The designation of the people of God as a royal priesthood, conditioned and informed by the offices of king and priest, carries with it themes that frame the hermeneutical situation in such a way that accounts well for both divine agency and human response.;Chapter 1 sets the context for ...
The designation of the people of God as a royal priesthood, conditioned and informed by the offices of king and priest, carries with it themes that frame the hermeneutical situation in such a way that accounts well for both divine agency and human response.Anizor, Uche...
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 TNIV A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwellin...
In Christ they are set free from the slavery of men and granted the dignity of a royal priesthood. As God's elect, believers have been given new birth into a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 1:3, 23). As living stones who trust in the living foundation stone...
Jesus died to merit, not a full and finished salvation, but grace that is then channeled to the individual through the Church, her priesthood and sacraments and then by that grace an individual works to merit an increase of justification and eternal life. Rome has explicitly condemned the ...
A Royal Priesthood?: The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically: A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan Since September 11, 2001, we are intensely aware of the need for political wisdom. Can Scripture help us in this respect? Yes, but not simplistically. In an exhilarating dialogue with Oliver...
An elder is not a priest, except in the sense that all believes are part of “a royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9). Claim: “Heb. 12:9 – in the context of spiritual discipline, the author says we have had earthly fathers (referring to the ordained leaders) to discipline us and we...
And Saul definitely considered Israel a monarchy, where his family were of the royal blood! But as an aside, do we see evidence of David considering Israel to be a monarchy? I would suggest that David is acting in ways that conform to a theocracy, a nation ruled over by God. Actions ...
destined to go on, adding year by year to its own prerogatives and the people's burdens, until its existence and exactions shall terminate together by the arrival of the Revolution, which will mingle all four the throne, the priesthood, the aristocracy, and the commonalty – in one great ...
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FICTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF AN OLD WOMAN REVIEWING HER LIFE The aim of this piece of work is to demystify such denigrating cultural preconceptions by analysing the old female narrators in `The Secret Scripture' by Sebastian Barry, `Moon Tiger' by Penelope Lively, and...