Sentences with phrase «throughout scripture which»

There are several texts throughout Scripture which seem to indicate that God has specifically chosen or elected certain individuals before they were ever born.

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Which is why the desert is such a strong and important symbol in scripture and throughout the history of the church.

The history of our salvation is marked by a feminine presence that responds actively and fruitfully to God's initiatives: first Israel, which is presented throughout the Scriptures in feminine terms (as the daughter of Sion or, in those times when the prophets urge her to repentance, as a faithless wife); then Mary; and now the Church (the bride of Christ).

The Gathas, which are today found interspersed throughout the Yasna, 1 constitute the oldest as well as the most important part of scripture, for here are preserved, more than anywhere, the authentic words of the prophet himself, Zoroaster.

Given the degree to which LGBT people have been marginalized, and given the controversy surrounding marriage equality that rages throughout much of the Church, do wish Scripture was a bit more clear on this?

The ongoing witness of Christians throughout history is that this collection of stories, poems, prayers, epistles, and prophecies, which we call «scripture,» has the power to transform lives and situations.

This pattern that we see throughout Scripture is what theologians label «word - act revelation,» which basically means that God's words interpret God's actions.

The case is constructed through the patient logic of showing how any contrary construction would be absurd and impossible: blood is not, and can not be, water; hence, if there is no wine in the cup and only water is present, then the vital salvific symbol is absent; since wine «signifies the blood of Christ,» it follows that wine, which is testified to throughout Scripture, has to be present.

This again is the common terminology used throughout Scripture to describe the process by which God gives His creatures the freedom to go their own way, even when it is in rebellion to Him.

In consequence, we can now see that what we have in the New Testament is what I have called throughout this book «the witness of apostolic faith», while the Old Testament has its particular Christian significance in giving us the background of the event of Jesus Christ in the religious faith, worship, and teaching about God's will and way in the world as these were set forth in the Jewish scriptures which then became part of the Christian Bible.

What we have seen throughout this survey of Scriptures on baptism is that water baptism was a symbolic ritual in biblical times which everybody understood, even those who were not followers of Jesus.

In the horrific days and weeks which followed, this uninteresting comment would take on the role of Biblical scripture, repeated throughout the legal process as proof that she was coming to the UK to work.