Sentence examples for subject to scripture from inspiring English sources

Along with her husband, DeVos is an active member of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, a small Protestant denomination with the stated belief that "all scientific theories be subject to Scripture".

This shift from subject to Scripture places him on a firm foundation to critique the culture without starting from a reference point in the culture wars, a point that is sure to polarize.

Although Calvin respected the work of the ecumenical councils, he considered them to be subject to God's Word found in scripture.

Tebow performs a sort of self-righteous bait-and-switch — you come for scrimmages and he subjects you to scriptures — and the displeasure with that is also writ colorfully on the Web, in Tebow-ridiculing Twitter feeds and Facebook pages, one devoted entirely to snapshots through time of Tebow in tears.

But against the Protestant slogan of sola Scriptura ("Scripture alone"), itself subject to misinterpretation, the Roman Catholic Church advanced the argument that the church existed before the New Testament.

The Amplified Bible translation expands on the "submission" scriptures: "Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them] as is right and fitting and your proper duty to the Lord".

The key point here is that while the words of scripture are fixed and unchangeable they are always subject to human interpretation, and interpretations may vary according to time, place and social conditions.

Scripture's narratives could at times coincide with historical facts, though whether or not this is the case would be subject to independent verification of these purported historical facts by standard epistemic criteria.

Uppercase Bible when, as here, it refers to Scripture.

"We stick pretty much to Scripture," Ms. King said.

The believer's relationship to scripture should be direct.