Sentences with phrase «took biblical studies»

I went to seminary and took biblical studies and languages.

Oh that's right, You never took Biblical Studies.

Not exact matches

Early on in my lectionary study and preaching I learned to take the assigned limits of the biblical passages as suggestive rather than prescriptive.

Since I do not have time to take a semester of biblical study and get back to, I will have to assume some of these catholic sites know what they're talking about, and you do not.

As the literary study of the Bible was gaining ground, however rapid changes were taking place in the larger field of literary study, changes that were quickly reflected in biblical studies.

He clarifies his rather vague definition of the field by contrasting biblical theology with five other modes of study: doctrinal theology, nontheological biblical studies, history of religion, philosophical and natural theology, and «the interpretation of parts of the Bible as distinct from the longer complexes taken as wholes.»

It's evangelicals who have taken fields of study, such as biology, archaeology, and biblical studies, and mutilated the square pegs to make them fit into their round holes.

Like the older alternative from which it deviates, however, this approach may also leave students overwhelmed, particularly with the magnitude of what it takes to become competent at biblical study.

Do you ever plan on taking a class in Biblical Studies?

What is striking is that reflection coming out of life experience and Biblical study in communities that have taken for granted the reality of God converge so far with the ideas of God that come from those who have wrestled with, and proposed alternatives to, the dominant philosophical views.

So when I would get to the unit on the prophets in this introductory biblical studies course, I would be up there ranting and raving about justice, and the passion for justice, and my students would be sitting there not looking excited at all, taking notes, wondering what was going to be on the exam.

I have studied many other theologies and the theology of the cross that Luther took directly from Paul pretty much (in my mind) makes thebest sense of the entire biblical narrative.

In fact, when I've actually taken the time to study the issues that trigger my doubts — issues like religious pluralism, the Problem of Evil, biblical interpretation, evolution, predestination and free will — I come out with a stronger, more resilient faith.

If you have been caught in error in the past, or if you are afraid of being caught in error in the future, you can mature and protect yourself from false teachers by taking time and making effort to study good biblical teaching and listen to good biblical teachers.

However, modern study of the Old Testament has reinforced the fact that the worldview of the biblical authors affected what they thought and wrote, and so it is necessary to take the worldviews of the biblical authors into consideration when we interpret the text.

It was recognised that in the fields of Biblical and theological studies, there had been new insights and developments that needed to be taken seriously by the missionary movement.

In the world of biblical studies and historical theology, explorations of the social dimensions of early Jesus group members and their scriptures have taken four different shapes, as Ralph Hochschild suggests.

While it would take an empirical study to solve the issue, my hypothesis is that most persons in our culture — liberal, postliberal or what have you — interpret their experiences and «the universe» primarily in terms that are neither biblical nor theological.

Cf. G. von Rad, Studies in Deuteronomy, in the series Studies in Biblical Theology, London, 1953, p. 63: «We may take it as certain that the term means the free, property - owning, full citizens of Judah.»

As a ministry student at Baylor University, student at Dallas Theological Seminary and doctoral student in Biblical Counseling and Women's studies at Trinity seminary, I am well equipped to dig deep into scripture and theology having taken courses in Greek, Old and New Testament, Systematic Theology, Evangelism, Homelitics and Exegesis, and Spiritual Life as well as Biblical Conflict Resolution, Family Counseling and Women's Issues.