Sentences with phrase «violent passages in»

I must confess that although I am currently up to my eyeballs in studying and thinking about all the violent passages in Scripture, it is quite another thing to see some of them on the screen, especially when, right in the midst of the violence, many of the people committing the violence scream something like «In the name of God!»

I have gotten this question a few times recently, so maybe I should write a blog post or two about the violent passages in the Old Testament.

Though I have been a student of Scripture all my l life, I have always had difficulty with the violent passages in the Bible, and how to reconcile them with the loving portrait of Jesus in the Gospels.

Seriously though, this is a tough text in the Bible — maybe the toughest of all the violent passages in the Old Testament.

There are violent passages in all the Holy Books.

Not exact matches

We can debate the number or percentage of violent passages that were given by God to his people in the Torah (Bible — Old Testament)(More than 800) or in the Qur» an (a little over 300) during times of War.

But Jesus definitely stopped mid-verse in Luke 4:18 - 19, and the context of the passage he quoted is definitely violent... so I guess what I am saying is that the ultimate context of Scripture is the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Interpretations of such passages vary, but one thing is clear to Matthew: in those critical hours the violent authorities only seem to be in control.

Billions of Christians would reject that piece of Biblical law just as billions of Muslims are able to see the 50 peace - promoting passages of the Qur «an for every 1 violent one as indicative of their religious duties in life being peaceful ones.

What Jesus accomplished on the cross in destroying the work of the destroyer allows for a vastly new understanding of how to understand the violent passages of God in the Old Testament.

Final passage of IRFA came in a week when IS claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, that killed 24 people — even while violent religious persecution continued in such countries as Iraq, Nigeria and Syria.

Now pay attention... in sharp contrast to the Bible, which generally moves from relatively violent passages to far more peaceful ones, the muslim koran travels the exact OPPOSITE path.

Hmmmm... when you point out the verses in the koran which call for the murder of Christians and Jews, etc., or point out that «true» muslims are killing people in the name of Allah, the instant response I get from muslim appeasers is, «Christianity has violent passages too, and people have killed other people in the name of Christianity too.»

First, the average English translation of this text is fine, and second, I do not want readers of the English Bible to think that the only way they can see Jesus in the violent passages of Scripture is through creative translations from the Greek and Hebrew.

Before we can look at specific Bible passages regarding the violence of God in Scripture, it is important to develop a framework which helps us understand what is going on within and behind these violent texts.

So before we look at any specific passages, I want to briefly present a framework for how to understand what is going on behind many of the violent and destructive passages in Scripture.

The passage it celebrates — Joshua 6:1 - 27 — describes the violent killing of every man, woman, and child in the city (on God's orders)!

It is by the Grace of God that another member of the Krohn family was not present when this occurred as there's no question in my mind that whoever would commit such a violent crime against a pet would not hesitate to harm a human,» said Tedisco, who was the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's animal cruelty felony law and the Assembly Chair of NYS Animal Advocacy Day.

Grieshaber - Geddes advocated for passage of «Jenna's Law» to end parole for first time violent felons after her daughter, Jenna Grieshaber, was murdered by a parolee in Albany.

The legislators are being joined in their reform efforts by Janice Grieshaber - Geddes, a Manlius mother who successfully advocated for passage of «Jenna's Law» to end parole for first time violent felons after her daughter, Jenna Grieshaber, was murdered by a parolee in Albany.

In the wake of the Penn State sexual abuse cover - up scandal, state Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D - Bayside) is renewing his call for passage of a bill that would require New York colleges and universities to report on - campus violent crimes immediately to the authorities.

In one particularly disturbing passage from the report, Jay stated: «We read cases where a child was doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, children who were threatened with guns, children who witnessed brutally violent rapes and were threatened that they would be the next victim if they told anyonIn one particularly disturbing passage from the report, Jay stated: «We read cases where a child was doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, children who were threatened with guns, children who witnessed brutally violent rapes and were threatened that they would be the next victim if they told anyonin petrol and threatened with being set alight, children who were threatened with guns, children who witnessed brutally violent rapes and were threatened that they would be the next victim if they told anyone.

Yet, in reality, it did not stop one violent criminal with the intent to commit a murder or armed robbery, at any time from its» passage to the time you are reading this article.

The bill's passage follows at least 11 violent deaths in Long Island communities Brentwood and neighboring Central Islip since September that have been attributed to a street gang with Central American ties, MS - 13.

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«Birds of Passage» Review: A Violent Crime Saga in the Desert from the Director of «Embrace of the Serpent» — Cannes 2018

In arguing for the law's passage, supporters cited research that found people who abuse animals are often violent toward people.

His stern, almost banal paintings depict some of the most violent passages of history — Belgian colonialism, the Holocaust, the war in Iraq — with unsettling economy and washed - out colors: grays, ochres and bilious blues and greens.

Hailstones are created so it is believed, by a more or less continuous loop of being caught in violent updrafts as found in thunderstorms, ie; above glider example, and then falling out of the updraught cell back down to lower levels where they might be caught up again in another or the same updraft cell and so accumulate water and ice on the core of the frozen hailstone over a period of anywhere from just one passage in the updraft to a number of passages which can be ascertained and recognised by the number of rings when a hailstone is dissected across its diameter.