Scripture
* All scriptures regard attachment to wealth and possessions as a fetter to the religious life.
* Many Scriptures clearly teach that baptism is essential to receive forgiveness under the gospel
  - scriptures show the Angel of the Lord is divine
* Many scriptures use fire as a symbol of destruction
  - the same allegory
* Some Scriptures are in languages spoken by very few people in isolated settings.
* alone is the final authority on all matters of faith and practice
  - ultimate standard of ethical activity
* also has much to say regarding wisdom in man
  - serves as the standard for faithful Christian life and practice
* also teaches a doctrine called total depravity, referring to the extent of original sin
  - that good works characterize a regenerated life
  - uses several other terms
* always places the emphasis upon the physical death of our Saviour
  - presents life as the result of faith
  - uses the more direct language of repentance and faith
* attest to the efficacy of prayer in daily life.
* becomes one of many religious collections of myths and traditions.
* clearly teaches both the sanctity of life and the value of decision making
  - tell men to love their wives
* comes alive in the psalms and gospel stories.
* commands people of faith to care for children without fathers.
* condemns such sins of attitude as greed, jealously, pride, lust, and hatred.
* confirms that all people are the prisoners of sin.
* consistently identifies homosexuality as sin.
* contains all things necessary for salvation.
* continually assigns seven as the number of the remission of sins.
* defines greatness differently.
* describes people even sitting on the floor, in the windows, etc.
* describes the church as a body
  - responsibilities of each and their proper relationship to one another
  - tongue as a sword
* does mention that the apostles met on the First day of the week to break bread
  - teach the consumption of the earth, and a new heaven, new earth, new Jerusalem
* emphasizes the importance of doctrine, of teaching, of truth.
* enables people to stand for something else, to be different and to gain freedom thereby.
* form of nourishment that strengthens the soul making it strong and healthy
  - the basis of all learning, and all subjects are studied from a Biblical perspective
* gives many examples of men being enticed by the sight of a woman.
* has authority in that it concurs with one's own self-evident experiences
  - many lists of gifts
  - no place in the physical realm
* holds a place of importance in our lives
  - primary place in the monastic tradition
* implies the importance of desire.
* is above mortal beings
  - adamant that greed is idolatry and a form of slavery to sin
  - also the inspiration for cultural expression in art, music, and literature
  - authoritative in every age and cultural context
  - central to spiritual growth and outreach
  - divine revelation
* is full of admonitions to live life with purpose
  - stories and accounts that illustrate the truth being taught
  - given by divine inspiration and is authoritative in all matters of faith and practice
  - important to the development of sports psychology
  - literary work
  - made to be subservient to human teachings and traditions
  - meditated upon by the use of chants and songs
  - one of the most important strongholds of our faith
  - primarily a record of written communication
  - quite clear that sin produces death, physical and spiritual
  - specific on the issue of conflict between believers
* is the beginning and the end of all true knowledge
  - final authority and the only authority to govern the church by
  - guide for humans
  - key to life
  - living Word of God
  - mortar that holds the bricks together
  - only reliable source of information about demons
  - primary and unique source of theology
  - standard of truth
  - story of our salvation
  - supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and practice
  - tool that brings it into focus
  - ultimate source of authority for Christian morality
  - very life and Word of God
* is to be understood metaphorically rather than literally
  - used as the source of doctrine, discipline, and Christian practice
  - useful for instruction in righteousness
* labels other modes of healing idolatry.
* leaves no doubt about life beginning at conception.
* living document.
* makes no distinction between teachings for daily living, faith and moral
  - regarding our humanness, born and unborn
* mentions the presence of angels at every great event in the Kingdom of God.
* often illustrates the different effects of the tongue.
* often uses garments as a symbol of what other people see, namely, our conduct
  - white to portray purity and equates it with light to denote completeness
* plainly teaches that a person is judged when they die.
* prohibits adulterous and homosexual activity.
* pronounces twelve curses on the avaricious.
* read in the armchair roams around the surface of the brain.
* recognizes barrenness as a curse for woman, an unnatural state, a life-long sorrow.
* refers to ashes both as a sign of mortality and a sign of repentance
  - only one archangel
  - the image of a coin only in one situation
  - three different types of death
* relates the principle of opposition to crucial states of human experience.
* requires purity before and faithfulness within marriage.
* sacred writing
* says that all men sinned - and the wages of sin is death, eternal, spiritual death
  - when sin becomes full grown, it gives birth to death
  - which is born of flesh is flesh
  - the world is passing away, the Spiritual is eternal
* sees death as a destroyer.
* shows the dignity and value of womanhood, in singleness, marriage and motherhood.
* single, self-consistent truth, but beginning to end.
* speak of at least two ages to come.
* speaks of all kinds of joy which even non-believers experience
  - quite differently regarding women's breasts than men's breasts
* states that where there is no vision the people perish.
* supports the tradition of celibacy as conducive to spirituality.
* teach that Jerusalem is where the church was established
  - men and women have different roles without being fundamentally unequal
  - the unity of husband and wife
* teaches that a wise person can be corrected by words
  - all children are born with a sinful nature
  - humans play an active role in their conversion and repentance
* teaches that man is hopelessly and helplessly lost in sin
  - valued above beasts
  - marriage permanent bond, broken only by death
* teaches that the church is to be the light and salt of the world
  - good man is perished out of the earth
  - what is really harmful is ordinarily sinful
  - the baptism of covenant children
* uses trees to symbolize Israel, kings, individual believers, even our Savior.
* weapon wielded by the long arm of man's law.
+ Sport psychology, History, North American History
  * Another area that Scripture focused on in his laboratory was how athletes could benefit from the field of experimental psychology. Experimental psychology is when you use experiments and science to study the brain and the mind. He also wrote papers about how sports affected who a person was. In his papers he argued that prisoners who participated in athletic activities while in jail showed improvement in general attitude. University of Nebraska Press. Scripture is important to the development of sports psychology. He is important because he is credited with some of the first work done in the field in North America.