Sentences with phrase «term from scripture»

If we do not use terms from scripture and tradition, are we not in danger of conceiving a God who only comforts and does not challenge us?

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I am reading your newest posts to your oldest.I have never been to bible school but I consider myself in the journey of education concerning the bible.more than any opinions that you have what concerns me most is how «brothers and sisters» through their comments responds to someone who thinks differently from what is perceived as absolutes (not sure if that's the right term) in scripture.I wonder did the apostle believe half the things that are seen as church doctirine today?how did the disciples who did not have the new testament or the ability to read follow Jesus?I appreciate your questioning.In my experience we are too quick to try and fix someone or use the scriptures as a control mechanism and to slow to practise empathy and love..

The very arrangement of the biblical books in the Hebrew canon of scripture presupposes this definition of prophetism.1 Between the first division of the Law and the third division of the Writings, the central category of the Prophets embraces not only the books of the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve prophets from Hosea to Malachi (all together termed «Latter Prophets») but also the historical writings of Joshua, Judges, and the books of Samuel and Kings («Former Prophets») In this way the Hebrew Bible formally and appropriately acknowledges that prophetism is more than the prophet and his work, that it is also a way of looking at, understanding, and interpreting history.

We might call it «Christendom» since the term «Christian» is used from time to time in Scripture.

«Divine inspiration» means «produced by God», and this means, in terms of our discussion of God in Chapter VIII, «arising from those aspects of the nature of things which are experienced in the five fundamentals of change, dependence, etc.» Thus divine inspiration can be intelligibly interpreted to mean that the Scriptures are very particularly transparent to and vehicles of the basic experiences called religious.

It is, in particular, the second of evangelicalism's two tenets, i. e., Biblical authority, that sets evangelicals off from their fellow Christians.8 Over against those wanting to make tradition co-normative with Scripture; over against those wanting to update Christianity by conforming it to the current philosophical trends; over against those who view Biblical authority selectively and dissent from what they find unreasonable; over against those who would understand Biblical authority primarily in terms of its writers» religious sensitivity or their proximity to the primal originating events of the faith; over against those who would consider Biblical authority subjectively, stressing the effect on the reader, not the quality of the source — over against all these, evangelicals believe the Biblical text as written to be totally authoritative in all that it affirms.

It seems to me the Scriptures use an impressive variety of terminology, ranging from fairly gentle terms to deliberately insulting ones, with a wide span in between.

Far from connoting subjugation, the Hebrew term ezer, or «helper,» is employed elsewhere in Scripture to describe God, the consummate intervener — the helper of the fatherless (Psalm 10:14), King David's helper and deliverer (Psalm 70:5), Israel's shield and helper (Deuteronomy 33:29).

In turn, the very idea of inspiration, as arising from meditation on the Holy Spirit, is deprived of the enrichment it might receive from those forms of discourse which are less easily interpreted in terms of a voice behind a voice or of a double author of scripture.

Here's how I understand the meanings of those terms: Scripture: writing, usually pertaining to religion The Bible: anthology of specifically Christian - oriented religious scripture The Word of God: 1) words actually spoken or written by God 2) God's spirit, consciousness, creative will and / or «being» («Logos,» as used in the Gospel of John) God - inspired: 1) resulting from a consideration of God 2) resulting from a personal experiencScripture: writing, usually pertaining to religion The Bible: anthology of specifically Christian - oriented religious scripture The Word of God: 1) words actually spoken or written by God 2) God's spirit, consciousness, creative will and / or «being» («Logos,» as used in the Gospel of John) God - inspired: 1) resulting from a consideration of God 2) resulting from a personal experiencscripture The Word of God: 1) words actually spoken or written by God 2) God's spirit, consciousness, creative will and / or «being» («Logos,» as used in the Gospel of John) God - inspired: 1) resulting from a consideration of God 2) resulting from a personal experience of God.

Biblically literate women looked to scripture to justify their changing situation, especially in the churches.25 Gabriele Dietrich emphasizes three points which are important in our context from the Jesus Movement26: firstly, the Jesus Movement was critical of the existing patriarchal family structure and created new forms of community; secondly, it was egalitarian in terms of class with a bias in favor of the poor; and, thirdly, it provided for a participation of women which was far reaching and unusual under the conditions of the time.27

I tend to shy away from the use of the term «the Word of God» to describe scripture.

(Reading into scripture rather than learning from) Lust is a very specific term that does not mean sexual thought or even desire.

Using examples from mythology, Scripture, theology, and philosophy, Rollins shows how mankind has long been interested in speaking of God in these terms, to the point that «instead of thinking about our understanding of God as a poetic utterance arising from an encounter with God, it was thought that our understanding of God directly matched up with the very nature of God.

«' First Fruits» is a term that comes from scripture, and because of that, the first 10 percent of any profit my wife and I make from our percentage ownership in our LLC goes to different ministries and charities,» Catarino explains.

So in terms of having scripture to guide you, when it comes to dating you might be better seeking guidance from your family or church.