Sentences with phrase «with biblical things»

They are doing what is not normally done with biblical things, they are verifying things not just believing.

Not exact matches

You hit the nail squarely on the head for indeed so, biblical truths are «written on our heart» by way of the Presence of Christ's Indwelt Spirit Who is ever faithful to «guide you into all truth» and «show (us) things to come» (John 16:13) but the problem is (as is woefully evident with this Article \ s Author), too many people (believers) choose to eschew or disregard «sound doctrine» (2 Timothy 4:3) promulgating John 14:17 ignorance of the Doctrine of The Holy Spirit whose inevitable product is a darkened understanding (such as is evidenced by the Article's Author --RRB-.

And just so you know, the fact that more and more people like you feel the need to speak up with your hatred of all things biblical or Christian, makes people like me very happy because it tells us that the very book, the Bible, that you diss, is absolutely right because it has been warning us for hundreds of years that thoughts like yours will increase.

Missouri Synod theologians had traditionally affirmed the inerrancy of the Bible, and, although such a term can mean many things, in practice it meant certain rather specific things: harmonizing of the various biblical narratives; a somewhat ahistorical reading of the Bible in which there was little room for growth or development of theological understanding; a tendency to hold that God would not have used within the Bible literary forms such as myth, legend, or saga; an unwillingness to reckon with possible creativity on the part of the evangelists who tell the story of Jesus in the Gospels or to consider what it might mean that they write that story from a post-Easter perspective; a general reluctance to consider that the canons of historical exactitude which we take as givens might have been different for the biblical authors.

One thing that often throws people off when I write is that I will sometimes discuss my beliefs from a position of biblical authority when I am speaking with one who has that belief system.

If you want to reach our culture for Jesus, the best (and most biblical) thing you can do is show people Jesus and invite them to follow Jesus with you.

Obviously, there are some solid doctrines to stand on, but I've seen the heresy label thrown at far too little things, especially with far too little Biblical support.

If Christians believe that undisciplined sex is a good thing, then they are living by a standard in conflict with biblical teaching.

Steve... I think we're floggin» a dead horse here, but for what it's worth, understand that I'm not trying to convince you to think like I do, rather I wd hope that room wd be made for many theological differences.To think discuss and debate theology is well supported by the New Testament and history, and is perfectly within the bounds of what it means to engage our minds with the subject at hand.Theologians and biblical scholars have done this very thing for centuries, revealing a plethora of opinion on the evolving world of biblical studies.Many capable authors have written and debated the common themes as well as the differences between Paul, John, Jesus, the synoptics, etc..

If the church's theology were informed more by biblical expectations of a redeemed creation and less by general religious longings for ecstatic experience and timeless truth, Christians would find themselves at the very least congenial toward those who, with a passionate «loyalty to things» and a «cosmic act of allegiance,» struggle to unpack the secrets of life on this planet and to work with it toward a new day.

Prayer changes things Prayer takes many Biblical forms Prayer is talking with God Prayer can be private Prayer can be corporate Prayer can be public Prayer can be political Prayer can be formal Prayer can be casual Prayer can be in public schools Prayer is not curtailed by the words of a man Prayer is never stopped by an unbeliever Prayer changes things

We just have gay stereotypes and we base our beliefs on a few biblical passages, ignoring passages about things that people in the church really struggle with, like food and other addictions.

Of course, like with many other things — biblical and otherwise — exploiting people will happen until Jesus returns.

The problem with calling things Biblical is that it means nothing to non believers.

They have confused «immortality of the soul» with whatever may be intended by the biblical phrase «resurrection of the body»; while theologians have attempted, as we have already observed, when I described the older scheme which comprised the last things, to bring the two conceptions together in a fashion which will retain each of them and yet relate them so that a consistent pattern may be provided.

Teachers of biblical studies can match these examples of mangled scripture with our own private stashes of things discovered in exams and papers.

The only thing that would put us in «good standing» with the ex-gay and similar folk would be to admit we are gay and always will be («reparative» therapy doesn't work and denial ends in repression taking the form of promiscuity), and most of us aren't called to celibacy (in the only Biblical sense of the term, as Jesus makes reference to and Paul discusses at length).

«It's one thing to criticise something with a hateful spirit, but it's another thing to use biblical discernment.

As with any field of research that tries to reconstruct the distant past, biblical scholars get things wrong on a daily basis.

Your article, post, whatever it is (I'm new to this kind of thing) gave me some of the answers I was looking for and helped me find the problems with the biblical logic I was taught.

If Christianity continues to tell you that WHEN you get your act together — God will finally open his arms, the representatives of this faith are not understanding the premier principal of God — through Christ he loves you NOW — but when his love begins to radiate into your personal life - your very personal life - you will make choices reflecting that reality — all other things, people, dogmas, Biblical interpretations — all of that through the long centuries of man — will be a drop in His eternal ocean and in that first eternal moment — won't matter - your needs now matter — Christ addresses need — with Himself — demands — with parabolic events — and refusal — with the end result of free will — even the will to reject Him — when He would have done anything for you to not be rejected.

The process - relational model of God as the most extensive exemplification of primordial creativity, with every worldly occasion in its own process of becoming; the process - relational concept of God as the principle of order channeling the world's becoming toward ever richer and more harmonious experience (the primordial nature); and the process - relational concept of God's preservation of every worldly occasion in God's own everlasting becoming (the consequent nature), with each such occasion evaluated and positioned for its greatest possible contribution to the divine life — these perspectives on divine reality which process - relational thought claims to find exemplified in the very nature of things are separately and together congruent with and supportive of the biblical images and events which describe the «already» in inaugurated eschatology.»

But whether the «nature of things» be grounded in God, or whether God be the primordial exemplification of «the nature of things» with respect to an independent, abstract «category of the ultimate,» it is the case that both the biblical record and process - relational thought recognize a pervasive movement toward greater richness of experience as a generic feature of reality.

And I assure you that my knowledge of biblical controversies is miniscule, but the one were discussing I have spent some time looking into, it's very intriguing to me that these things exist alongside each other... as I said earlier, John's gospel is a good example of historical detail (with respect to the synoptics) seemingly playing second fiddle to a developing narrative (the Johanine tradition).

When the writings of Wallis and other evangelicals long associated with the Christian left (yes, there was an organization called «Evangelicals for McGovern») are offered up as a «radical biblical way that transcends the highly politicized agendas» of the Christian right and the PC left, one can't help but think that the whole thing is more than a little disingenuous.

Still, it seemed worth voicing a few protests, even if only a debiliori: that the biblical imagery of the redeemed state is cosmic in scope and positively teeming with fauna (lions lying down with lambs and such)-- that Paul's vision of salvation in Romans 8 is of the entirety of creation restored and glorified — things of that sort.

With all of the grotesque things that can be seen and heard on television today you would think there would be room for two twin brothers who are faithful to our families, committed to biblical principles, and dedicated professionals.

While there are excellent and well - stated «conservative positions» with regard to certain biblical issues, there is, no such thing as an «evangelical body of scholarship» which constitutes anything like a rival «school» to mainstream scholarship.

Even though biblical religion has always understood God as the source of novelty («Behold, I make all things new»), classical theologies have predominantly associated God with cosmic order and have failed to consider in any depth the connection between God and novelty.

Science is necessarily corrosive to religion and it is only with hindsight that any biblical claims map to real science and it's incredibly convenient to dismiss the scores of things that don't.

Boldest: Shari Johnson with «My Lesbian Daughter, The Bible, and Sex» «When I hear terms like «God's design» and «Biblical marriage» I have to wonder who decides these things... We keep a death grip on the scriptures that suit us — and the translation of those scriptures becomes more a matter of tradition, opinion and convenience than the Word of God.»

Instead, at the most basic level, two things are required: First, an understanding of what the biblical gospel is, and second, a good grasp of how to share this gospel with others (aka «evangelism»).

It is up to the person to study, compare Biblical spiritual things with Biblical spiritual things, and ask Jesus Christ to guide in understanding.

The problem of traditional Biblical study, according to Locke, is threefold: First, it replaces a rigorous rational scrutiny of all things with a credulous acceptance of miraculous and supernatural events.

Yes, I agree with Greg that the biblical accounts say these things, but I would say that Greg's explanation of these difficult biblical events still turns God into a monster - releasing monster like Zeus.

45 The «apathetic» God «fulfills the ideal of one who is physically beyond the reach of external influences and psychologically anaesthetized — like things that are dead... This apathetic God became the God of the Christians, although he was a contradiction to the biblical God, with his emotions and suffering.»

Just how close to the biblical truth is this, one thing is true, Jesus with the wooden arm part to place on the TREE.

There's a seduction / rape in the picture that spools out slippery like a biblical allegory, climaxing with a message of self - abnegation written on a bathroom window and a realization by our antihero that he's doomed to learn something from the destruction of every single thing in his life that's pure, of everything that comes with the potential for a future.

This Week: Kevin kicks things off by weighing in on the Leslie Jones hack, then takes a look at why Biblical epics are no longer a big deal with audiences.

If you're familiar with the biblical story of the tower of Babel, you may recall that the attempt of humanity to do such a thing resulted in their language being garbled by God.

Amar's next exhibition sees their space filled with a representation of the Biblical character Eve, through a celebration of all things women and womanhood.

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