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"scripture" Definitions
  1. Scripture [uncountable] (also the Scriptures [plural]) the Bible
  2. scriptures [plural] the holy books of a particular religion

632 Sentences With "scripture"

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I don&apost see anything wrong with Jeff Sessions utilizing that scripture because that scripture simply says to obey the civil authorities.
When she's very nearly out of the woods, she answers chastising Scripture with righteous Scripture; she's not taking the blame for this one.
"There are things in scripture that are very time-specific and are outdated; the fact it's in scripture doesn't make it applicable today," she says.
A gay pastor speaks to his congregation about how scripture has been arbitrarily used to attack the LGBTQ community, invoking other scripture which contradicts their assertions.
The Lost Art of Scripture , by Karen Armstrong (Knopf) .
No one missed Trump's mangling of scripture at his Liberty
Annie is pleased to show off her ease with Scripture.
All these instructions were, Gothard claimed, pulled straight from Scripture.
The former president's granddaughters also read scripture at the service.
"God wants ease for you, not hardship," the scripture says.
It's a relationship mostly missing from every other scripture: friendship.
The availability and familiarity of Scripture made biblical analogies expedient.
But he does all the things the Scripture say do.
Scripture is made up of myth, of poetry, of history.
Gutenberg's brainchild broke the monopoly that clerics had on scripture.
Scripture forbids sexual intimacy between members of the same sex.
Included in the exhibition is an eight-minute video work titled "Scripture Noodle" (2009), in which Rigdol goes to a Chinese restaurant in the United States and prepares a meal from Buddhist sacred scripture pages.
So in Buddhist scripture, in some teachings, there are no words.
I don't think using mental gymnastics to reinterpret scripture is convincing.
Ben Carson quoted Scripture to show how faith guides his politics.
" He cited Christian scripture about God being "close to the brokenhearted.
All that said, let's not overdo the moral message of Scripture.
To paraphrase Walt Whitman: If Scripture contradicts itself, so be it.
Armstrong's exploration of Scripture across so many traditions reinforces my view.
For over an hour, the worshippers prayed and talked about scripture.
As a legal strategy, it's a better bet than citing scripture.
I believe it because I believe that's what the Scripture teaches.
It can look like Williams' DVD with prayer and scripture readings.
"His interpretation of Scripture is pretty different from mine," Buttigieg said.
There are also several fitness and sports plans centered on Scripture.
Just look around at the monuments—they have Scripture on them.
Both Democratic presidential candidates have quoted Scripture on the campaign trail.
On scarlet velvet pew cushions, I sang hymns and read scripture.
But his knowledge of scripture was prodigious and his reading wide-ranging.
He listened, read scripture and lent his shoulder to those who wept.
It's just so different than what I get when I read scripture.
She spent the next 45 minutes searching scripture that Craig has highlighted.
" He also often said: "The devil can cite scripture to his purpose.
And I'm still Scripture-based – and he's coming closer to my side.
It's their brutality that makes them read these things into the scripture.
Decades ago, his late grandmother told him he should read the scripture.
Scripture makes clear that God stands with the oppressed over the powerful.
We prayed, sang, read Scripture, counseled with those coming in for respite.
Arabic calligraphy links back to ancient scripture and the origins of Islam.
Wintertime: This song is just another Wintertime scripture put into music form.
In scripture and Christian history, same-sex love is a vivid reality.
A local pastor from the denomination of the departed reads from Scripture.
Mr. Trump's and Mr. Osteen's brands are rooted in success, not Scripture.
We're told she was wailing religious scripture at the top of her lungs.
"My reading of Scripture isn't really kind to political leaders," Meek told me.
I translated scripture into stories, interpreted dogma into skits about friendship and charity.
Wasn't that how this all worked, applying the Scripture to your own life?
The Constitution is scripture, as holy and righteous as any other biblical text.
It is monotheistic, and has one central religious scripture: the Guru Granth Sahib.
"Be as wise as serpents and gentle as doves," he said, quoting Scripture.
An evangelical, he argues, adducing scripture, must bring good news to the poor.
If I abode by the scripture, I would write it in there somewhere.
Boethius puts forward a compelling argument for Christian ethics, without relying on scripture.
Typically, a brief selection from scripture prefaces a longer passage of contemporary reflection.
Some Muslims applauded a similar process of seeking new meaning from old Scripture.
He could occasionally be found studying Scripture as he strolled the Capitol's corridors.
So much of Scripture deals unflinchingly with the worst aspects of human behavior.
It's not something where the scripture says this is something good to practice.
I heard my pastor speak for God too, quoting scripture from his book.
All of these together comprise the sacred scripture of contemporary American political elites.
It was a pattern he knew from the Scripture passages read in church.
Curious, too, is the politician's ability to ignore other more directly relevant scripture.
Kemp also embraced Guyger during the hearing and reportedly read her Bible scripture.
Buber had written dozens of books about Jewish history, theology, mysticism, and scripture.
If they take risks and go "off-Scripture," they could alienate religious believers.
And Scripture relates that the relation between Lucifer and Michael is a war.
And maybe the most helpful thing of all was the instruction on Scripture.
Pause to Gain Perspective Whenever I feel myself starting to worry, I quote Scripture.
But Hinduism is rich in scripture with a vast collection of ancient religious writings.
And he quickly outdid the other boys in the memorization and recitation of scripture.
A former school teacher, she "still recites scripture on a regular basis," she shared.
"Scripture is clear about the sanctity of life," the interim president, Jim Lundgren, said.
In these moments of heartache and darkness, we hold onto God's word in Scripture.
This business from the sodomites, about love and forgiveness, is twisting of the Scripture.
Their court filings sometimes quote Scripture in support of legal arguments in gun cases.
Buddhist scripture, they point out, acknowledges that meditation can take practitioners to dark places.
"My responsibility as a pastor is to show morality comes from scripture," he said.
"It's just so different than what I get when I read scripture," he added.
Many theologians and scholars called the novels a simplistic and dangerous interpretation of Scripture.
And she said hello, smiling and in pious lavender, with a piece of scripture.
Jabbari: I'm tired of hearing songs about Xans, let's start rapping about Terrestrial Scripture.
We want clear cut answers, but see through a glass darkly, as Scripture says.
"People need to also understand that the laws are broken in scripture," she said.
Scripture, after all, frames Jesus as a physician who arrived to heal the sick.
Scripture directs him to defend the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the societal castoffs.
They were moved to support same-sex relationships because of their understanding of Scripture.
Republican policies favoring the ultra-affluent, however, stand in stark contrast with biblical scripture.
If tradition is not enough proof, then perhaps Scripture itself provides a better basis.
Though, earlier scripture warns that before the Messiah's return there will be a deception.
"Scripture tells us that faith is the evidence of things not seen," the Rev.
That the government followed the scripture: Anyone who saves one has saved the world.
Both enjoy enormous support among evangelicals, yet they lack a command of biblical scripture.
This episode begins with one of Gilead's most common events: a scripture-based ritual.
Some evangelicals' idolization of Scripture made them easy marks for unscrupulous dealers, scholars say.
Is it that he stopped believing in scripture when he started believing Donald Trump?
"His interpretation of scripture is pretty different than mine to begin with," Buttigieg said.
This secular, rational approach to Scripture made Spinoza arguably the father of Biblical criticism.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you for a president who knows you and seeks your through Scripture.
But in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.
The scripture he cited reads: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
They believe in the Bible and a book of scripture called the Book of Mormon.
Even atheists can appreciate Mr Warpechowski's powerful critique of the modern world's impregnability to scripture.
It also offended Muslims by inventing horrific punishments that are not mentioned in Islamic scripture.
We've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, is what scripture says.
Beyond simple disagreement over scripture, it also turns out that Pacquiao's remarks are scientifically inaccurate.
" She mentioned the "golden rule" and alluded to scripture that reveals the "faith's mighty powers.
Older family members who find solace in scripture tell us to "pray away" our problems.
Clinton read more than Scripture while in the White House, according to friends and colleagues.
So why do we deny that religion itself, the scripture itself, can drive these atrocities?
A devout Buddhist, Li said his religious belief, meditation and scripture reading helped his condition.
On the other hand, the text, the scripture is clear that this is a sin.
She wears a purple T-shirt emblazoned with a cross and a reference to scripture.
And that, because of what scripture says, it's okay to kill these individuals as well.
Is it that he stopped believing in Scripture when he started believing in Donald Trump?
Your uncle thought long and hard on the matter, consulted with clergy and read scripture.
The Constitution has become America's civic scripture, guiding us through polarizing threats and national schisms.
Is it that he stopped believing in scripture when he started believing in Donald Trump?
He bellowed out scripture from the thick, gilded edge Bible he shook in his hand.
Yet throughout Scripture, we find this value is a central pillar of the Christian faith.
Doesn't scripture repeatedly condemn the exact kinds of moral compromises that so many Christians made?
Parents have encouraged children to memorize cherished texts — Scripture, nursery rhymes, classical verse — for centuries.
Others claimed the "curse of Ham," but that too has no true basis in scripture.
I think of you as an evangelical, but evangelicalism implies belief in inerrancy of Scripture.
HB: Notice how smoothly Jeffrey's transitioned into quoting scripture then right back into his exhibition.
In the sneaker resale world, the story of Urban Necessities founder Jaysse Lopez is scripture.
This isn't scripture, but rather a compendium of cuttings and jottings, an idiosyncratic commonplace book.
"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things," Scripture teaches us.
" He lauded "the peacemakers," and reminded his followers that Hebrew scripture said, "Thou shall not kill.
By the way, why are the media turning to scripture now to attack Trump on immigration?
For scripture tells us to incline our ears to wisdom and apply our hearts to understanding.
" Earnest added that the president worked on his Tuesday remarks "late into the night, consulting scripture.
"I've just got a different way of preaching," he says, meaning he sings songs, not scripture.
Lincoln H. Blumell, who specializes in ancient scripture at Utah's Brigham Young University, translated the epitaph.
She prays regularly and is well-versed in Scripture, citing biblical passages accurately and with ease.
"He took out a Bible and started to read scripture with his d— hard," Huang said.
That really helps, because scripture is something that has gotten me through a lot of things.
Jesse Jackson and William Barber, in separate statements, called Sessions&apos use of biblical scripture incorrect.
At the core of Salafi-jihadist violence is an extremely literalist reading of history and scripture.
"He reads the book to his daughters, along with some scripture, every night," the report reads.
At the top, any remark attributed to Kim Jong Un is scripture, unchangeable and non-negotiable.
Dominique Chantell Atchison searched Scripture for words to help fight the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
She argues that Scripture is flexible, evolving, contextual and more like performance art than a book.
In fact, every holy scripture, ever philosopher and every holy man has said that for eternity.
"The Protestant Reformation helped give greater centrality to sacred Scripture in the church's life," he said.
When our leaders use Scripture to legislate hate, they do not speak on behalf of God.
For the uninitiated, it's hard to see how those things have anything to do with scripture.
" Comey, a United Methodist and one-time Sunday school teacher, said it's his "favorite scripture verse.
The core tenets of the modern Republican Party, however, are at stark odds with biblical scripture.
Beyond issues of wealth and property, biblical scripture is crystal clear on the subject of taxes.
There Luther scored an oratorical triumph with a speech adducing Scripture in defense of his heresies.
The nannies had no qualms; their heads remained lowered, focussed on screens, as if reading Scripture.
Known for his prodigious memorization of the Bible, he mingled scripture with commentary on public affairs.
"Fake Lincoln is just as bad as fake news, because this is American scripture," he said.
The spot features Buttigieg quoting Scripture at the Iowa Liberty and Justice dinner earlier this fall.
Dr. King invoked Scripture, God and divine power to make theological arguments for equality and freedom.
Podair envisions a contemporary "Letter From Birmingham Jail" bristling with references to Scripture and irrefutable logic.
Inspired by scripture, we stand with immigrants and refugees against a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment.
"Well, forgive me, this is quantum mechanical scripture, but it is also nonsense," Dr. Glauber said.
Some churches "weaponize scripture and religion to do very deep damage on the psyche," he said.
As they ascended the mountain, scouts stationed along the path recited scripture, The Press Enterprise reported.
For these diehard fans, Eurovision is a religion, the lyrics of its songs their holy scripture.
It goes directly against what we believe Jesus taught and revealed to us about God in scripture.
It was his greatest lifelong obsession to square rigorous observations of the natural world with biblical scripture.
If you're going to quote scripture in a room of fervent Christians, you better know your stuff.
The funeral started with a congregational singing of Amazing Grace, followed by Scripture readings and additional hymns.
" Meek's former label head T.I. invoked Christian scripture, writing in an Instagram post, "This too shall pass.
I memorized scripture and some days my faith felt unshakable and others I was scared to death.
We don't need a sermon or him quoting scripture, we know the Bible and we're already praying.
Similar to every other artist on this bill, there's the bible material and the non-canonical scripture.
But they take things [from scripture] that works in their favor and relate it back to religion.
In this movie of few words, there are no extended theological debates or lengthy quotations from Scripture.
In this capacity, he lectured on Scripture, held disputations, and preached to the staff of the university.
Believers and skeptics alike came to read Scripture as if they were poring over Thucydides or Plutarch.
There's also a brief scene in which one of the coaches leads everyone in a Scripture study.
"The humble shall be exalted," as scripture puts it, knowing that Sarah Sanders knows the Bible well.
" Buttigieg asked, before noting that Pence's "interpretation of scripture is pretty different than mine to begin with.
"Thirty years ago this spring, I embraced the truth," he continued, before quoting a verse from Scripture.
The lead speaker shouts denunciations of the Catholic church, calling its members "child molesters" and quotes scripture.
For this performance, 10 dancers convey the stories of five important heroines from Indian mythology and scripture.
"If I believe in the word as the scripture says, then I have to forgive," she said.
Female monks, known in Buddhist scripture as bhikkhunis, are not officially recognised by Thailand's conservative Buddhist clergy.
At least I'm not alone; the High Sparrow seems equally blindsided by Marge's ability to quote scripture.
Julian Henderson, head of the committee that produced the guidelines, said the decision was "rooted in scripture".
Trusted church friends said hiring a lawyer would not be biblical, citing scripture and the membership covenant.
The sacrifice was worth it, according to Scripture, as Daniel was mentally sharper and physically improved afterward.
But he was intimately familiar with Scripture, and comfortable speaking in the idiom of Midwestern American Protestantism.
Callimachi: They explain that Rome, back then, back when the scripture was written, it actually meant Westerner.
He turned to the scripture lesson, on the Tower of Babel, the scattering of the world's people.
Some scrolls contain the earliest known fragments of what would become revered as Jewish and Christian Scripture.
Then, after a series of what the Scripture calls "false witnesses" testified, he was accused of blasphemy.
Some churches "weaponize scripture and religion to do very deep damage on the psyche," one pastor says.
"What I saw in the scripture was a very open invitation to all types of people," he says.
So you don't think it's fair to say that scripture is inherently sexist or that it subordinates women?
"What I saw in the scripture was a very open invitation to all types of people," Soto says.
When making moral arguments about income inequality or climate change, he's more likely to quote statistics than Scripture.
And I get that one of the things about scripture is different people see different things in it.
For example, the Children of God manipulated Bible scripture as a way to lure people into the group.
The web app arranges the MCU dialogue as books of scripture, with each movie as its own book.
But we are against proclaiming what according to the scripture and tradition is sinful, proclaiming it as norm.
In other words, Christian scripture holds that baptism should involve water, but the rest is up for debate.
In fact, some of the first known mentions of such wicked alliances can be found in Biblical scripture.
Both are among the 1 percent ... Mr. Trump's and Mr. Osteen's brands are rooted in success, not Scripture.
Prayer and scripture will help us to look past our differences and shortcomings, tempering our scorn and ridicule.
Trump may stumble through "two Corinthians," but he has mastered the more important scripture of the evangelical right.
Filming continues as the men read aloud scripture and engage in conversations with those who stop to talk.
The Israelites took the transgender trope from their surrounding cultures and wove it into their own sacred scripture.
Among social conservatives, for example, faith sometimes seems to come in second behind politics, Scripture behind voting guides.
He desires to be worshiped, and He has revealed aspects of Himself in both nature and in Scripture.
He frequently invokes scripture, triggering the call and response one typically hears during worship in a black church.
We can exegete the scripture and use theology and all that but how does it apply to now?
Islamic scripture (in particular the Qur'anic chapter of Al-Baqarah) has long emphasized women's right to sexual pleasure.
Scripture is strangely quiet on the best rules to set for immigration into diverse, capitalist, liberal democratic societies.
Their differing views on environmental protection stem in part from their conflicting interpretations of Scripture, according to Carolan.
I never lied or made false promises, but merely quoted Scripture and church dogma to participate in conversations.
" Lincoln thought of the nation as a house, and quoted Scripture: "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
She was an enthusiastic believer and enjoyed the triumph of hurling invectives and Scripture at the ignorant masses.
"His interpretation of scripture is pretty different from mine to begin with," Buttigieg said in that town hall.
I knew he was voracious reader, but was startled as we talked by how effortlessly he quoted Scripture.
"It's not a scripture that says just lay back and let hate roll on through," she reportedly said.
When it came time to decide whether the couple would stay together or split, the sign became scripture.
Randy made certain I knew his favorite Scripture, from the 5th chapter of Romans, which assigns joy to suffering.
Washington's farewell was celebrated as civic scripture for over a century, more widely reprinted than the Declaration of Independence.
When I read scripture there is only one sin that is not forgivable, and that is not receiving Jesus.
With a quote from scripture and a "God bless the United States of America," she finished, to thunderous applause.
" He added: "I get that one of the things about scripture is different people see different things in it.
The theme of the anniversary celebration in Salt Lake City was "Be one," a reference to a Mormon scripture.
It&aposs not unusual to refer to scripture as a basis to validate any actions that you engage in.
" In this time, I turn to holy scripture, for the bible says, "no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
Scripture and sermons paint her as the embodiment of God's mercy, forgiving and protecting sinners regardless of their indiscretions.
The letter also quotes scripture, from Proverbs: "Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble."
"I get that one of the things about Scripture is different people see different things in it," he said.
Embiid's per 23 minute numbers from last season are scripture in Philly: 103 points, 210 rebounds, and 230 blocks.
I get a scripture lesson every morning from a minister that I have a really close personal relationship with.
Scripture teaches us the Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Its writing resembles nothing so much as Scripture; ideas are condensed to epigrams, four or five to a paragraph.
She talks less and seems more maternal, growing teary and turning to Scripture in response to the women's pain.
In at least one case, he raised a Bible and recited Scripture that he said supported the death penalty.
He quoted scripture predicting that an Islamic state would be established when the black flag was raised over Afghanistan.
"I get that one of the things about scripture is different people see different things in it," Buttigieg responded.
For me, one of the most surprising things about returning to faith was that I remembered very little Scripture.
Dolan suggested Attorney General Jeff Sessions incorrectly applied scripture in quoting Romans 13 to defend the policy on Thursday.
Whether one regards scripture as inspired truth or not, there is a lot of wisdom in these old stories.
Justice Thomas was the only member of the court to speak at Justice Scalia's funeral Mass, reading from Scripture.
The tall teenagers amble through narrow hallways lined with pictures of the Founding Fathers and inspirational quotations from Scripture.
But scripture calls us to see ourselves in the immigrant and to love others as Christ first loved us.
The trend was boosted by Protestantism, which preached that everyone should have access to scripture in their own languages.
For more than 50 years, she has combined Scripture with stories of modern inspirational figures and demands for equality.
But using Scripture as an enforcement tool for a particular federal policy is of greater concern, Dr. Fea said.
"He and I must have read different Scripture," Mr. Kennedy, a Democrat, said in a well-watched floor speech.
Offred is defiant, refusing to say anything that could harm Ofglen and quoting scripture in an almost spiteful way.
" He described it as "a curious New York scripture that arose during the heady metaphysical counterculture of the 1960s.
The Scripture readings are apocalyptic and trippy, strikingly short on sweet tales of babies, little lambs and Christmas stars.
Most Muslims scholars say Islam forbids tattooing, but militants often pick and choose the scripture that fits their purpose.
This is conflating the scripture and turning it into a public policy pronouncement that it was never intended to be.
Some cite religious reasons, claiming religious scripture gives Jews a right to build anywhere in Israel and the West Bank.
We were taught to defend our faith, to use Scripture as evidence to respond to these common attacks on Christianity.
You know, scripture tells us, let us not grow weary of doing good, for in good season we shall reap.
Jackson, Mississippi (CNN)It wasn't too long ago that lawmakers in Mississippi would invoke verse and scripture to justify discrimination.
But there are more people in the world — even if it's a minority of Muslims — who take their scripture seriously.
You know, we've already got [parts of scripture] that say that we're not the only intelligent things made by God.
Scripture reveals a somber promise: "For [God] has set a day when he will judge the world" (Acts 17:31).
You know, scripture tells us let us not go weary in doing good for in good season we shall reap.
But what if they actually were a religion, with the text of the movies turned into a form of scripture?
The tweets containing Christian references, she says, were the result of her reading Christian Scripture and apologetics for academic purposes.
Taking as its starting point the experience of the poor, this new theology interpreted Scripture through the lens of poverty.
He doesn't come here once a month and read you a little scripture and stick his cock up your ass.
Apparently, Cruz – the son of a preacher – conveniently forgot the scripture that says don't judge others, lest you be judged.
Jim Dalrymple explained for BuzzFeed: Mormon scripture is filled with tales of government misbehavior and righteous people who fought back.
Anything Sir Harrison says is ironclad; it's like he's spouting Bachelor scripture in real time and we get to watch.
A team of pastors prayed with Manning, reflected on scripture and sang songs of praise before the trial, he said.
Central to the value voter's identity was (ostensibly) a preference for applying the standards of Scripture to each individual candidate.
While not quoting specific verses, the freshman lawmaker invoked scripture in defense of her impassioned pleas to address climate change.
Their scripture-based arguments gained little traction in Indonesia's multifaith society, which is mostly Muslim but has a secular government.
The scripture had the effect of preventing, or at least delaying, the emergence of more widespread resistance against Nazi policies.
Some of the best are concentrated in "Visual Orders," a proverb-poem in unnumbered sections that reads like personal scripture.
At the front of the church, behind another wooden cross, was scripture that was meant to be read last Sunday.
That's an unusually high percentage considering that less than a quarter of all known Dead Sea Scrolls pertain to scripture.
Scripture is not clear on the question of free will or determinism, or it is not interested in the distinction.
Enthusiasts, citing scripture, claim the sheep followed the Israelites to ancient Egypt and then spread out across the ancient world.
As a prelude, bonfires will be lit tonight, representing the burning of the demoness Holika, or Holi, in Hindu scripture.
He would walk up and down the six-block stretch between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard, reciting Scripture to himself.
Revelation Wellness pairs high-intensity exercise and strength training with Scripture; as participants do reps, Bible verses are read aloud.
While the Prodigal Son of scripture returned home after working out a heartfelt plea of forgiveness, Liam just shows up.
He talks about how his suits are made just miles from his home in Cleveland and cites scripture at rallies.
" GoFundMe spokeswoman Meghan Scripture released a statement saying they have a "zero-tolerance policy for any misuse on the platform.
Quoting excerpts from Christian, Jewish and Hindu texts, Miller emphasizes how frequently sexual oppression and violence seem justified by scripture.
But, it's unclear whether what this man known as al-Masih says is scripture or just a bunch of lies.
You can't find a scripture that justifies armed clergy, says McDonald, senior pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta.
He removed all FLDS children from public school and banned television, books other than approved scripture, toys and red clothing.
In scripture and in horror stories, we hear of stakes driven into the head or heart of enemies or vampires.
DeSantis's devotion to scripture won the attention and endorsement of the almighty himself; DeSantis now leads Putnam by double digits.
"Let all that you do be done in love," the church quotes Scripture in its message about the one year anniversary.
Fellow Mormon Glenn Beck also criticized Bundy's interpretation of scripture during the standoff, claiming genuine Mormon practice must be non-violent: 
"I get a scripture lesson every morning from a minister that I have a really close personal relationship with," Clinton said.
Getting a giant scripture tattoo on the side of his torso – that family patriarch Todd Chrisley is making him get removed!
Remember, at the same time the president was saying he hated the policy, Jeff Sessions was using justifications based in scripture.
They also chided Sessions for using biblical scripture to defend the policy, saying it runs counter to the church&aposs doctrine.
Those statements, to a sitting governor and president, that all votes be counted, was the pretext to scripture read on Sunday.
The rapper's fondness for quoting scripture, ably demonstrated on his latest album, would surely put the current Republican president to shame.
Inmates with Christian tattoos—that is, those inked with images or passages from scripture—do seem to be slightly more virtuous.
Like Markle's delicate bracelet, they often feature crosses, sometimes with the person's name or a biblical scripture engraved on it, too.
Over a pot of black coffee with cardamom, Dania would introduce and curate each different pastry as if it were scripture.
Hillary Clinton told the gathering that she reads Scripture daily, so the evangelical pastor asked what passages, in particular, interested her.
There are words in the scripture that command, verbatim, exactly the kinds of violent acts we see Islamic militant groups do.
"God shed His grace on thee" In Trump's world, he claims to read the Bible, but doesn't seem to know scripture.
During the Babylonian Exile, the "editors" of the Hebrew Bible dramatically shaped previous Scripture to make sense of their own turmoil.
A common feature of Scripture, as she sees it, is helping people connect to a deeper truth to enhance their humanity.
Marley was a Rastafarian, subscribing to a millenarian, Afrocentric interpretation of Scripture that took hold in Jamaica in the nineteen-thirties.
Buttigieg labeled it "hypocrisy," adding that Trump's actions don't line up with what he hears in church or reads in scripture.
The dependence of all these suppressed communities on the text of Scripture was a thing they had in common with Luther.
He should ask for forgiveness after his attorney general sunk to quoting scripture in defense of his cruelty to immigrant children.
But in this case, Sheila and Linda aren't starting from scripture; there's no biblical reason to think Jesus hated the undocumented.
That dichotomy is essential to sustaining the mystical omniscience of a play that draws heavily from biblical scripture and Jewish ritual.
Pinckney reportedly handed Roof a Bible and a leaflet containing that week's Scripture lesson and invited him to sit beside him.
They include a white evangelical population that gets its moral sense as much from conservative media as it does from scripture.
Some Muslims won't share utensils with non-Muslims, a belief that has more to do with (Hindu) casteism than (Islamic) scripture.
Contributing Opinion Writer We know that slaveholders in the American South used Scripture to justify keeping their fellow humans in bondage.
Gamecocks Coach Dawn Staley suggested Wilson work through her reading issues by reciting scripture at the team breakfast on game days.
But people who invoke the terrifying imagery of Revelation in connection with COVID-19 can do more than get scripture wrong.
"These ideas are based on absolutely unscientific mythology and scripture," complains a researcher who declined to be named, fearing funding cuts.
"It's impossible to separate God and Scripture from any other aspect of life," but other influences do intrude, Mr. DeJonge said.
Not until 1969 did the Catholic Church's cease to identify her with the "sinful woman" who anoints Jesus' feet in Scripture.
At Bethel on one recent dreary Saturday morning, after the hymn, the prayer and the scripture reading, Chief Parrish and Sgt.
Canright himself practices what is known as "Biblical counseling," which takes a more fundamentalist approach to applying scripture to everyday life.
The 18th-century audience was more familiar with Scripture than with the English philosopher John Locke or the Roman historian Livy.
During the late 19th century, when scientific rationalism fueled the questioning of Scripture, "fundamentalism" arose as an intelligent defense of Christianity.
"This is the silliest misrepresentation of scripture and the story of God I have seen," a Facebook user named GailynAnn wrote.
His oration on sand mining drew on every appeal at his disposal, rhapsodizing about rivers, spelling out the science, quoting scripture.
The man with the Bible is shown leaning into the boy, quoting Scripture and pointing from the text to the family.
The religious language feels apt — Rogers, an ordained Protestant minister, begins every morning with Scripture and prayer — but also possibly misleading.
"They contained extracts of poetry and scripture about the providence of God, sort of in the natural theology vein," Zytaruk explained.
She'd unspool Bible fables for me and my brothers and expect us to accept this Santa Clausian malarky as, well, Scripture.
They stood at Ouyang's command, serving as human pedestals for the artist's fetish objects: small white marble sculptures and fictional scripture.
Rather, it says it has received legal advice that the bonds are no longer compliant with sharia—rules based on Islamic scripture.
Start really learning as much Scripture as possible so you can quote it without looking it up, so it's in your DNA.
It's for this reason that many conservative Christians find themselves drawn to the outsider Trump, despite the latter's shaky command of Scripture.
Then, prominent Christians and Muslims met behind closed doors and probed each others' understanding of religious concepts like scripture, salvation and prophecy.
Tayseer al-Tamimi, the chief Islamic judge, was supportive but says they faced opposition—opposition driven less by scripture than by culture.
"We see in Scripture that God calls people who are uniquely unsuited for the task that he sets them," she told me.
"With all due respect to our speaker, he and I must have read different scripture," Kennedy said about the fellow Irish Catholic.
Thomas was one of only two people invited by Scalia's family to read from Scripture during the funeral Mass on Feb. 20.
"Let all that you do be done in love," the church, quoting scripture, wrote in a message one year after the shooting.
To help make his case that people cannot be influencing the climate, Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, cited archaeology and scripture.
He doesn't come in here once a month and read you a little scripture, and then stick his cock up your ass.
He used sermons to address issues uncovered during the trial because it seemed the only way to address them was through scripture.
The second great principle, sola scriptura , or "by scripture alone," was the belief that only the Bible could tell us the truth.
You don't translate thousands of pages of Scripture into smiley faces and slang if you think religion is a joke, he added.
Both secular liberals and fundamentalists see Scripture as words to be taken literally, the former to ridicule and the latter to embrace.
"Our English word 'Scripture' implies a written text, but most Scriptures began as texts that were composed and transmitted orally," she writes.
Bush's grandchildren read scripture on Thursday and served as pallbearers, and George P. Bush, the son of Jeb Bush, delivered a eulogy.
It will be important to remember that Attorney General Jeff Sessions justified taking children away from their parents by quoting Biblical Scripture.
The Southern Baptist Convention, for example, passed a resolution Tuesday that cited Scripture six times to make the case for immigration reform.
He told the crowd of 12,000, "I want to support my arguments with what you believe -- your Bible, your Scripture," Scherlacher recalled.
The Christian scripture as we know it—almost the very last line of the New Testament—is this prophecy of "His" return.
Pinckney invited Roof to sit beside him, survivors recalled, and handed him a Bible and a leaflet containing that week's scripture lesson.
Some imagine they'll finally belong to a utopia under a caliphate, a system aligned with their way of life according to scripture.
Within Calov's scripture verses, there are many small printing errors that would doubtless go undetected by even the most biblically literate reader.
As Mr. Graham's popularity grew, so did his stature with Christian critics who had dismissed his interpretation of Scripture as overly literal.
Northam quoted Biblical scripture in arguing that Liberty should follow the example of other universities and schools in Virginia and remain closed.
When it comes to celebrating the Resurrection, the purpose of a Catholic Mass, Scripture proves women are equally qualified to do so.
His more conservative views and strict reading of scripture soon run afoul of the women of this more moderate congregation, especially Ettie.
DEIRDRE SCRIPTURE-ADAMS Los Angeles The writer is a research scientist in the department of medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, U.C.L.A.
Daniel M. Jones, of Wales, founded the Church of Jediism in 2008 and plans to publish a book of Jedi scripture soon.
He hitched his pious ambitions to a crude, twice-divorced, self-confessed sexual predator whose grasp of faith and Scripture appears nonexistent.
He quoted scripture, country singer Tim McGraw and former President Harry Truman and preached about moving beyond the past and focusing on today.
PASTOR DARRELL SCOTT, TRUMP FAITH ADVISORY COUNCIL: It&aposs not unreasonable to refer to the scripture, especially if you are a Bible believer.
Once again, if you are a Bible believer, we oftentimes use scripture to confirm or validate actions or activities that we engage in.
You heard Jeff Sessions used scripture and the Bible to back up a very heartless policy that was created by the Trump administration.
He rails against abortion rights and same-sex marriage in speeches that sound like sermons, with references to Scripture and invocations of God.
"In Scripture, Romans 13 refers to the governing authorities as 'God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer,'" he said.
"They were Last Suppers, Madonnas, words from the scripture, a punching bag with the face of Christ, and things like that," she says.
The Islamic scripture that narrates the night of the Ascension suggests that this angel is Gabriel, who accompanied the Prophet on his journey.
"For some Democrats, the choice is do we stick with the holy scripture, which is what we passed in Dodd-Frank," said Sherman.
I wrote the scripture reference, which is 2 Corinthians 3:17, which is how it's written," he told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront.
Many of us feel strongly that the death penalty is sanctioned in scripture, allowed in the Constitution, and called for in many situations.
After the week is up, the boy novices live at a temple for one or two months during school holidays, studying Buddhist scripture.
"Christ Jesus came to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all," he wrote after the election, quoting a line from Scripture.
In fact, when Joseph heard that Mary was pregnant, he considered divorce, Scripture says, until an angel told him about Jesus' divine father.
It is their voices that ring in our ears, reminding us of the ancient wisdom of Scripture that is common to all faiths.
Lollards, Wycliffe's followers in England, were students and lay preachers who surreptitiously, by dark of night, brought Scripture in English to the poor.
Plastics manufacturer Nissei Eco introduced Pepper last month, a robe-donning robot trained to recite prayers and scripture while tapping a little drum.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is now a kind of secular scripture, one of only a handful of texts most Americans have in common.
Although he's written a number of valuable books on the shortcomings of fundamentalist readings of Scripture, not every enemy of fundamentalism has approved.
In addition to the Daniel fast, other diets inspired by Scripture include the "hallelujah diet," the "maker's diet," and the Weigh Down Workshop.
Though the technique was used to communicate Buddhist scripture, by the 17th century printmaking served as a medium in the country's artistic renaissance.
The majority of ultra-Orthodox rabbis said they, too, urged vaccination, citing religious scripture about protecting one's health and the health of others.
But it's tempting to wonder if the Scripture signaled a shift not just in Buttigieg's personal life, but his public career as well.
People want to see results, but as it says in the scripture, 'You have control over your work alone and never its fruit.
Last year, Wit even worked to connect an essentially profane tale, "Room," about a woman held prisoner as a sex slave, with Scripture.
In New York City, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, who read from Scripture at Mr. Trump's inauguration, did not mention them during Sunday Mass.
There's a scripture in the Bible that I fall back on a lot, that I aspire to live by, and it's really important.
Trump, who is invited to attend, receives a copy of the scripture teaching each week, according to CBN, which has interviewed the president.
What does it say of the Christianity of certain evangelicals who laud the President and invoke Scripture while supposedly divinely sanctioning his despotism?
Whether or not coincidences feel more like some meaningful twist of fate or Scripture is pretty much up to whomever stumbles upon them.
He quoted Scripture; ordered flags lowered to half-staff at public buildings; and pledged to work on improving the nation's mental health system.
Members believe in a literal translation of the Scripture, which states that faith will heal all and if someone dies, it is God's will.
"I have done so much self-help work," says the former host, whose daily routine includes a Bible reading, scripture and a daily stoic.
The Museum of the Bible's grand opening gala last November wasn't held in its new $400 million shrine to the scripture near the Capitol.
There are moments — long, inward-facing moments — when no scripture, no motivational meme, no inspirational quote can quell the urgency of not having enough.
"I remembered in church all my life hearing this scripture that says, 'The Holy Spirit will raise Christ Jesus from the dead,' " she recalls.
"The testimony of scripture and the testimony of the life of this child point to the critical importance of this election," the priest explains.
Here you have somebody who not only acts in a way that is not consistent with anything that I hear in scripture in church.
As members of the media were escorted four at a time through the chapel, a recorded voice could be heard reading verses of scripture.
As a result, Protestant teachers diligently instructed the laity, translated the Bible into various European languages and spread literacy so everyone could read Scripture.
The server focuses mainly on the discussion of scripture as well as news in the Muslim world, and has rooms in six different languages.
"Every time we host something like this there's always people who like to call in with death threats or read us scripture," she said.
In Chicago, Scalia justified his interpretation of Scripture by making a distinction: individual Christians must follow Jesus' call to forgive, but not the state.
Glenn was forced to gun down another half dozen people alongside supporting character Heath, and even Father Gabriel notched his first, scripture-narrated kill.
Trump's authoritarian cohort—those to whom Trump looks for inspiration, and for camaraderie—have long quoted this scripture to better obscure their dictatorial ends.
The book, Bible Emoji: Scripture 4 Millenials, is based on a Twitter feed that has been posting emojified Bible verses for almost a year.
" It tells believers to be the best they can: "The Scripture says, whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.
I mean when Hastert bowed his head and burrowed into Scripture with DeLay, pledging righteousness while burying sins for which he'd never properly atoned.
Because, by canonizing the words of its modern prophets, to later revise that doctrine in light of secular advances would be to discredit scripture.
" Or: "Does it not say in scripture: Whoso emigrates in the cause of God shall find on earth many places of emigration and abundance?
The Texan still quoted Scripture, but his Christian messaging centered more on a federal lawsuit against a Catholic charity than it did in Iowa.
It's a Stretch," outspoken pastor Mark Driscoll described yoga as a "system of belief that is unchristian, against Scripture, and thus demonic in nature.
One thing I'll always remember is a guy who was gay, and who obviously felt conflicted about it because it was against the Scripture.
Fans of both scripture and cartoon internet hieroglyphics can download the e-book from iTunes, or just read excerpts on the Bible Emoji Twitter.
Colbert quoted scripture back at Sessions on CBS's "The Late Show" Thursday night, saying the U.S. was using "cruelty" as a deterrent to immigrants.
And if Donald Trump's antagonists have their way, his removal will restore that sacred scripture to its proper place as the basis of policy.
Like many 19th-century Christian denominations, it reacted to the scientific age with intensified literalism and supernatural faith claims, granting Scripture the ultimate authority.
Critics say the ban on female priests has no explicit basis in church Scripture, but efforts to overturn it were sometimes dealt with harshly.
"A pastor has about 30 to 40 minutes each week to teach about Scripture," said Jonathan Martin, an Oklahoma pastor and popular evangelical writer.
" In any case, precisely his devotion to Scripture would have made his understanding of it nuanced and rich, and not in the least "literal.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina; former Senator Kelly Ayotte, Republican of New Hampshire; and Sidney McCain, another daughter, all read from Scripture.
In those moments that are really dark, and you can't go to church, I could pray, I could read Scripture and try to focus.
The sound of crying mixed with shouting and raucous songs sung by several church choirs, as elected officials spoke and clergy members read scripture.
Burns Strider, now 52 years old, was Clinton's faith advisor on the campaign, and sent her scripture regularly during that time, the Times reported.
Instead, in an era of extreme polarization, it is intended to demonstrate that devout Christians can disagree on abortion while maintaining fidelity to scripture.
Most of the time, I read a devotional from She Reads Truth ($1.99 per month), which gives me a curated daily scripture reading plan.
Trump addressed the attack in a solemn address on Monday, in which he quoted scripture and offered his condolences to the families of victims.
Then, this year, Mr. Yee took to YouTube again, to criticize Islam and Christianity for scripture that he said supported murder and belittled women.
In the classic novel "Journey to the West," he is one of three disciples protecting a monk on a quest to retrieve Buddhist scripture.
The only people who can stop them are the Companions of Hira, a group of women who draw power from a scripture called the Claim.
In a previous tweet Comey called Amos 5:24 his "favorite scripture verse," and said it reminds him of this image of the Great Falls.
Members believe in a literal translation of the Scripture, which states that faith will heal all and if someone dies, it is God&aposs will.
That's why the leader of the world's Catholics is urging his followers to turn that energy away from the screen and put it into scripture.
One former Mormon tells me she began to have questions about Church history when she was helping her daughter study scripture ahead of her baptism.
Odds are you have a pretty good idea yourself, at least enough to spot which of these two sets of quotations is bona-fide scripture.
You can find ... There's no scripture that on its face is more theocratic and a better recipe for totalitarianism than Deuteronomy or Leviticus or Exodus.
"Here is Riley about ten days ago writing scripture on the door frame of what was to be his new bedroom," Pastor Keenan Smith wrote.
"It didn't seem real because it was like the scripture that our pastor was reading, it was like it came off the page," she said.
"The problem is that this kind of discrimination is baked into the scripture," he said, citing scriptural condemnations of homosexuality in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
Back in 2010, her wedding with now ex-husband Russel Brand was a distinctly Hindu affair replete with scripture-readings by a Hindu pandit (priest).
"Regarding this morning's scripture posting on social media, be assured that the post was not done in response to last night's tragedy," the statement said.
Annie doesn't approve of Jezebel—not the one in Scripture, and not Bette Davis, either—but the movie should take her mind off Father O'Malley.
Many Saudi and Saudi-trained clerics are quietist, characterized by a devotion to scripture and prayer and a shunning of politics, let alone political violence.
He told his judges there that he could not recant any teaching of his that could not be proved wrong on the basis of Scripture.
They are narrow-minded, fundamentalists with a warped worldview and a perverted interpretation of scripture that represent nothing but a fringe of the world's Muslims.
"Child's pose is a good time to reflect with a scripture," Williams says to the camera, before reading Lamentations 29:26-22017 from the Bible.
He grew up in rural Idaho in an intensely Christian family and spent three hours a day listening to Limbaugh and two hours memorizing Scripture.
The institution had millions of champions among conservative Christians who drew on Scripture and Curse of Ham theology to defend white supremacy and black subordination.
When I asked Mr. Benioff whether companies had a responsibility to benefit society, his response might as well have come out of a Buddhist scripture.
That's been especially true at meetings of the church's top legislative body, the General Conference, where factions have fought for decades about sexuality and Scripture.
Though he likes to refer to sophisticated theologians like Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr and Rudolph Bultmann, he works from a fundamentalist canon of the Scripture.
I exhort fellow Christians, in particular, not to unite behind a party, but instead to unite behind Scripture and the Lord who speaks through it.
Shaken at first by changes the council was recommending, Mr. Shields came to embrace them, especially the use of modern historical criticism in interpreting Scripture.
Speaking to the crowd of about 200 on Wednesday, Blagojevich recited a poem, quoted from scripture and talked about the difficult living conditions in prison.
That move was backed by proponents as a way to keep the increasingly fractious denomination together amid widespread disagreements about scripture and same-sex relationships.
Instead, he situated the civil rights movement within the broader landscape of history — time past, present and future — and within the timeless vistas of Scripture.
There's biblical scripture, Michael Jackson references, "Easter eggs" and oh so many rabbits that people who have seen the film are trying to sort out.
Donovan, her spiritual mentor who also happened to live in Charlottesville and who was supposed to read scripture at Ms. Cook's original wedding in Dallas.
Donovan, her spiritual mentor who also happened to live in Charlottesville and who was supposed to read scripture at Ms. Cook's original wedding in Dallas.
A string of sermon-like skits thread the songs together, which feels off-putting at first, until you realize that staying dangerous is YG's scripture.
So chaos is fine, and violence is fine, and unrest in the streets is all part of what Scripture tells them is supposed to happen.
Somerset Maugham Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
But this is something I think about a lot, and I've become a proponent of suggesting that scripture interpreted in a patriarchal way is interpreted wrong.
As with many Greek, Roman, and early Christian mosaics, labels and quotations worked together with an image to remind the viewer of the story or scripture.
" Buttigieg went on to say "what we see (in the White House) is so different than what I hear in scripture when I am in church.
"They are worthy of death," Grayson Fritts said in a June 2 sermon at All Scripture Baptist Church, a small church in Knoxville that he leads.
"When I read the stories of the Holy Family in scripture, they were in the middle of some pretty heated things," Dean Stephen Carlsen told RTV6.
She traces their changing cultural importance over time and shows that the way in which fundamentalists have embraced literal interpretations of scripture is a recent phenomenon.
Yes, there was said to be a "sinful woman" who washed and anointed Jesus' feet, but nothing in Christian scripture suggests that Mary was this woman.
When he finally came out to his mother, she knew that their family might attack him with scripture claiming that being transgender is against God's will.
As Diarmuid MacCulloch writes in his quirky, insightful book "Silence: A Christian History", in Old Testament scripture "peace and rest are associated with busy, regulated activity".
MS: So one piece we saw was called the "Marvelous Scripture of the Lotus Sutra" from the Ming Dynasty, and we were immediately drawn to it.
The language around hell in Islamic scripture can be terrifying — is it any wonder many new ex-Muslims have to cope with the anxiety it creates?
But it is work worth every effort, so that, in the words of the Hebrew scripture, "the poor may have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth."
In the evening, after work and before putting supper on, Tim and Sharla Coleman like to sit at their dining room table and read Scripture together.
"You're doing what is the most important thing to do, it's continuing to study and learn what the scripture says and what it means," she said.
In the 224th century Martin Luther, a scholastic entrepreneur of sorts, said universities would be "the great gates of hell" if they did not teach scripture.
The ultimate buyer, in 83, of all but one of them, Richard Trevor, the Anglican Bishop of Durham, particularly prized their exalting of Old Testament Scripture.
Kelley had been raised as a Christian, but his interest in Scripture surged in Jamaica, and he asked his wife to begin reading it with him.
" Their religion even has its own scripture and Ten Commandments, including "Spread the news of Diego's miracles throughout the universe" and "Love football above all else.
Armstrong guides us not only through the history of Judeo-Christian and Islamic Scripture, but also through Hindu and Sikh texts and Buddhist and Chinese philosophies.
That's partly because Armstrong perceives the God of Scripture not as a white-bearded old man on a cloud but as an ineffable, indescribable, unknowable transcendence.
At the front of the church, behind a wooden cross, visitors could read a poster of the scripture that was meant to be read last Sunday.
Lauren Bush Lauren and Ashley Bush, the daughters of Neil Bush, read from scripture in Isaiah at the beginning of the service at the National Cathedral.
And for the schools that eliminate traditional classes in Scripture or theology, it is hard to guarantee that students are well grounded in their own traditions.
Simmering anger is a trademark for Moss, but she's truly arresting here; her throat spasming at the Commander's pre-Scripture cough is a full-page monologue.
"This new guidance provides an opportunity, rooted in scripture, to enable trans people ... to mark their transition in the presence of their church family," he added.
I hope we dig into his work, as we do Scripture, and find something that speaks to us, pushes us past comfort, makes us say amen.
According to scripture, "those who want to get rich" fall into a trap of "ruin and destruction," making for quite the biblical rebuke to capitalist philosophy.
" It was just a matter of time, he went on to lament, that the counsel of Scripture was replaced with "the call for abortion on demand.
With this new schedule, I need to bring a dinner or snack for before the temple and in between circuit training and scripture class on Wednesdays!
True to her promise, Ramos met with a local Catholic priest, but then began attending a fundamentalist Baptist church, drawn to its more Scripture-based teachings.
It doesn't merely run a system of private prayer meetings to funnel tax-exempt cash to favored individuals, or promote a warped interpretation of Christian scripture.
He is now up on television in South Carolina quoting scripture and in Iowa with a spot that features an African-American veteran recalling their service.
The curriculum of the sessions was tailored to the church members in that it included prayer, scripture and faith-based discussion as it related to health.
His romantic interest in one particular classmate at Harvard didn't last, but he fell for some lines in a book of Buddhist scripture called the Dhammapada.
Scripture offers at least two views of privacy: It's necessary for a healthy spiritual life, but it also provides a place where sin can be committed.
He's a modern example of the scripture Mark 503:36, which asks what it profits a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul.
It covers much more than I remembered, and the language of the scripture quotes is more formal than it sounded to me in the church that day.
I want it to be a coping mechanism and I want it to actually heal and I don't want to shove scripture or anything down your throat.
Mormon dietary restrictions trace their origins to Scripture and what's called the "Word of Wisdom," which the faithful interpret to prohibit things like coffee, tea, and alcohol.
For me, it's the same thing: You can't improvise in the preaching moment if you're not knowledgeable about Scripture and how we make those applications in life.
Earlier this month, Fritts went the worst kind of viral after his All Scripture Baptist Church posted the full video of his remarks on its Facebook page.
That model should give developers more freedom to interpret the scripture — er, guidelines — of Material Design when they start choosing their colors and buttons and whatever else.
"Truly, how sad that a creative voice like Eugene Peterson would forsake the Scripture and the Tradition that he so eloquently wrote of," wrote one Twitter user.
The Inmyeonjo is a legendary animal that appears in East Asian mythology and Buddhist scripture as a fantastical creature with a human head and a bird's torso.
With proven tips, scripture, and inspiring illustrations, this book will coach, comfort, and inspire young women so that they can make the most of the college experience.
A theocrat who believes his interpretation of scripture takes precedence over any court or law, Mr Moore is known for his several losing clashes with federal authority.
The following selection of resurrection stories below weren't ripped line-by-line from the scripture like The Passion, but their characters do follow the same narrative arc.
By doing so, the international archbishops said, the church contradicted Scripture, impaired the bonds among the provinces in the Anglican Communion and sowed mistrust among its members.
Like so many other names that now read like scripture, our haunted gospel of black death, Bland was reduced to a muted cry in a gulping void.
"I was impressed and glad that she knew the scripture that I was reading and studying at the time," he said, reached by phone after the event.
Ending his stump speech here at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Cruz, as always, encouraged Iowans to pray and cited his dose of Scripture -- 2 Chronicles 7:14.
In his discussions of sola scriptura , Luther had declared that all believers were priests: laypeople had as much right as the clergy to determine what Scripture meant.
Such works are always on the verge of becoming scripture or parable, because they announce that to read is to comprehend, and to comprehend is to act.
Sessions was quick to reference scripture in its defense: "Obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes" (Romans 13:85033).
Rick Allen (R-Ga.) read a scripture passage about homosexuality and suggested that those who vote for the LGBT provision would be committing a sin, attendees said.
Indeed, Gregory said that when his brother called after learning that Mr. Trump had chosen him as his running mate, they wept and swapped verses from Scripture.
Scripture says that Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus were homeless and fled to Egypt, where they were welcomed, said the church's dean and rector, Steve Carlsen.
Another man with an Afro and a Star of David necklace hanging around his neck occasionally recites scripture while the person filming occasionally adds his own commentary.
Mr. Huston's performance, however competent, is no match compared with Heston's heaving, oratorical gravitas, which gave even casual remarks the ring of Scripture declaimed from a mountaintop.
Song lyrics, prayers, chants and Scripture are used liberally to situate the characters in time, but also to bind them to one another through a shared culture.
" He went on to talk about the very book from which the hecklers were quoting ... "Just thinking of the scripture that says bless and do not curse.
" The New York senator rounded out her program by offering, like Booker and Warren, some scripture and, all alone, positing the creation of "a universal jobs program.
" Further, "you don't know what religious people are talking about, you don't understand the springs of their behavior — the importance of scripture or the symbolism of blasphemy.
Where people wearing their Sunday best — big hats and polished shoes — wave their hands giving praise, shouting, "I know that's right!" when a line of Scripture resonates.
But we can say with absolute certainty what scripture thanks of how religious leaders should treat sojourners, especially those who may be in legal or economic jeopardy.
"I minister to immigrants because I am called to do so through Scripture," said Rhonda Thompson, director of the Nehemiah Center, which works with immigrants in Montgomery.
I am in public service because Scripture teaches us that no one is required to complete the task, but neither are we free to refrain from it.
"I tried to get them one by one and sit down and explain something to them: time and unforeseen occurrences befalls us all," she said, paraphrasing Scripture.
Scripture, they say, opposes public assistance on principle ("God has charged believers to help the poor and widows and orphans," the council's culture impact team manual explains).
Exegesis, the critical interpretation of scripture, is not an Islamic tradition, and for Orthodox Muslims like Shaheen, the Quran is the uncreated, eternal, inviolate word of God.
I text with a few friends before getting into bed and doing some more thorough reading and studying of scripture before closing my eyes around 30:73.
He became a traveling pilgrim, and though not trained or ordained as a priest, he began to attract acolytes with his earthy wisdom and fluency with Scripture.
In the lengthy but gripping caption to his post, Justin referenced their shared faith, quoting scripture and promising to honor Hailey for the rest of his days.
It is a plan that springs from Islamic scripture itself, and is supported by most mainstream Muslim organizations, most mosques, and, in all likelihood, your Muslim neighbor.
Well, that provoked Jeff Sessions, our attorney general, he took the religious bait and starting quoting scripture, saying St. Paul tells us you have to obey the law.
"I'm just thinking of that scripture that says bless and do not curse," Buttigieg, who has been open about his Episcopalian faith, said after one of the interruptions.
Sharma said it was a priority to prove through archaeological research the existence of a mystical river, the Saraswati, that is mentioned in another ancient scripture, the Vedas.
Koeh­ler sees little point in starting moral or theological arguments with these young people, who are more interested in becoming warriors than debating the finer points of scripture.
The hotel guest we spoke with who told us Barzee was shouting scripture and praising Joseph Smith into the early hours of the night stands by their story.
Add all this to a religion with scripture that labels same-sex relationships "detestable," and you'll see why the early years can be hard for young, gay Jews.
The scripture from Romans that Wells alluded to -- that Christians must obey rulers -- is also controversial because white Christians taught it to slaves to discourage them from rebelling.
" Booker pointedly read a Scripture from the book of Galatians: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
WHEN the Western Christian world divided down the middle exactly 500 years ago, both the Catholic and Protestant sides became adept at using scripture to bolster their arguments.
On the right, it was like, there are a lot of problematic things in Islamic scripture, so everyone who is Muslim must be banned, or profiled, or demonized.
"As a pastor, you have a biblical responsibility to speak to your congregation and help them understand the issues and how they line up with Scripture," he said.
My pursuit of the meaning of those images then began in earnest, with study of Buddhist scripture and my becoming familiar with the art's unusual perspective on existence.
And we know from studies that high levels of religious observance -- measured by how often one prays, attends church and reads Scripture -- correlate with conservative views on abortion.
When it was time for the lesson itself, President Carter stood smiling and spoke without referring to notes, moving to the lectern only to read from the scripture.
What Scripture would Trump and Ryan cite to justify their coming cruel and unusual attack against citizens with pre-existing conditions and those seeking care for mental health?
Alton is a messiah figure for a church of eerily placid devotees who take the numbers he recites during his periodic seizures as a form of holy scripture.
With a pronounced rasp, Shriner relays an array of feverish plots native to underground conspiracy-theory media, often combined with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of Old Testament scripture.
Likewise, throughout American history, deconstruction has also occurred as society and organized religion rejected political institutions, such as slavery and segregation, that white leadership had justified using Scripture.
"In this case, the campaign was reported to our team and we are working with local law enforcement to assist in the investigation," GoFundMe spokeswoman Meghan Scripture said.
Like scripture, these laws offer guidance that is seemingly clear and just—all water use shall be reasonable and beneficial—while vague enough to cause strife and schism.
They're saviors, but more than these acts of saving, they are constantly twisted around moral quandaries that, while always ending happily, don't really talk about Scripture, or Christ.
And there was a scripture verse there, Matthew 11:28 and it said 'come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.
He lives in Las Vegas and said in a telephone interview that he resigned his church membership three years ago, unsettled by contradictions between Mormon scripture and history.
As Jack Miles points out in his " God in the Qur'an " (Knopf), the Quran is an extremely hard read for people accustomed only to Jewish and Christian scripture.
For Luther, nothing he didn't personally hear reverberating within the words of Scripture could be sanctioned, including the vast hierarchy of the church and its self-serving dictums.
He read from Scripture at President Richard M. Nixon's funeral in California in 1994, offered prayers at a service in the National Cathedral for victims of the Sept.
By the religion's heyday in '233s New York, devotees were out in full force, chanting and selling scripture at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and at area airports.
Many Christians may not be aware — especially in today's confrontational political climate — but Islam's scripture shows great adoration for Mary and Jesus, and tells their story in detail.
In an interview in 2000 for an Oberlin L.G.B.T. history project, he recalled a meeting with fellow undergraduates who frightened him by quoting negative Scripture verses about homosexuals.
But on a long drive back from one of his Scripture classes, he told me there are moments when he feels like he is running out of time.
Wilds quotes Scripture in "The Shepherd's Diet," but the "biblical" part doesn't mean the recipes were first whipped up by Jesus, or discovered in some dusty Vatican vault.
The presence — or absence — of a commercial product with our branch's logo and a verse of scripture was not the deciding factor for any of their spiritual experiences.
His first tastes of performing for an audience came in church, singing and reading scripture, he said, and, later, while singing in a local pub for spare change.
PARELES By the 1970s, even in the deepest reaches of the Bible Belt, gospel groups were singing more than hymns, and they were testifying on topics outside scripture.
I've done a pretty good job with my New Year's goals, but I want to exercise more and be more intentional/meaningful with my prayers and scripture reading.
That move was pitched by proponents as a way to keep the increasingly fractious denomination together amid widespread disagreements about scripture and the morality of same-sex relationships.
"In this case, the campaign was reported to our team and we are working with local law enforcement to assist in the investigation," said GoFundMe spokeswoman Meghan Scripture.
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear the case of a U.S. Marine court-martialed for refusing to remove an inspirational scripture verse from her workstation.
The kind of Twitter bravado we see all the time from pro athletes, but Patrick scrawls these thoughts as holy scripture, and he followed it to the letter.
Scripture and Russian tradition, the church said, regard "the reasonable and loving use of physical punishment as an essential part of the rights given to parents by God himself".
Khan is a conservative, Texas-based teacher whose lively Qur'an lectures draw hundreds of thousands of fans to his stories blending modern-day scenarios with strict interpretations of scripture.
In terms of my faith, look, all I say is that when I study scripture, I know that people who live in the shadows need to have a chance.
Susan Henry-Crowe, specifically called out Sessions for his role in implementing the Trump administration's immigration policies and took issue with his use of scripture to justify family separations.
But it was created by a religious group, and the nationwide network of Dream Centers that it helps fund includes a "statement of faith" that promotes Scripture and salvation.
But Tuesday, Jerry Falwell Jr instead endorsed Trump, who is not nearly as fluent in appealing to evangelical voters the traditional way like Cruz does by regularly quoting scripture.
"If the United States sees it appropriate to extradite me, I would leave (for Turkey)," he said, sitting in an ornate meeting room, its walls lined with Islamic scripture.
Even though I would not consider myself to be a Christian, I've had Christians tell me that I have more scripture in my songs than their favorite Christian rappers.
To criticize Coates has long elicited charges of "racism," but this time out, those have been countered by more robust debate addressing Coates' work as text rather than scripture.
This unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience argues that our hyper-rational, left-brain-dominated society has become incapable of engaging with the "mythos" of Scripture.
"I don't think you have to necessarily embrace every particular word of the song or the scripture to enjoy the beauty and joy that the music creates," he said.
Many of the "church friends" to whom the attorney general addressed his speech had quoted scripture to criticize current immigration policies, particularly the separation of children from their parents.
"The Protestant Reformation helped give greater centrality to sacred Scripture in the church's life," the pope said in a joint declaration with the president of the Lutheran World Federation.
On its website, the church currently urges readers to take its position on LGBTQ issues — namely, that "Scripture forbids sexual intimacy between members of the same sex" — in context.
The Religious Endowments Ministry, which supplies imams with weekly talking points and segments of scripture to quote, has denounced any rallies on the anniversary as a sin against God.
Except for a few differences—the prayer, the scripture reading and the Jesus-focused affirmations from Williams—the instruction is regular old fast-flowing, muscle-stretching, bum-tightening yoga.
Mr. Scott, an amiable, Scripture-quoting man with a shaved head and a warm smile, was introduced by John Hart, the editor in chief of a conservative media site.
" Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell) has gone from studying scripture with the Faith to raising hell as a shape-shifting demon in the upcoming series "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
Separately, as a married gay man and a Scripture-quoting Christian, Pete Buttigieg is challenging the religious right and, not incidentally, Vice President Mike Pence on their own territory.
" The mayor calls Pence the "cheerleader of the porn star presidency," and he wonders whether the vice president "stopped believing in Scripture when he started believing in Donald Trump.
The musicians seem to trade remarks, and sometimes talk along with one another, as if each were reciting a text—a poem or a scripture—which they then consider.
Drawing on recent scholarship, a provocative group of intellectuals argues America can be understood as a "Hebraic" nation, decisively influenced by Jewish scripture (what Christians call the Old Testament).
"Armstrong perceives the God of Scripture not as a white-bearded old man on a cloud but as an ineffable, indescribable, unknowable transcendence," Nicholas Kristof writes in his review.
For one, many of the fragments bear snippets from the Hebrew Bible, which is unusual because less than a quarter of all known Dead Sea Scrolls pertain to Scripture.
CAIR had raised concerns that some of the products featuring scripture or references to Prophet Muhammad would be stepped on or otherwise disrespected by those who purchased the items.
Perhaps the most important thing to know about him is that the title of his book didn't come from Scripture but from the writings of a Victorian symbolist painter.
They argue that a correct reading of Islamic scripture shows that violence is intrinsic to Islam — that the religious doctrine itself, properly understood, commands Muslims to kill subjugate unbelievers.
I had always loved to hear those delicious reassurances that the best is yet to come, bits of scripture and common wisdom and folksy advice from strangers and friends.
So he starts the "Church of Sleep," centered on the radical prospect of black people finally getting to rest, as his makeshift congregation naps, reflects, and writes their own scripture.
A site in Israel continues to turn up stunning polychromatic mosaics from the late Roman empire that challenge current notions of ancient Jewish aesthetics and the art of depicting scripture.
At these "fan zones," visitors have been watching the televised action, enjoying free refreshments and snacks, getting the chance to hear the gospel and receiving free evangelistic literature and Scripture.
Fragments of Buddhist scripture can be heard in the background, highlighting the contradictions between the inherently peaceful teachings of the Buddha and the bilious message of his so-called disciple.
Born in Somerset in the year 910, religious scripture tells us that, in later life, Dunstan was approached by the devil with a view to recruiting him to his cause.
It's a sadistic "peace and love" collective with a surface-level adherence to apocalyptic scripture, full of drug addicts who are — as an actual game mechanic — controlled with rock music.
"I remembered in church all my life hearing this scripture that says, 'The holy spirit will raise Christ Jesus from the dead," she tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week's issue.
The upcoming launch, Avestan, is named for the sacred Eastern Iranian language known only from its use in Zoroastrian scripture, religious texts ascribed to one of the world's oldest faiths.
New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is turning to a man the presidential candidate won over with a conversation about scripture for their latest radio ad in South Carolina.
"You're doing what is the most important thing to do, it's continuing to study and learn what the scripture says and what it means," Clinton told Hunt at the time.
The actual title of the book is "The Everyday Life Bible: The Power of God's Word for Everyday Living," and it supposedly draws a line between scripture and personal experience.
Christine Blice-Baum, a chaplain, read from Scripture and then from a poem, "Celestial Flight," written by one WASP, Elizabeth MacKethan Magid, in remembrance of another: She is not dead.
By the end of the premiere, we've already had an "Exorcist" scene, and as the show goes along, Anderson does the cross-and-scripture thing we've seen a zillion times.
Dhammananda explained that the Buddha oversaw the ordination of women monks thousands of years ago, and their existence is written into Buddhist scripture as "more or less" equal to men.
But for Barbara Carroll, nicknamed the first lady of jazz piano, it is a kind of philosophical scripture that balances improvisation and playful invention with a classical sense of order.
Okafor must cope with contemporary N.B.A. scripture that states that centers best known for playing with their backs to the basket and not for their defense shouldn't be franchise centerpieces.
The second of these is the idea that biblical Scripture, and a person's individual relationship with the Bible, is the most important source of information about God and Christian life.
A fissure opens between Lyle and Shiloh as she becomes increasingly devout, quoting Scripture, periodically dropping to her knees in prayer and frequenting sketchy start-up churches in strip malls.
" The article by Meyer Berger, which would win a Pulitzer Prize, described the gunman as a "slender, hollow-cheeked six-footer paradoxically devoted to scripture reading and practice with firearms.
Some people in the Trump administration have defended the "zero-tolerance" policy — which has separated some 2,000 children from their parents — by pointing to Scripture and blaming their political opponents.

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