Sentences with phrase «think about scripture»

What they challenged you to is indeed quite difficult, but as you say, proves to be a useful way to think about Scripture, and to get involved in the mission of making disciples.

Jeremy, I like that explore outside the box... it forces me to think about scripture in ways it may never have occurred to me.

The best translation is the one that excites you to read and think about Scripture more.

We emulate the things we think about, so we need to find ways to always be thinking about Scripture.

In any case, do not plan to keep inside you all of your thoughts about the scripture selection.

The Theology.fm podcast is a bi-weekly podcast in which I share with you some of the Bible teachers, pastors, and podcasters that have influenced me and my thinking about Scripture and theology.

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.

A few years ago, in a moment of lonely desperation, I googled something having to do with «Christians against biblical inerrancy» (for some reason you were on the first or second page of search results...) because I was trying to find out if there was anyone else who was thinking about the Scriptures in a different way from what I had encountered.

These affinities grew out of a common desire to get beyond «liberal» and «conservative» ways of thinking about scripture, mission and theology.

What do you think about the Scriptures in 1 corinthians where it talks about their being a diversity of spiritual gifts, and that not everyone will recieve the gift of prophecy, or the gift of speaking in tongues, or the gift of teaching, but God distributes these gifts as He wills.

Not exact matches

I just think some Christians are lazy and don't want to read more about the totality of scripture and delve deeper into interpretation... we prefer a grade 3 reading and comprehension level in many aspects of Christianity.

I think Christians, in general, don't know jack squat about the gay lifestyle / community nor do they really take the time to understand... their scripture says this and that's all they need (blatant ignorance — but that's life)... even those scriptures are up for contention as noted earlier by Trey.

What I'm actually saying is that I think God is so much bigger and more incomprehensible than what we read about Him in Scripture.

I do think that maintaining the normativity of Scripture entails giving it a higher priority than worship, if we are talking about our means of knowing the shape the Christian faith ought to take in the world, even if our primary encounter with Scripture is within the context of worship.

i wonder whether the accountability idea comes from the scripture about «confessing our sins to one another»... the bible doesn't use the word accountability, but this is the closest i can think of (can't remember where it is).

«We are forever getting confused into thinking that scripture is mainly about what we are supposed to do rather than a picture of who God is» (Resident Aliens, 85).

So I think your blog might qualify... though again, it is more of a blog about parenting and marriage than about Scripture and theology, and Paul's is quite a bit like Hyatt's, in that it is about leadership and influence.

What scriptures did you think He was talking about?

Think about the fact that the Quran has one author and the Bible has many authors yet all of scripture is in perfect alignment explaining the coming of God's Son Jesus and how this was the plan before the foundation of the world.

How we read the Scripture will greatly influence how we think about God.

I talked to him about it and told him that whenever I think of it I think of the scripture that talks about beware of false prophets crept in unaware.

And before that you posted some scripture where Jesus was talking about anxiety, and you seemed to think it was tips on how to eat.

But I thought your post was just getting started when you talked about the way you perceive the scripture as having changed - that was the part I wanted to sink my teeth into.

I use it just about everyday to record prayers, scripture, and other spiritual thoughts so I KNOW it will be an awesome tool for Christians.

I think the question — comes down to more what is the fruit of life based on what we believe about scripture and the way we interpret it.

Since I thought about this I have been searching for scriptures that support this idea.

I don't think simply saying a prayer and going about your life the way you used to does it, and it's because of the scriptures I listed above.

No, when I think about God being redeemed, I am referring specifically to how we humans have tried to use Scripture, theology, and tradition to tie God down into a box.

Yes, when we begin to see the crucifixion of Jesus as a supreme act of love and revelation, rather than a punishment from God, this has a domino effect on everything else we think about God and Scripture and ourselves.

When thinking about dislocation, an Old Testament teacher moves by «dynamic analogy» to the exile, the determining and defining event of the Hebrew scriptures.

Concerning the «Eternal, conscious torment in hell», take what the Bible actually says about hell and its duration» and if you do not believe some of the things that some people think is unscriptural and can not find it Scripture just ignore it.

Think, I've started thinking, and i might have been wrong about that whole scriptures and prophecy thing.

It is the intentional, yet not coerced, effort to read or think about, to read and think about, some significant incident in God's way with men as reported in Scripture or in some other piece of writing.

With all their laudable effort to understand the integrity of the Scriptures, both Old and New, and to insist on the basic unity of the Bible; with all their recognition of the place of Jesus within the setting of Jewish piety and religious thought, these scholars sometimes fail to see that the very truth about God which the Bible as a whole affirms, and above all that which the New Testament says about Jesus himself, can be smothered by sheer biblicism and thereby made meaningless for those to whom the gospel should be a living, vitalizing, and contemporary message.

Although, the various orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy have different views about the nature of Vedic revelation, they accept the authority of the Vedas and claim that that their thinking is based on these scriptures.

I think one reason God left it vague in Scripture is to increase our desire to tell others about Jesus.

There is a difference between what the Scripture really says about God, and what we think the Scripture says about God.

If for you your faith is only about «worshiping» the words in a book (which are written by man)... think about it... you might be wasting your time and not realize how distant you actually have become (from the true msg) worrying about trivialities or needing to reconcile scripture with science / common sense... simply because your book (and your self - imposed obligation to believe in the words) doesn't leave you another option.

It's rich, inspiring, drawn from the Scriptures, and something that we can all grasp and think about.

Since Scripture never speaks explicitly of the Trinity, the thinking went, Christians should not presume to be able to say too much about it.

We often fail to help teens think carefully about their faith and about the details of scripture, worship and Christian practices.

The more I think about this the more I realize: The pastor thought his strong faith and belief in the Bible scripture would prevent him from dying after he was bitten.

Think whatever you want about George R. R. Martin and his books, Scripture agrees with him on this one.

By redirecting our thinking about God to his absence rather than to his presence, we not only portray the true God of the Scriptures but make him more credible.

Our discussion a couple weeks ago about Peter Enns and his interpretation of the genocide of the Canaanites got me thinking once again about how Scripture informs our conscience and how our conscience informs our interpretation of Scripture.

In the book I explain why I think Scripture gives us reason to be optimistic about the future of humanity, but it has become increasingly clear to me over the past few months that this is a topic people desperately want to talk about.

When we think about the role of reading in our spiritual formation, we generally think of non-fiction books that help us understand scripture and theology, but fiction powerfully shapes the ways in which we think faithfully about God and the world.

However, I think that when most people ask about the best Bible translation, they are probably not pastors or teachers, and simply want to read the Bible and learn what God says in Scripture.

It requires leaders and teachers who can challenge us to think critically about our culture and what is going on in the world, as well as engaging Scripture in an active way, and living it out radically.

I think I know a little bit about how to read Scripture «in context.»