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Good Courage Farm and the Episcopal Church had different readers each time the same scripture was read.
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Judy Holmes, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
On the one side stood religious fundamentalism with its insistence on a literal reading of scripture and submission to institutional authority; on the other stood scientific naturalism with its insistence that only empirical methods were valid routes to knowledge.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
For example, in the first-century Gospels, John the Baptist, a contemporary of Jesus, confronts the ruler of Galilee, Herod Antipas, for marrying his brother’s wife – a practice forbidden in the Hebrew scriptures.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The goddess of Lakshmi is depicted with four hands, which are meant to represent the four main goals in life and the four Vedas (Hindu scripture).
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Cassidy downplayed his primary opponent by citing a biblical scripture, Matthew 6:34.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
When the mind has no priors left: Cessation In the past year, meditation researchers have begun to corroborate long-standing claims from Buddhist scripture that if your meditation goes deep enough, the whole show of consciousness can be extinguished — temporarily, that is — altogether.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
It is expected, for instance, that players will have to ask their dungeon master whether their characters recognize a glowing rune or can quote the ancient scriptures.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
So the excessive resort to violence of all kinds, plus misinterpretation of biblical scriptures are two of the generic causes.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Judy Holmes, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
On the one side stood religious fundamentalism with its insistence on a literal reading of scripture and submission to institutional authority; on the other stood scientific naturalism with its insistence that only empirical methods were valid routes to knowledge.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
For example, in the first-century Gospels, John the Baptist, a contemporary of Jesus, confronts the ruler of Galilee, Herod Antipas, for marrying his brother’s wife – a practice forbidden in the Hebrew scriptures.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The goddess of Lakshmi is depicted with four hands, which are meant to represent the four main goals in life and the four Vedas (Hindu scripture).
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Cassidy downplayed his primary opponent by citing a biblical scripture, Matthew 6:34.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
When the mind has no priors left: Cessation In the past year, meditation researchers have begun to corroborate long-standing claims from Buddhist scripture that if your meditation goes deep enough, the whole show of consciousness can be extinguished — temporarily, that is — altogether.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
It is expected, for instance, that players will have to ask their dungeon master whether their characters recognize a glowing rune or can quote the ancient scriptures.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
So the excessive resort to violence of all kinds, plus misinterpretation of biblical scriptures are two of the generic causes.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Scripture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Scripture. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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