Sentences with phrase «word of scripture»

It is also clear that the content of the command is not a matter of indifference, but it is the content itself which determines whether a word of Scripture is God's command or not.

Since many people seem to believe that they or their group's teaching is based on inerrant Scripture and they are teaching «the plain word of Scripture», how is it that the teachings of various people and groups vary so widely?

Indeed, Calvin premised God's transcendence on the specially revealed word of Scripture and sacrament, God's chosen means of self - revelation.

A word of Scripture, for instance, that struck you at Exposition, accompanies you and lends contour to the encounters you have with others.

Nonetheless, we in the church dare affirm that the lively word of scripture is the primal antidote to technique, the primal news that fends off trivialization.

(By the way, Observant Jews are commanded by scripture to put the word of scripture on their doorposts, so this is not a «choice of decor» for them, it is obedience to God) Do you really want to hinder someone in that way?

Understanding how to «read» the Eternal Word and how to distinguish effectively between the Eternal Word made flesh and the written Word of Scripture is difficult.

We believe that the clear Word of scripture says quite unambigously that homosexuality is a sin.

His central point: the poor deserve to hear the word of scripture, and the pastor has a duty to deliver that word to them.

They need above all to be addressed inwardly by the word of scripture that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, and peace (Gal.

That you can not equate the word of Scripture to what you have been doing is telling.

The covenant was not simply a piece of paper affirming partnership no matter what, but instead a means to secure the «robust accountability» and «gracious restraint» that characterize deep relationships rooted in mutual recognition of catholic faith and order, grounded in creedal doctrine, and answerable to the authoritative word of Scripture.

God has sent us the Messengers and inspired them with his words of the scriptures and it is up to us now to make our choices.

Furthermore, to limit the presence of Jesus to the words of Scripture, as if Christ's presence is restricted to paper and ink, is to deny the resurrection of all its power.

Since our daily decisions and actions as followers of Jesus depend on the meaning and application of individual words of Scripture, it is necessary to know that the words themselves are also inspired.

Individual words of scripture generate broad fields of meaning.

They need to stop listening to the insane ideas of their right wing preachers who twist and misquote the words of scripture and simply read the words of Christ for themselves.

This is also the root of Protestantism; if not for the words of Scripture, Protestants would all make up their understanding of God just like this young man.

Brother, why do you give more allegiance to a theology of men, never stated in words of scripture, (i.e..

If a man goes alone through life, according to the word of the Scriptures (Genesis 2:18) that is not good, yet if he goes accompanied by that shame, oh, he shall become good and become one thing.

In the words of scripture, you will be repayed, you will reap what you sow.

Many offered «comforting words of Scripture» to suggest he find God's will or some blessing in the midst of tragedy.

The icon is a visual supplement to the written Word of the scriptures and a source of theology in its own right.

They had not only the words of Scripture but their real meaning.

As the hours went by, tempers frayed as the African expressed his confidence in the clear words of scripture, while the American stressed...

Those who heard Peter's preaching were baptised, and — again in the words of Scripture — «they continued steadfastly in the teaching of the apostles and in the communion of the breaking of bread and in prayers... praising God and being in favour with all the people» (Acts 2:41 - 47).

If we use the logically odd phrase «Word of God» to describe the Bible, with «Word» as the model and «of God» as the qualifier, so that we speak of «hearing» God's Word, we mean that if we follow the verbal pattern formed by the words of scripture, we may find ourselves in a situation in which a disclosure occurs; the «light dawns» or the «ice breaks.»

If the victory comes as a new heaven and a new earth, then the best description we can give of it is in the words of scripture, «Behold, the dwelling of God is with men.

The elaborate care taken with the words of scripture speaks prophetically to an age that cares little about the wisdom borne by ancient texts — and about craftsmanship generally.

Catholics, for their part, have maintained a tradition of ecclesially shaped art, but often without rigorous attention to the words of scripture.

The powerful words of scripture have not prevented clergy from abusing the trust of parishioners and their children.

So here I am, my father's daughter, as the light breaks through the forest, writing down the names of my children and my husband, my friends and even the needs of the world like our brothers and sisters in Iraq or Haiti or Burundi, and beside these scrawled names, I am writing out the words of Scripture.

Remember the words of Scripture and cling tightly to them, hold fast to the hope of Christ.

Or perhaps we are to adopt the position that though Christians in the past may have produced examples of art that glorified the incarnate Christ by giving aesthetic concretization to the more abstract words of Scripture, it is regrettable that they did so.

which makes the words of the Scripture mean whatever they may happen to mean to the naive contemporary reader.

I can agree with Jeremy's original statement, «I believe that God did lead human authors to write the words of Scripture, though not in a way that would override their unique thought pattern, vocabulary, or idiom.»

More importantly, we need to take the words of Scripture to heart when we're feeling this way.

I believe that God did lead and human authors to write the words of Scripture, though not in a way that would override their unique thought pattern, vocabulary, or idiom.

As the hours went by, tempers frayed as the African expressed his confidence in the clear words of scripture, while the American stressed the need to interpret the Bible in the light of modern scholarship and contemporary mores.

What is more, he conveys in a simple way the cultural background which gave rise to the vocabulary, expressions, images and idioms of the words of Scripture.

The images, stories, and words of Scripture so permeated my life that they gave meaning and direction to my own story and helped me make sense of things.

Jesus, like other first - century Jews, read his Bible creatively, seeking deeper meaning that transcended the boundaries of the words of Scripture.

Pius XII already commented on the unitive significance of this powerful biblical expression: «In its natural structure, the conjugal act is a personal action, a simultaneous and immediate cooperation on the part of the husband and wife, which by the very nature of the agents and the proper nature of the act is the expression of the mutual gift which, according to the words of Scripture, brings about union «in one flesh»» (Address, October 29, 1951: AAS 3 (1951), 850).

She sang many more stanzas throughout her life, and the men and women of God throughout time who allow the words of Scripture to penetrate their minds have added many more words to this song.

Karl Barth was always difficult to classify as either liberal or evangelical because he insisted that the divine Word was never coterminous with the words of Scripture, nor was the whole panoply of religion a sure instrument of that Word.

Paul assures us that the words of scripture were written for our sake also.

After an elegant gloss of his own on John 3, the Scripture that inspired Vaughan, Hill conducts a well - paced close analysis of Vaughan's rhymes, leaving no doubt that the poet quite literally believed «his own words must be measured against, must chime faithfully with, the received words of Scripture.»

I am learning to read the Bible with spiritual eyes, and listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit through the words of Scripture so that all of the Bible points to the WORD, that is, Jesus Christ.

Then consider how your viewpoint that He is limited and unable in earthly situations completely defies the words of scripture.

Once I accept the plain words of Scripture in context, the fact of ordinary days, no death before sin, the Bible's genealogies, etc., all make it clear that I can not accept millions or billions of years of history.