Sentences with phrase «teaching on scripture»

Polemically, Reformation theology grounded its teaching on Scripture alone, rather than on Scripture and tradition, the polemical pole represented by the Roman and Greek churches.

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It is one thing to offend by speaking truth, that'll happen, but any other type of offence is unnecessary and against the teachings (which show God's heart on the matter) in scripture for those who claim to «know Him».

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.

This fake rapture theory goes against Jesus» truth that He returns to His favorite place on earth, that we are to endure to the end, the meek shall inherit the earth for examples of some of his scriptures that contradict that teaching.

For this reason, all attempts at discernment and teaching must rely on prayerful attentiveness to the guidance of the Spirit in the study of Scripture.

In fact, even if LDS Church members don't practice plural marriage on earth, their scripture still teaches that in heaven it is possible.

Mormon beliefs are no secret; all teachings, lessons, scripture are available free on the internet at lds.org and mormon.org.

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.

The purpose of the Faith Movement, in harmony with the Trust Deed of the Faith - Keyway Trust (registered charity # 278314 in English Law) made on July 13th 1979, is to advance the Catholic Faith in the modern world, by working together to attract many to discipleship of Jesus Christ in a living, sacramental practice of their faith, and above all, through this same activity and as the means to achieve it, humbly to offer within the Church a new development of, and further insight into, the Catholic Faith which she herself teaches us through Scripture and Tradition.

On the other hand, it gave a basic signpost on the way: the great truths taught in scripture are indeed the way of salvation, and those entrusted with the teaching office in the church have no right to use that office to teach anything else.&raquOn the other hand, it gave a basic signpost on the way: the great truths taught in scripture are indeed the way of salvation, and those entrusted with the teaching office in the church have no right to use that office to teach anything else.&raquon the way: the great truths taught in scripture are indeed the way of salvation, and those entrusted with the teaching office in the church have no right to use that office to teach anything else.»

Teaching, on the other hand, is an interactive discussion with a group of believers about specific texts of Scripture, which are explained and applied within the group.

At the same time, when proposing an alternate understanding, we must never accuse those who believe in the traditional view of believing in «Scripture plus tradition» while we believe in «the Bible alone» for even a «new view» is based in some way on previous traditions, and as soon as it is taught, becomes a tradition itself.

The verse that is most widely used to defend the modern practice of preaching where a person gets up on stage on Sunday morning to teach for 30 - 40 minutes from Scripture is 2 Timothy 4:2.

This is an example of cherry - picking — using Christian (or other religious) scripture and teachings to justify one's position on a given issue.

The way it is often taught and believed seems to limit the breath of God within Scripture, and puts Scripture up on a pedestal where God never intended it to be placed.

I have a hard believing that most folks will even want to be «tarred and feathered» if you fail to teach what you can not find in Scripture, especially on matter such as this.

Following on the British government's decision in favour of promoting English rather than Oriental or Vernacular education in India, and to seek the help of private agencies in the task, the Missions started Christian colleges for imparting education in Western culture and modern science with the teaching of English literature at the centre of secular courses and spiritually interpreted by the teaching of Christian Scripture.

Teaching, however, was in smaller settings, to groups of disciples or others who wanted to learn Scripture, and focused on explaining and applying the Bible for the audience.

Yes, you are right that Jesus may have taught something on the subject and it just wasn't recorded for us in Scripture.

Or, does Scripture clearly teach that you must Repent and Believe before you physically die... though we are eternal beings and our soul / spirit live on... or face Eternal Everlasting Judgment in a fiery hell?

Indeed, the history of the faith, and the teachings of Scripture itself, show that Tim Challies is dead wrong on one very important point:

In James» view, the Reformation led to a chaos of doctrines, as independent authorities began interpreting scripture for themselves, thus proving the value of Catholicism's centralised body of teaching centred on the authority of the Pope.

I don't see anything remotely wrong or uncoufe in this suggestion; to the contrary, I see it taught not only in scripture, but in the VAST majority of texts on human nature.

On the other hand, there were other men who disagreed: Tertullian, who believed that the soul would live on forever, that the wicked would suffer misery in proportion to the righteous» reward; St. Augustine, who came up with the doctrines of Original Sin and Predestination (some would be saved, the rest would be damned); and Jerome, who would end up retranslating the Latin Bible into what would become the Latin Vulgate and would twist various scriptures that talked about eonian chastening into teaching eternal tormenOn the other hand, there were other men who disagreed: Tertullian, who believed that the soul would live on forever, that the wicked would suffer misery in proportion to the righteous» reward; St. Augustine, who came up with the doctrines of Original Sin and Predestination (some would be saved, the rest would be damned); and Jerome, who would end up retranslating the Latin Bible into what would become the Latin Vulgate and would twist various scriptures that talked about eonian chastening into teaching eternal tormenon forever, that the wicked would suffer misery in proportion to the righteous» reward; St. Augustine, who came up with the doctrines of Original Sin and Predestination (some would be saved, the rest would be damned); and Jerome, who would end up retranslating the Latin Bible into what would become the Latin Vulgate and would twist various scriptures that talked about eonian chastening into teaching eternal torment.

Some Christians might believe this, but it is not explicitly taught in Scripture, and there are many other views on how the «atonement» worked and what the death of Jesus accomplished.

In fact there are many on this board who have spent years studying and teaching the scriptures.

But because of the convictions of some of my brothers and sisters to not serve them I am not going to «turn on them» for what they believe scripture is teaching them to stand up for.

But I believe he's been taught by his pastor father the old school teachings on tithing and other beliefs so much that he hasn't seen the truth in Scripture.

Though there are numerous avenues that one might take in seeking to provide a non-Calvinistic perspective on Scripture, the route I have chosen is to emphasize the biblical teaching on «faith alone» and contrast it with what is often taught in Calvinism.

Among the criteria used for selecting parishes: evidence of a joyful congregational spirit; innovative, thoughtful worship; scripture - based teaching and preaching; emphasis on a deep relationship with God; and attempts to boldly confront problems within the membership and the community.

Only what is taught in Scripture is binding on the conscience.

/ Discipship / training leaders / develop ministry teams / train connect group leaders / pray for the sick / visit the sick / visit those in hospital / visit those that can not get out due to illness etc / pre marriage counciling / marriage counciling / training on parenting / financial training (not teaching people how to give more simply helping them walk in the council of scripture for their personal finances) / meet with lay leaders regularly / keep a good account of the finances / prepare a financial report bi annually /

In my own teaching of theology I find it best to use, rather than a single textbook with a single point of view, a reader which presents several angles of interpretation on specifics and on the whole because it forces students confronting a plurality of systems to decide for themselves what the Scriptures say.

It is perfectly clear, though, that the Spirit has never given a uniform sense on what Scripture teaches, not even in the patristic period.

While teaching in Asia I became aware how often Western readers tended to see the truth of Scripture in abstract terms, while Asian readers tended to focus on narrative and concrete images.

Those who condemn the Catholic Social Teaching on the poor, the sick, sinners and all those marginalized by society, have not read their Scriptures.

Nowhere in Scripture does it say that suicide is not forgivable, so the burden of proof is on those who teach that people who commit suicide can not be forgiven.

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

Half - way houses, therefore, must be deemed faulty when they approve women ruling men in secular affairs (because Scripture nowhere forbids it and sometimes exemplifies it) but not in the church or home (because Scripture requires male leadership in both), or when they approve women ruling in today's church (because Paul's restriction on this seems to be culturally determined) but not in the family (because biblical teaching on this seems to be transcultural and timeless).

My constant purpose was and is to adumbrate on every subject I handle a genuinely canonical interpretation of Scripture - a view that in its coherence embraces and expresses the thrust of all the biblical passages and units of thought that bear on my theme - a total, integrated view built out of biblical material in such a way that, if the writers of the various books knew what I had made of what they taught, they would nod their heads and say that I had got them right.

In this interview, Nicholas Lash speaks of God along with comments on modalism, tritheism, the «end of religion,» Aquinas, Marxism, ecumenism, interpreting scripture, methods of teaching, Joseph Ratzinger and post-Christian culture.

Well, by inference, since the apostles and prophets laid the foundation for the church through writing Scripture, the pastor - teacher should focus on teaching Scripture.

@Crazy Horse, «So on a more seemingly simple issue as family planning, the easiest answer, «fix me so I don't make babies» — is in every aspect against the teachings of Jesus and Scripture.»

If a pastor does not faithfully and systematically teach Scripture to Christians, they will always be bottle - fed Christians who want only milk rather than meat, and who base their decisions on feelings and emotions rather than on the truth of the Word of God.

When they teach, they are there to teach, and you better have your thinking cap on because they will challenge the way you read Scripture and live life.

That is why I place so much effort and emphasis on teaching Scripture, and as I do, always pointing you to Jesus Christ.

Here again, since the evangelist gathered together the construction materials which will form the church, and these materials are the people of God, then the pastor - teacher focuses time and attention on teaching Scripture to God's people (cf. Acts 6:4; 1 Tim 5:17; 2 Tim 4:2).

So on a more seemingly simple issue as family planning, the easiest answer, «fix me so I don't make babies» — is in every aspect against the teachings of Jesus and Scripture.

Fourth, as used in most evangelical discussion, the term is a philosophical judgment controlled by categories alien to Scripture; it is a slogan based on «how God ought to have inspired the Word» which has been substituted for careful patient analysis of what the Bible does teach about itself.

Christian spirituality is based on the teaching of Jesus, as known through the Scriptures, and interpreted by the Christian tradition, generally through the authority of the churches.