285—290) argues that the properBiblical term for the Intermediate State after death is the word "sleep"1.This word is a better term than the traditional 'Intermediate State',he feels, because it presents the essential NT concept of death and theChristian: viz., the believer has been given...
Indeed as discussed previously, the matching term of the idea of missions in the New Testament is the Greek wordapostello, which is the chief word used for “to send away” and where the term “apostle” is derived. It is no surprise then to see commentators and translators equating Paul...
in the abstract, may be taken for a doctrine subversive of the Christian; and when applied to a particular man, or body of men, it denotes one who sets himself against the spirit of that doctrine." It seems, however, that the Scriptures employ the term both with a general and limited ...
certainly cannot mean that Moses was to be gathered in the grave with any of his people. The Hebrew lawgiver died on Mount Abarim; and the Scripture testifies 'that no one ever knew of the place of his sepulcher;' and still the term to be gathered to his people is there likewise ...
The term ‘naturist’ or ‘nudist’ is an umbrella term used for people who advocate or practice social nudity in appropriate settings. Social nudity refers to the communal, non-sexual practice of individuals unclothed in mixed gender settings. Often, people practice naturism as a recreational acti...
thing and its’ accidents and attributes. You remove my hand in a tragedy but you don’t alter my status as a human being in doing so, my essence still remains. This is what is meant in the word “being” when one says human being. It’s an ontological term speaking to the whole....
For their churches’ leadership, purity is important – it is part of the foundations for a good life, a good marriage, and living close to God. Those who are schooled in feminism mostly know that purity itself is not synonymous with what we call purity culture, but the term “purity cul...
Matthew begins his lineage of Jesus by mentioning David and Abraham. One of Matthew’s themes in his gospel is that Jesus is the promised Davidic King, so he mentions that Jesus is the son of David. (We will see that “Son of David” is also a messianic term that several people use...
"It might be better, indeed, to get rid, it it were possible, of the term Pantheism; but we cannot get rid of the thing, — for it emerges in all systems as it has emerged in all ages... The argument from final causes proves the existence of a world-maker. It demonstrates that ...
And as long as he demands to picture to himself distinctly the term and satisfaction of that need he is doomed to doubt, for his picturings will necessarily be drawn from the world of his present experience.’ In one way of course Tyrrell was saying nothing new. The Negative Theology of ...