Sentences with phrase «way about a scripture»

When speaking this way about Scripture, most theologians are about to say that as a result of the Bible being a human book, it should not surprise us to discover that the Bible has errors.

Both will use their intepretation and consider that all of us must or should feel the same way about a scripture as they do.

Not exact matches

What's more, it in no way invalidates Smith's central point about Scripture's effect on us.

The only way I learned about God is through the Bible... those scriptures are the only TRULY holy thing on this earth.

Had Martin Luther learned the proper way to translate and read the Jewish scriptures from the Jewish people instead of his own foolish interpretations he would have never come to such contradictory conclusions about us.

Also, I couldn't quite get this into words as I was writing before, so: I am believe that I am correct in my view of Scripture as it has been handed down to me from teachers, preachers, writers and others; I believe that I am correct in my beliefs about who God is, and about His self - revelation, in the same way that all people believe that the opinions they hold are true.

It seemed to me that they had not read any of the books I had read, or even knew anything about the way of reading Scripture which I had adopted.

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.

In this way, we can say that the Hebrew Scriptures are more of a revelation about man than a revelation about God.

Yet, if another believes another way, yet he goes home and treats his wife with love, what does that say about his belief in scripture?

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.

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.

Despite his conservative treatment of scripture, Gagnon does have reservations about the way Paul reaches some of his conclusions.

They want to «stack the deck» in such a way that if you accept what they say about the accuracy, authority, and credibility of Scripture, then you will most likely also accept their interpretation and understanding of Scripture (what the witness says), if you do this, then you will also buy into the rest of their theological system that they were trying to prove in the first place.

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.

I also wonder about the way we interpret scripture, if we don't force things to fit where they are not meant to fit.

Three: If these essays are written to deepen process theology as a mode of systematic theology on the supposition that a theology is truncated if its rootage in Scripture is not clear, then it is crucial to be clear — in ways in which these essays do not make it clear — how process hermeneutics warrants any judgments about what is normative for Christian theology.

Because this is the way life is, and the fact that Scripture reflects life helps us understand that the Bible truly is a book about life.

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As a spiritual person I am also (in not even a remote way) rejecting the idea of the afterlife, however I am rejecting most ideas as written in scripture since IMO scripture has very little to do with the true msg of Christ or the true msg Christianity once was about.

So my question is: Is there a distinctively process doctrine about how and why Scripture is related to and normative for Christian theology that would explain why it is important to attend to Scripture in these ways?

(b) What is it about Scripture - as - interpreted that makes it important to attend to in this way?

You've highlighted an important point about scripture: There is no way to understand what it means unless you can understand what it meant to the people who wrote it.

This way of speaking about the authority of Scripture stands in contrast to how it is often spoken of among Christians, as a phrase invoked to shut down conversation and bolster one particular interpretation of Scripture.

Some take the chronological approach, so that they begin with Genesis 1:1 and work their way through Scripture trying to piece all the ideas about God into one coherent picture.

I'm sure if you asked a Catholic about it, they could show you scriptures and explain it in a way that makes perfect sense to them.

(You're singing too loud, you should not read sci - fi, your wife hates you because she does not keep house, etc — all of this from 1 - 2 persons) I prayed about the situation looking for a solution and is there another way to look at that scripture.

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.

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.

And regardless of what you believe about the violence of God in Scripture, these books will present you with a new way of looking at things so that you no longer have to choose between accepting that God is violent or writing off the Bible as hopelessly full of error.

Truly «Christian» art is not art that is blatantly about Jesus or Scripture, but is art that touches people, connects with lives, and calls people to a better and different way of living.

I can totally handle that Jesus came to offer us a different way; but, If we really believe that the Old Testament is the inspired Word of God, or even if we want to understand more about the culture that gave us these holy scriptures, what we should do is take courses in Judaism, to get a better understanding of what God was supposed to have been telling the Jews.

Many evangelicals are beginning to grasp the fact, that certain ways of reading the Scriptures and certain doctrines about the Scriptures may actually become the means of oppression of modern women by the imposition of first century social patterns.

We do not need more information about God than is available in Scripture; what we need, rather, is to grow spiritually in such a way that we have a place for that information in our lives.

Though it might be true that the ancient Israelites had undeveloped cosmology, this is not true of God, and so for this view to be correct, we must either deny inspiration, or have God inspiring the authors of Scripture to write about Himself in inaccurate ways.

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

I have thought about this way of reading Scripture for a few years now, and while I like that it upholds the accuracy and truthfulness of Scripture, I just can not accept it as a right way to read Scripture.

As Don Whitney wrote in his book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, «When we meditate on Scripture, it colors our thinking about God, about God's ways and His world, and about ourselves.»

Jesus Himself spoke about the Hebrew Scriptures this way (cf. Matt 5:17; 7:12; 11:13; etc.).

How do we talk about this most sensitive of issues in a way that respects individual pastoral situations, as well as the authority of scripture and Christ's desire for a unified Church?

By the way why didn't you quote the scripture from the book of revelation where it talks about Jesus sporting a tattoo on his thigh when he returns?

His words left to us in scripture provide all we need in the way of general teachings about how to conduct our particular affairs.

Oddly enough, Augustine was writing about the mysteries found within the book of Genesis, when he said, «in matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

Jeremy i agree with what you have written many of the traditions in the church have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about having a good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz

Rather than proclaiming loud, dogmatic slogans about the Bible, we might do better to consider the odd and intimate ways in which we have each been led to where we are in our relationship with the scriptures.

But I am hopeful, because the experience of leaving that job opened my eyes and mind to a whole new way of viewing people, thinking about theology, reading Scripture, interacting with others, and ultimately, living life.

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Centuries ago, it was known that no reading of Scripture could be interpreted in one way... if you're talking about the Christian faith, which is already so one - sided, nowadays...

I really appreciate your integrity in approaching this issue — my husband and I are from DTS too and the idea that there is a different way to interpret the scriptures about women was just not allowed, LOL.

Sadly, this is the way most people feel about the reading of scripture in worship.