Sentences with phrase «struggling with scripture»

Perhaps we overemphasize dramatic conversion stories to the detriment of those who have struggled for their hard - won faith over a series of conversations or after years of struggling with Scripture.

For the past 7 or 8 years, I have been struggling with Scripture.

Let him bring to his words the witness of his own struggle with the Scriptures, his own contention with God in prayer, his own vulnerable love for his people, his own «daily pressure... of... anxiety for all the churches.»

Not exact matches

There are clearly things to contest in Thompson's views about Scripture here» but his use of Scripture in communion with the tradition will be a model for all those who understand the importance of his struggle.

Have you struggled with any of the bloody events in Scripture?

If you could rewrite your life, which would you choose: First, you could go with what you have now, and the relationship with God you have now through years of sticking by Him, and struggling with questions and fears, and fighting off temptation, and making wise decisions (that sometimes turn out to be unwise), and persevering through temptation, and learning what you know about God, Scripture, and theology, but ending up as a relative «nobody» in the Churchianity.

If you haven't struggled with these depictions in Scripture, either you are not reading your Bible or you are not hanging out with non-Christian people (This is the most common criticism of the Bible from non-Christians).

I have been struggling with this question for several years now, and while I am not ready to claim I have a «solution» (nothing but pride would make such a claim), I do have a theological hypothesis which will be tested against Scripture.

Even those with good theological formation struggle with the meaning of Scripture:

The typical response someone struggling with porn receives from their Church might be to read their Bible more, memorize Scripture and love Jesus more but Roberts explains that «trying harder» doesn't work.

but I do not adjust the scriptures to fit my life, lol, that would be too easy, believe me, I struggle with my own demons, and not because of fundamentalist traditional teaching, as you can probably tell I rejected that long ago, I wanted to know what God was really saying, whether I liked it or agreed with it at all, and then I began to adjust my life to His Word.

To deny that Christians can struggle with same sex desires or any other desire is to deny the scriptures.

In an editorial introducing an issue on the Scriptures, editor John Alexander struggles with the apparent inverse correlation between commitment to «inerrancy» and commitment to social justice.

I know this sort of thing seems to happen in Scripture (the flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, etc), but I just struggle with what this says about God's ability to work with any sort of person, society, or culture....

Many who value scripture, and want to practice it, struggle to reconcile women leaders of the Bible with passages such as 1 Timothy 2:11 - 15.

As I struggle with what I was taught in Seminary about Scripture, books like this give me hope that there is room for serious scholarship and deep thinking about Scripture, even if Scripture is not inerrant.

Finally, it may be helpful to conceive the di - polar nature of the preaching task hermeneutically, for the struggle to achieve unity in sermons that deal seriously with Scripture is also the struggle of Biblical interpretation.

This section (actually, chapters 16 - 18) of Scripture has been bothering me recently because of the frequent struggles church leaders have with others in the church who either are leaders or want to be leaders.

I'm beginning to think I will always be the sort of person who struggles to reconcile my love of Scripture with my questions about it.

One of history's great preachers, Charles Spurgeon was not only a master of communicating deep truths of Scriptures, but also of engaging with his audience and relating their struggles.

I agree with you 100 % that our Father does not and did not send storms, but am struggling with some of the same scriptures that you mention.

The concern with Christ and Scripture also prompts a concern with the church — identified both with ecclesiastical institutions and with emerging communities committed to the struggle for freedom.

They attend to scripture; struggle to discern the gospel's call and demand on them and their congregations in particular contexts; lead worship, preach and teach; respond to requests for help of all kinds from myriad people in need; live with children, youth and adults through life cycles marked by both great joy and profound sadness; and take responsibility for the unending work of running an organization with buildings, budgets, and public relations and personnel issues.

As any convert can attest, there are many ups - and - downs during the journey: Struggling with doctrine followed by insights from magisterial passages coupled with Scripture, feeling still and alone followed by being overwhelmed by the presence of the saints before us, crying out to God for His presence and having Him answer in the Blessed Sacrament.

Sharing your past defeats and current struggles, combined with the comfort / wisdom / scriptures God is sharing with you, will plant hope deeply within the defeated and struggling.

As for my reaction to it, my background and my struggle with and emergence from fundamental evangelicalism definitely influences my views on seeking to find truth in scripture.

I've committed a year of my life to exploring and wrestling with every passage of Scripture that deals with women, painstakingly wading through commentary after commentary, struggling to figure out how to apply these passages to my life!

We struggle with biblicism when we sweep all those strange, troubling passages of Scripture under the rug and pretend that they're not even there.

and it felt like The Spirit left me I became weak after church I went to this scripture in Matt 12 I prayed and prayed it was like silence I continued in church but dry I would get hope but still no peace about what I did, every 5 yrs it seems like it would reoccur, get counseled get better, so to make a long story short, here I am today still struggling with the curse word, evil thoughts to myself, I read your comments again and again.

Charismatic culture is often good at telling people things, but if we are genuinely responding to God's initiative in Christ and by his Spirit, a vital part of our growth in Christ comes when another accompanies our exploration, praying deeply and reading the scriptures with us, and reflecting faithfully with us on the areas in which we struggle.

Yes, Sam, I am beginning to see that life is a riddle, a bit like Scripture, and the purpose of the riddle is not the find the answer necessarily, but to struggle with the riddle in love along with others.

On these and many other issues related to authority and ecclesiology, the way forward is not to smudge over deep differences that remain between the two traditions but rather to acknowledge them openly and to continue to struggle over them together in prayer and in fresh engagement with the Scriptures.

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I love sharing what I've learned as I have sought answers and struggled with difficult Scriptures.

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