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Professor Allen Verhey argued that lying is not always wrong, because "We live the truth not for its own sake, but for God's sake and for the neighbor's sake." [19] The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that lying is always wrong. [26] Different definitions of lying exist, such that Christians do not agree that all deception counts as ...
Hendriksen states that while God clearly does not need the actual act of prayer, each person does need such an outlet to bare their soul. [1] Fowler believes this use of the term "your Father" is meant to enhance this fatherly aspect of God. [2] According to Schweizer prayer is a gift from God for the comfort of humans, not an action performed ...
Hill notes that while heaven in Matthew is often used as a periphrasis for God's name it is quite clearly not so used in this verse. [4] At the time of Christ oaths were a much debated issue in the Jewish community. One view, expressed in M. Shebuoth, was that while oaths to God were binding, oaths to other subjects, such as heaven, were not ...
The series was written as a Bible study aid. Russell held that topical study was the best approach, rather than verse by verse. The series contains commentary about biblical events and expressions, and progresses from elementary topics such as the existence of God and promoting the Bible as God's word, to deeper subject matter throughout the ...
Craig A. Evans writes that the "liar, lunatic, Lord" trilemma "makes for good alliteration, maybe even good rhetoric, but it is faulty logic". He proceeds to list several other alternatives: Jesus was Israel's messiah, simply a great prophet, or we do not really know who or what he was because the New Testament sources portray him inaccurately ...
When Bad Things Happen to Good People (ISBN 1-4000-3472-8) is a 1981 book by Harold Kushner, a Conservative rabbi.Kushner addresses in the book one of the principal problems of theodicy, the conundrum of why, if the universe was created and is governed by a God who is of a good and loving nature, there is nonetheless so much suffering and pain in it—essentially, the evidential problem of evil.
Instead, it appears that people who score highly on so-called "psychopathic traits," such as impulsive behavior and a lack of remorse, may actually be better at learning to lie than people who don't.
In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. [1] In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word. [2]