Sentences with phrase «scripture as of»

You seem to like reversing scripture as of late.

Not exact matches

John 12:8 is the most common example: «You always have the poor with you...» Left out of that (mis) interpretation is the fact that Jesus is actually quoting a passage from Jewish Scripture that makes the opposite point: The continual existence of the poor serves as the fundamental reason for God's command to assist them, to give «liberally and ungrudgingly»: «Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.»

The letter, as Brad Stone reports in The Everything Store, has «become the equivalent of holy scripture inside Amazon,» evidence that Amazon emerged almost fully formed in Bezos's imagination.

There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own [a] utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures.

Instead, being exclusive and prideful does hurt others... so I see closed - minded, exclusive theology as sinful, not gay marriage... and I think Scripture, especially the teachings of Christ, is in that same spirit.

tha tis a practice of some other religions, but the word does not even exist in Mormon scripture as a practice of the church.

It has gone so far as to call into question the criterion established in Familiaris consortio, which in number 84 says: «The Church reaffirms her practice, which is based upon Sacred Scripture, of not admitting to Eucharistic Communion divorced persons who have remarried.

This being said, when gay and lesbians want to promote their views as normal or that would be permissible for a priest or bishop to be a practising homosexual, I disagree based on the clear statements of Scripture.

In one response you have referred to me as silly, accused me of being unable to reconcile my beliefs to scripture, accused me of stalling, rambling on and on, (love the irony in this one... grin), likened me to a tween, insinuated I do not know or rightly divide scripture, referred to me as sensitive, and implied my post was immature.

I am so sorry that you have been told / taught such awful things about Jesus, but whether or not you believe He is fully man and also fully God, there is more than enough proof historically and in present scripture to show that labeling Him as a mysogonist and an advocate for murder is a drastically false account of who He is and what He stood for.

it makes sense, read your bible... but this time, try starting at the beginning and finish at the end instead of jumping thru the birth of jesus — he isn't special enough to believe in the god you claim yet not read the part that came before the man as he himself tells you to know the scripture!!!

Sugar - coat it all you like, AE, but the point is that Galileo was found «vehemently suspect of heresy», namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to Holy Scripture.

As far as it being condemned by God, you can see some of my earlier posts where we talked about there being legitimate theological interpretations of Scripture that allow for loving, committed gay relationshipAs far as it being condemned by God, you can see some of my earlier posts where we talked about there being legitimate theological interpretations of Scripture that allow for loving, committed gay relationshipas it being condemned by God, you can see some of my earlier posts where we talked about there being legitimate theological interpretations of Scripture that allow for loving, committed gay relationships.

The movement's website features personal stories of women who are usually the only head coverers in their churches, as well as arguments from scripture to support the practice.

The study of the Torah (as well as the rest of Jewish scripture) demands the reading of secondary and tertiary sources.

Would you care to explain how it is that «primitive sheep herders» as most of you love to derogatorily call them were able to in and of themselves write scripture such that the first two books Genesis & Exodus spell TORAH = LAW for every equidistant letter sequence of the 50th letter... and does the same backwards HAROT for Numbers & Deuteronomy, and the 3rd book that they're pointing towards Leviticus, every 7th letter (7 is God's number for perfection) spells YHWH = The name of God.

But even the most orthodox of Jews will admit that GeHenna (named after the dump outside Jerusalem that existed in the Valley of Hinnom and whilch was considered the most unclean of places, where the «fires never went out» and the «worm never died»... a reference seen in Isaiah...) was an idea adapted from Babylonian theology (taken from Zoasterism), not an idea originally developed in the Tanach (thus you will find references to «the world to come» and «tikkun Olam» only in the Talmud, not in the Tanach... which for Jews is not a problem since our view of «scripture» is not the same as a Christians).

It's okay if you want to be able to cuss as some sort of right, but you can't find scripture to justify it, only yourself.

He didn't say make sure someone believes as you do, votes the way you do, or interprets scripture correctly (God knows how many teachers of the law thought Jesus» interpretation of Scripture was WAY oscripture correctly (God knows how many teachers of the law thought Jesus» interpretation of Scripture was WAY oScripture was WAY off base).

As Christians wrestle through issues like this in the 21st century, we need to remember these kinds of developments are not addressed explicitly in Scripture — there are only general parameters to ponder, wonder about, pray over and wrestle through.

It's not that I don't feel like I can, I can... but is that in the vocabulary of the one who I worship, if it's not then why would I as His Son want to take on what is not His, my Father's nature... The versions of the Bible I've read seem to think that words are powerful and speaking them is an action and can even change physics if used properly... Again, the scriptures speak for themselves and circumventing the topical study with christiany cliche come - backs doesn't answer or annul anything that the Word has to say on the matter.

Now the pressures of the sexual revolution are tempting the Church to loosen her claim on the bodily act that Scripture consistently treats as most deeply implicated in spiritual things — sex.

I didn't prove anything by expressing my understanding of Scripture, just as you don't prove anything by expressing yours.

As to the Priest the Catholics added lots of stuff to Scripture that is not of God.

And since some 40 % of scripture regarding alcohol has a positive view on drinking it, then i don't see a problem here (as opposed to the 10 % that is against drinking and the 50 % that is neutral).

But as a vocal feminist and a Christian, the fact that those advocating for egalitarian and feminist interpretations of gender and scripture are becoming prominent once more — crossing out of academia and into popular discussion — is amazing.

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

The written Logion — Oracles, the Holy Scripture were committed to Israel's keeping and still to this day exists as the one and only Hebrew text (amidst all the different versions / translations of the Bible).

«For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was RAISED on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the twelve.

A believers motivation is high and shaped by a strong sense of purpose in life, their motivation is rooted in the scriptures as evidenced by those high performers.

Stephen Despite having the Jewish scriptures to use as a guide in creating Jesus's story, the Gospel writers could not invent him building the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26 - 28), gathering all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5 - 6), ushering in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease (Isaiah 2:4), or spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one (Zechariah 14:9).

When that scripture is understood in the context of the parent - child relationship as taught in the NT, then that scripture makes sense.

Just don't use your understanding of Scripture as a tool to persecute and perpetuate social injustice against others

The focus of all scripture is Jesus Christ, and He promises «his» peace to all that truly desire it, just as He promises «his» rightousness.

As Levy has shown, reformers and their opponents both acknowledged the authority of Scripture within a traditional, ecclesial framework.

The scriptures point out that only a few of us should seek to be pastors as we will be judged by a higher standard.

Among matters of utmost importance, and involving both agreements and disagreements, is the question traditionally framed as the relationship between Scripture and tradition.

But traditions (e.g., sacraments not found in the Bible) gained force only as explications of what was implicit in Scripture.

In this way, Scripture seems to precede the Church, and the Church seems to be constituted in response to the revelation of the Son of God, a revelation who was seen as the Son of God and not as anyone else because he was according to the Scriptures.

On Luther's side, the final break with the Church authorities came in the wake of Leo X's bull of November 1518; in that document, as Luther saw it, Leo arrogated to himself the power of defining Church teaching without accountability to Scripture, the Fathers, or the ancient canons.

But my worry is that focusing on Scripture's effect within the worshipping body of Christ obscures Scripture's position over the Church as its rule for faith and practice.

Confessional Protestants — those whose churches explicitly hold to one of the great Protestant confessions of the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries and who value classical orthodox formulations as being faithful to scripture — should focus their ecumenical energy in dialoguing and working with those denominations which share their most basic commitments, especially to the Nicene Trinitarian identity of God.

Then, as a doctor in a general free university, I began, at the command of pope and emperor, to do what such a doctor is sworn to do, expounding the Scriptures for all the world and teaching everybody.

The Reformers vigorously protested what they viewed as deviations from biblical teaching, but they never used Scripture to undermine the Trinitarian and Christological consensus of the early Church embodied in the historic creeds that had come down from patristic times.

During these same years, Luther set forth what later scholars have referred to as the formal and material principles of the Reformation, namely, the supremacy of Holy Scripture and justification by faith alone.

And, unlike Islam, it accepted that source of its moral teaching precisely because it is God's revelation to his people Israel, and it is as Israel has preserved it in Scripture.

I think it's hilarious that all the religious fanatics post bible scriptures as proof of their beliefs.

Ever since the call for prophethood first came to Muhammad, the son of «Abdallah» approaching the age of fortieth on the month of Ramadan, it is related the Angel Gabriel came to Muhammad and he slept in solitude on Mount Hira and said, «Recite» what Muslims known as the first four verses of the ninety - sixth chapters of the Muslim scripture, known as the Qur «an.

Even the various forms of theological activity can be redescribed in narrative terms, as when Newbigin writes of «the congregation as hermeneutic of the gospel»: interpretation of Scripture for Newbigin is not so much what a particular scholar writes as what a particular community of believers enacts.

The scripture dealing with Judas having been better off not being born, simply relates to the shame he will feel in due time when he is resurrected on earth to find earth's billions acknowledging him as the betrayer of the world's saviour, yikes!!