

I have used such judgment as I possess in this matter, but obviously much of the Biblical evidence that confirms and illumines the statements made is concealed in the unquoted Scriptural references.

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.

The definitive scriptural references on this subject are no longer verses referring to human sexuality, but those that speak of a tree being known by the fruit it produces.

I know that Christians gathering together is mandated via scriptural references in Matthew and also Paul takes it somewhat further and puts structure around Christ's simple statements and so an whole edifice is built which we slavishly follow.

The remarkably few Scriptural references to «homosexuality» deal rather with homosexual acts, not with homosexual orientation.

So I now come to your post, which also seems to neglect Scriptural references to support your argument.

Scriptural references please.

For a better understanding of the above scriptural references we invite you to read the articles «Can Christianity or Any Other Religion Save You?»

The crucial scriptural reference to indissolubility is not in the references to adultery but in St Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (Eph 5:25, 32): «Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church.

Scriptural references interlaced expository paragraphs as documentation for biblical ideas described.

She has taken many Scriptural references out of context, and does not seem to understand the Biblical narrative as a whole.

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.

Please provide biblical scriptural reference of what a Christian «is» and your accusations will be relevant!!!

It contrasts the reformed view with the arminian view point by point and demonstrates through Scriptural reference why each is supported or not.

If the candidates where to respond to these questions with scriptural references, they could point out a few flaws in the questioning while stating their beliefs and thereby come away looking better than before.

Mark has no such scriptural reference; myrrhed wine» was given as a humane measure to dull the pain of one crucified.

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.

Jesus, himself said, «I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, and there is scriptural reference to,» the road being narrow and less traveled»... let us Catholics be of one mind., and speak the truth toward.and for the salvation of our eternal souls by the help and grace of God.

I think that more research is in order really understand the scriptural reference.

Those tomatoes and eggs could just as well be scriptural references.

Please, is there any scriptural reference to back up the claim that Jesus Christ attended a school as a young boy / man before starting his ministry?God bless.

I'll take from your silence on my scriptural reference that you do nt know what you're talking about.

Scriptural references to Christ's power in weakness abound: Think of the hymn in Philippians 2, or the image from Revelation of the saints worshiping «the lamb that was slain.»

Just as metaphors about shepherds and mustard seeds require some mental agility in a post-agrarian society, Scriptural references to «the least among us» and «feeding the hungry» fail to resonate when we live in suburban cocoons.

I was reading the thread here, and happened to notice as the other posters began to dismantle your arguments with their strongly supported assertions, you, as most often «believers» tend to do, began to get less and less specific, and... began to skate past their points, while bringing in more and more «fluffy» scriptural references.

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.

Figured I should back up my little two cents with some scriptural references.

Like the early Christians, they use Scriptural references to help others discern what the Bible really teaches.

Thanks for the scriptural reference.

[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?