The below verse was my foundation from the Word that I shared with my daughter on why as a Christian we choose not to follow or celebrate or part take in anything Halloween. Would love to know what scriptures do you use to backup for yourself or explain to your kids ? Share Threads ...
Because the Bible is the living Word of God and the living God himself meets us in it, the Scriptures are pre-eminently - more so than nature - the medium through which we know God in his unfathomable liberty.Van de Beek, A.Faculty of Theology, University of PretoriaVerbum Et Ecclesia...
“Scriptures.”5Jesus, of course,1e.g., Isaiah 40:25, etc.2e.g., Kings 18:35; Psalm 10:5; Amos 3:2.3Jeremiah 2:28.4Jeremiah 4:27; 6:6.5The Scriptures used by Jews in the time of Christ’s ministry were not as fullyfixed as later; it was agreed that thefirst five books of ...
When we speak of the Canon of Scripture, this last sense is the one which we intend; but the other sense, in which we regard the Scriptures collectively as the rule of faith, is not excluded... FF Bruce 被引量: 49发表: 1988年 Theological table talk: On the inspiration of scripture...
This is quite a boring chapter with its detailed coverage on church doctrine and 2,000 years of interpretation of particular scriptures. It is nonetheless essential to understanding our boundaries of authority according to the bible in relation to matters we deal with in life, both physical (seen...
Irenaeus (c. 130–c. 200), sets forth systematically the three main sources of authority for catholic Christianity: the Scriptures of the New Testament (alongside the Hebrew Scriptures, or “Old Testament,” which Christians interpret as prophesying the coming of Jesus); the episcopal centers ...
in every place, and has come even unto us, being guarded and preserved without any forging of Scriptures, by a very complete system of doctrine, and neither receiving addition nor [suffering] curtailment [in the truths which she believes]; and [it consists in] reading [the word of God] ...
but is of the world."All of history is defined by this verse. While Kings (as fathers) might be tyrants, their office (given to them by God to do His will in) is not. Scriptures bare witness to this. It is not the office that is the problem. It is man's heart. Even George ...
In addition Acts 17:11 saysNow the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. So the Bereans had a more noble character for verifying the correctness ...
to the working out of God's divine will.In Authority and Submission, Watchman Nee presents many helpful principles and examples from the Holy Scriptures related to the proper exercise of both authority and submission, an exercise that is according to the divine life in the Body of Christ. ...