authority of the Bible is something that has been discussed by many people and for thousands of years. Our generation has a problem about authority. In church and in state we use the word ‘authority’ in different ways‚ some positive‚ and some negative. We use it in secular senses. We say of a great footballer that he stamped his authority on the game. (Wright) The Bible itself teaches about God and His dealing with human beings and the rest of creation. Determining the authority of the Bible has existed
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THL111 – Introduction to Christian Theology Introduction Often it is heard that the Bible is a made up of stories and others say that the Bible lacks scientific knowledge. The Bible has a purpose‚ and that purpose is to teach salvation‚ and not science. The Bible is aimed as a spiritual inspiration. We are asked the following question. How is the Bible authoritative for Christian theology? If the Bible is authoritative‚ we may also assume it is inerrant and the word of God. Inspiration‚ inerrancy
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Assignment 2: The Bible among the Myths: Religion 101 By: Khristine OBST 510 Professor X November 9 2013 Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter1. The Bible in Its World Chapter2. The Bible and Myths: A problem of Definition Chapter3. Continuity: The basis of Mythical Thinking Chapter4. Transcendence: Basis of Biblical Thinking Chapter5. The Bible versus Myth Chapter6. The Bible and History: A
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and study the Bible‚ one needs to have several questions answered before one can begin to allow the Scripture to have an impact on one’s life. These questions should address the authority of the Bible (which will also address the author of the Bible)‚ the inspiration of the Bible‚ and the inerrancy of the Bible. The first question stated above is the most important question to answer before one can begin to take what the Bible says and try to live by it. When it is said that the Bible has authority
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Latin of western Roman civilization. For nearly one thousand years no new translations of the Bible appeared even as new European languages developed through the dark ages of the medieval period. The Vulgate remains the official Bible of The Roman Catholic Church (Harris 31-32). The protestant canon differs from the Roman Catholic canon. The protestant Bible is seven books shorter that the Roman Catholic Bible. Martin Luther removed the seven books and placed them in the appendix during the reformation
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February 19‚ 2013 In 1925 John Scopes challenged the Tennessee school system and the law when he decided to continue to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution although it had been banned to teach since it had went against thing written in the bible. This drew the attention of two men Clarence Darrow and William Jennings. Jennings stated that the theory of evolution isn’t fact and made students doubt their Christian faith while Darrow argued that the children should have intellectual and religious
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When people say that Bible is the word of God‚ they mean that the words in the Bible were influenced to the human authors by God which was written down as the word of God. In other words‚ it means that the word of God was inspired which means “God-breathed”. If the word of the Bible was God-breathed‚ then we can justify that the word of God is valid and authoritative and most of all that the bible is the word of God. An essential component of the Word of God is that the Bible is referred to as verbal
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had a degree in philosophy which made her believe that she was smarter than everyone else because she had learned more than they had. But in all actuality she was not‚ this was proven by the good ol’ bible salesman who was supposed to be honest and good and he was making a living by selling family bibles to country people. He started courting Hulga and when he won her over they met one afternoon for a walk. During this walk both their true colors began to shine through. After being led on a not so unplanned
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by choosing to associate it with texts more familiar to their audience. The texts used for allusions by the Professor Poets‚ were from the Bible as well as Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. Of these two sources‚ the Bible was more important in understanding the texts from Weeks 5 and 6
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decisions be tested against the benchmark of the Bible in order to stay on the straight and narrow. Firstly to deduce a list of biblical principles suitable for a marketing career it is important to fully understand what is meant by the term marketing. It’s also very important to conduct complete research through the Bible and not simply “cherry pick” a single verse out of context that fit a predetermined agenda. With these things in mind‚ the Bible portrays many principles that could be used as a
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