1.(Bible)ChristianityAlso called:Holy Scripture,Holy Writorthe Scripturesthe Old and New Testaments 2.any book or body of writings, esp when regarded as sacred by a particular religious group Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991...
1.Often,Scriptures.Also calledHoly Scripture(orScriptures).the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together. 2.(often l.c.) any writing or book, esp. when of a sacred or religious nature. 3.(sometimes l.c.) a particular passage from the Bible. ...
such as meditating onsomeScripturepassages (preferably those chosen for the Sunday liturgy) or saying the Rosary at home. catholic.org.hk catholic.org.hk 故此,在这些情况下,信友毋须参与主日弥撒,但为本身的神益,他们仍须履行另一些善工,例如在家中阅读圣经(主日弥撒选用的读经较佳)或念玫瑰经。
Prominent theopolitical thinkers of recent decades, including Yoder, Hauerwas and Cavanaugh, have called attention to key ways in which the church loses its identity as a distinctive polis. Constantinian habits of thinking, liberalism's hostility to traditions ("no story but the story I choose ...
the idea that the God of the universe wants to communicate with us on a daily basis and that he has chosen to do so in this miraculous book we call the Bible.” As we meditate on who He is and the ways He has worked in our lives, our hearts will warm towards Him and His Word....
God did not turn his back on his chosen people. Don't you remember reading in the Scriptures how Elijah complained to God about the people of Israel? English Revised VersionGod did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he ...
literally "face"] and remember his wonderful works [mopheth] and miracles (vv. 1-6). The people of Israel are said to be Yahweh’s chosen ones [bachir] (v. 6). What follows is a song about Israel coming to Egypt to become a great nation whom Egyptians come to hate, and concernin...
Numerous times as I was working on posts in the series, I thought, “This needs to be a TV show like The Chosen.” Consider the near constant drama and surprises in David faced; the down-to-earth humanity of the characters, the good and evil, the heroes and villains. David’s life ...
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” Eph. 1:4. We were so hopelessly lost, dead in our trespasses and sins, if you are one that believes you can loose your salvation there is no...
the latter grounded in the former: “When a man is permitted to perceive that God sees him from eternity … A man then knows…” (34). Brunner rejects the idea of ‘double predestination,’ the idea that God from all eternity has chosen some for salvation and others for damnation. Of ...