The Thinker: A Review of World-wide Christian Thought, Volume 7J. Nisbet., 1895 - Theology |
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... moral unclean- ness , in the case of Hosea , the low conception of Jehovah as a " baʻal , " or local god ( chs . ii . 16 , 17 ; iv . 7b ) —a conception visibly embodied in the calves1 of Bethel , Dan , Bethaven , and elsewhere ( ch ...
... moral unclean- ness , in the case of Hosea , the low conception of Jehovah as a " baʻal , " or local god ( chs . ii . 16 , 17 ; iv . 7b ) —a conception visibly embodied in the calves1 of Bethel , Dan , Bethaven , and elsewhere ( ch ...
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... moral and spiritual needs of man . It is , to begin with , if not a necessity , at any rate a very strong tendency , of our nature to believe that the Supreme Being is not only almighty , but all - good . The belief in the necessary ...
... moral and spiritual needs of man . It is , to begin with , if not a necessity , at any rate a very strong tendency , of our nature to believe that the Supreme Being is not only almighty , but all - good . The belief in the necessary ...
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... moral world . They teach us that the world is out of joint , but that nevertheless it tends towards an end , and that end both an intelligible and an infinitely desirable one . It teaches us also that a way has been found to restore the ...
... moral world . They teach us that the world is out of joint , but that nevertheless it tends towards an end , and that end both an intelligible and an infinitely desirable one . It teaches us also that a way has been found to restore the ...
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... moral truth , while it is per- petually held down to the common function of the imitative arts by its spectacular or realistically visible side . It is the audible rather than the visible that awakens the spirit . The arts that are ...
... moral truth , while it is per- petually held down to the common function of the imitative arts by its spectacular or realistically visible side . It is the audible rather than the visible that awakens the spirit . The arts that are ...
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... moral grandeur , and conceptions of the most anthropomorphic nature . The various forms and phases of pantheism , polytheism , henotheism , monotheism , totemism , and fetishism , must be analyzed . And it must be asked whether ...
... moral grandeur , and conceptions of the most anthropomorphic nature . The various forms and phases of pantheism , polytheism , henotheism , monotheism , totemism , and fetishism , must be analyzed . And it must be asked whether ...
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Page 271 - And here we offer and present unto Thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto Thee...
Page 180 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 510 - And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Page 186 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Page 280 - Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Page 565 - Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Page 507 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 521 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : So that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 310 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 555 - And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.