Sentences with phrase «bearing on our interpretation»

Hey Jeremy, does the Johannine usage of «sin and death» have any bearing on your interpretation.
For example, although David Ford's work is much respected among academic theologians, and he is one of the most important public theologians in the UK, his name is probably unknown to most Christians in the U.S. Educated in Ireland, Germany and the U.S. (as well as in the UK), Ford brings a wide range of intellectual resources to bear on his interpretation of the faith.
But I can not see how it bears on our interpretation of the Easter event either way.
Commonsense could even be brought to bear on this interpretation that the framers of the Constitution could not have intended that even before prima facie determination has been made, or
This is pretty esoteric stuff, but it would actually be quite interesting if it were true — though we hasten to add that even if true it would have no significant bearing on the interpretation of long term temperature trends.
The Supreme Court of Canada has found that the Agency «is expected to bring its transportation policy knowledge and experience to bear on its interpretations of its assigned statutory mandate.»
(4) The presuppositions of the reader — what biases, presumptions, and preconceptions the reader brings to bear on the interpretation of the source.
The methods and results of the qualitative aspects of the study are described in full elsewhere.32, 33 Only the results with a bearing on interpretation of the quantitative results of the trial are presented here.

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Nor am I impressed by deep - think interpretations that impose on sports events a burden of meaning they can not bear.
I shall further argue for the correctness of my interpretation by bringing it to bear on the mutual immanence of actual occasions, the ontological principle, and the Category of the Ultimate.
I have become allergic to slick modern interpretations of discipline that bear down heavily on discipleship and ignore the long series of historical events that moved the focus of the term from a glad and voluntary commitment and placed it around censure of the individual by the group.
Mays interprets certain aspects by means of similitude, but rarely attempts to bring this interpretation to bear on related concepts and problems.
My constant purpose was and is to adumbrate on every subject I handle a genuinely canonical interpretation of Scripture - a view that in its coherence embraces and expresses the thrust of all the biblical passages and units of thought that bear on my theme - a total, integrated view built out of biblical material in such a way that, if the writers of the various books knew what I had made of what they taught, they would nod their heads and say that I had got them right.
This capacity to learn from experience in man, as in other animals, is primarily bound up with the interpretation of signals and with the ability to bring past experience to bear on present interpretation.
However, even independently of their bearing on the Church's interpretation of Jesus» life, death, and resurrection, these texts have been held holy for the simple reason that they give authoritative expression to the central themes of promise and hope that constitute the core of biblical faith.
You are right on the money about all of us bringing our own interpretations to bear upon Scripture.
Commenting on this same text, Gordon D. Kaufman remarks: «If, now, we bring a different framework of interpretation from Jewish apocalypticism to this critical event in which Christian faith was born — as we must — we should not be overly surprised or dismayed when we find it necessary to understand the character of the event somewhat differently from the first Christians.»
Reasonable cowardice that passes for obedience is seen in the practice of quoting the words of the text without translation or interpretation with that humble smile found only on the lips of servants who are delighted that messengers bear no responsibility for the contents or effects of the messages they deliver.
I've been reading Jeremy's blog for around a fortnight now and I've become an avid fan.I'm Godfrey from India.The insights on the love of God in this blog are astounding and I'm so happy that there's no hostility towards different interpretations of the bible so as to reflect the love of christ and comprehend every single verse in terms of God's love.I love Jeremy's insight and Glory to God.I believe that every action of God is borne out of love and he is the source of love which sustains life.
My sense is that these dimensions of interpretation bear particularly on the typical North American congregation.
Meaning is a matter of interpretation, of bringing one's present frame of reference to bear on the events of the past.
As I wrote, Christian interpretation does have a legitimate bearing on translation.
Throughout the course of this paper I shall argue that the proper interpretation of «relative» as it is used in this text bears not on the subjective notion of an object's relation to a knower but on the objective factor of the object's own relations.
Bill — Telling us what you believe based on a modern - day born again Christian interpretation does not make you right.
A child born in an isolated tribal culture without a missionary that doesn't accept the right interpretation of Jesus goes to hell, because according to your book of immorality, we have something written on our «heart» so no one has an excuse.
(Isa 8:20 NIV)» this verse is the bases for Bible interpretation,,, it identifies the guidelines,,, in other words,,, the Bible can't contradict itself,,, nor can anyone who claims to be bearing the message of God contradict with the Bible,,, so if the Bible tells me that (Soddom and Gomorrah had sinned,,, and in many other parts of the Bible Perversion is called by its name) then what King David says here needs to be understood in a figurative way,,, here is a suggestion,,, a Man lets down his defenses infront of his wife,,, he is absolutely offguard around her,,, his love towards his wife, is a mixture of love, respect, endless trust,,, and this kind of love was what David had towards Jonathan,,, he knew he could count on him, he knew, he didn't have to fear anything around him, he knew,,, «as the verse states» that he loved him as himself!
@MichaelKingsmill - while what you said is technically true as far as passing laws, how does that have any bearing on policy, which is done via executive orders and interpretation of laws passed by executive branch for actioning?
However, in his letter to the Guardian, Keir Starmer says it was «regrettable» that Yates used this sentence out of context; that the original prosecution did not use this interpretation of the law; and that this interpretation had no bearing on the charges brought or the legal proceedings generally.
The principles of geomorphology would also suggest that from the lofty mountain axis bordering the Pacific there should slope downward, across the Pole, a broad plateau to Weddell Sea on the one side and the bight between Wilkes Land and Enderly Land on the other; and this interpretation is borne out by the description of the plateau conditions which were found to exist around the South Pole.
A book entitled Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force, by Allan Franklin [American Institute of Physics, 1993], makes interesting reading about the types of issues that bear on the quality and repeatability of experiment, as well as the interpretation of data.
That the picture is born from a joke on a television show offers endless possibilities for interpretation, best among them the tidy read that television is still the best means towards auto - zombification.
There's no telling whether or not his «interpretation» of events had any bearing on the eventual vote, but it raises questions about the man's integrity.
French - born chef Nicolas Isnard's creative interpretations of Thai and International dishes lean heavily on fresh local, seasonal ingredients with dishes created to meet the highest French culinary standards.
Lego Batman 2, with its open world Gotham City and brilliant videogame interpretation of Superman was far more interesting to play than its 2014 sequel, for example, which mainly focused on some boring Green Lantern space adventures — and I love me some Green Lantern, even after the much - derided 2011 movie.
And there are the usual heavy demands on one's interpretation of «art», as with the imagined architecture of piled planks, towered black boxes, and stacked bars of cement; boring interventions that wreak destruction on walls and floors; and the flurry of uncharming ephemera like a puddled black garbage bag and rags draped over sticks which inadvertently — given the current happening at the Metropolitan Museum - invoked punk.
Initially, his work might be labeled as folk art, yet on further inspection it becomes apparent that his work is instead borne out of an understanding of nature and often - humorous interpretations of the environment around him.
His interpretation of African identity on a national and global scale bears equally empowering and vulnerable works that at the same time deliver a vivid perspective on sculpture genre in the United States for the last five decades.
Featuring the drawing installations of Montreal - based artists Jing Yuan Huang and Jerry Ropson, Modern Fuel's newest exhibition, Wind from the East, offers varying interpretations on what it means to come from the East, and whether or not geographical directions have any bearing on today's globalized art practice.
Not only do the mold, dirt, and scratches that accrue on the artwork bear evidence of the passing of time but they also allow for an evolving interpretation of the work.
Jason Glasser's painting on auto glass of a red comb gently plowing the landscape, «Le Peigne (The Comb)» (2005) is a comic interpretation of Romanticism, while Blackwell's depicts a bear surrounded by expressive marks that perceptually shift from busy, colorful gestures to small portraits.
Air View of Spring Nursery 1966 acrylic on canvas Alma Thomas born Columbus, Ga. 1891 died Washington, D.C. 1978 Gift of the Columbus - Phenix City National Association of Negro Business Women and of the artist 79.53 This abstract painting is Alma Thomas» interpretation of what the colorful rows of plants in a nursery would look like from an airplane.
What I can almost guarantee is that this is far from the last word on the evolution of polar bears: the story changes all the time with new material, new analyses, and new interpretations.
What lawyers lose on poor choice of subjects, curating, editing, or boring material... they can make up for with faster interpretation, professional insight, and timeliness.
The fact that the [domestic Constitutional Court] gave a ruling on the compatibility of the provisions of national law... with the provisions of the [national] Constitution which the referring court regarded as constituting, in essence, the same regulatory parameters as [EU law] has no bearing on the obligation, laid down in Article 267 TFEU, to refer questions concerning the interpretation of EU law to the Court of Justice (C - 322 / 16, paras 21 & 23 - 25, references omitted and emphases added).
By giving guidance on the circumstances in which a national court of last instance is obliged to make a reference to the CJEU with the Ferreira de Silva case one may assert that there is a need to occasionally check the case - law and practice of other courts of the Member States when a given term gives rise to uncertainty which ultimately bears the risk of different interpretation.
But «[i] n the absence of any express provision, recourse must be had to the interpretation of the relevant Treaty provisions on enhanced cooperation, bearing in mind its objectives and two fundamental attributes that govern its functioning: first, the voluntary character of participation in it; second, its openness and flexibility.»
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