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... influence upon religion . The unwavering faith in Providence , as well as the hope in the coming of the kingdom of God upon earth , have their chief support in this undoubted geocentric system . In like manner missionary zeal was ...
... influence upon religion . The unwavering faith in Providence , as well as the hope in the coming of the kingdom of God upon earth , have their chief support in this undoubted geocentric system . In like manner missionary zeal was ...
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... safely ignore , as the influence of Homer never ceased , and could for them only be compared to the influ- ence of their Bible . There were , it is true , not wanting in the Jahwe of the Old Testament features which 20 THE PRESUPPOSITIONS.
... safely ignore , as the influence of Homer never ceased , and could for them only be compared to the influ- ence of their Bible . There were , it is true , not wanting in the Jahwe of the Old Testament features which 20 THE PRESUPPOSITIONS.
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... influence whatever upon Judaism ; and next , that we find no disputes amongst the Christians as to questions of ceremonial or of abstention from public worship . Neither God nor His worshippers needed the sacrifices . At the most the ...
... influence whatever upon Judaism ; and next , that we find no disputes amongst the Christians as to questions of ceremonial or of abstention from public worship . Neither God nor His worshippers needed the sacrifices . At the most the ...
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... influenced by all this , as long as it does not go beyond the boundaries of Palestine . The Greek spirit had no influence upon Jesus either directly or indirectly . But even the great missionary , who in many ways betrayed so anti ...
... influenced by all this , as long as it does not go beyond the boundaries of Palestine . The Greek spirit had no influence upon Jesus either directly or indirectly . But even the great missionary , who in many ways betrayed so anti ...
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... , John the Baptist was merely the founder of a sect which succumbed to the influence of the Pharisaic tendency . The entrance to this sect was through baptism . Then followed ascetic observances to prepare for THE FULNESS OF THE TIME 35.
... , John the Baptist was merely the founder of a sect which succumbed to the influence of the Pharisaic tendency . The entrance to this sect was through baptism . Then followed ascetic observances to prepare for THE FULNESS OF THE TIME 35.
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Page 383 - He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
Page 172 - Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
Page 278 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me : and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Page 160 - Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 337 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 160 - when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 241 - But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Page 285 - For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
Page 171 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 170 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.