Liberals doubted that the Bible had any lasting relevance because the biblical texts
came from contexts so alien to the contemporary world.
Dr. Justin Marchegiani: Yeah, I mean, this person's probably
coming from the context of meal - combining, where they say, fruits should be consumed by itself, because of the enzymes needed for it, and how fast he digestion process is.
However, the difference between the two words
comes from the context in which they are used.
The most recent radiocarbon date of approximately 1000 A.D.
comes from this context and nearly marks the abandonment of the site.
The confusion
comes from context: are we talking about observed temp changes up til now or projections for the future?
Not exact matches
But: a) This doesn't mean the regulator will definitely nix the takeover; and b) This does, of course,
come in the
context of a U.S. - China trade spat, and the U.S.'s decision earlier this week to ban China's ZTE
from buying U.S. tech for seven years.
... versus less desirable messaging, which lacks personal
context and
comes from the company, not a friend or:
And so, as we recover
from Tuesday's budget and recoil at the spectacle that is the Cadman affair, let us all pause and mark this moment for it may be the last of an era, one we may
come to know as the «pre-PBO» era, an era where, in the
context of contrived «budgetary scarcity,» -LSB-...]
Returning
from travels to India, Israel even Indonesia for that matter, culture does not
come up in the
context of the tech startup ecosystem.
But once you have a clear concept of state channels in general, you can see that this only
comes from trying to implement the idea in a constrained
context.
Today's infographic
comes to us
from Nano One, a Canadian tech company that specializes in battery materials, and it provides interesting
context on lithium - ion battery advancements over the last couple of decades.
Noel once told me that he started his walk away
from Christianity in that
context; graduate school finalized that journey and when I
came to know him, he was a massively articulate, Bible - steeped skeptic with little taste for the cultural Christianity that characterized all too much of the deep South.
Into this gladiatorial
context, Christians
from various political parties have
come together to counter-culturally support one another and say that «kingdom
comes before tribe».
And I believe that my experience also reflects the self - creative process of the original woman,
from coming apart, through relatedness with other women, to self - creation in the
context of deep interrelatedness.
The
context is salvation, requiring a saving faith, which does not, and can not
come from within ourselves.
While it is helpful to memorize scriptural passages to discipline our mind, to have encouraging things to remember, and to have passages to meditate upon when we prepare to pray, it is also important to be aware of and understand the
context from which the passage
comes.
This idea
comes from 1 John 1:9, but represents a misunderstanding of the
context of 1 John, and the differences between a relationship with God and fellowship with God.
Romans 5:13 (in
context) says that when we have faith in God to deliver us
from sin, there is no law (to condemn us) because righteousness
comes not by the law, but by faith.
Part of persuasive argument must (in my opinion) include discussing our presuppositions with one another as part of the debate around
context so that people see where we are
coming from.
-- Pat Robertson These statements should be no more frightening in an Islamic or a Christian
context — this kind of rhetoric is a serious threat no matter who it
comes from.
And scripture's witnesses are properly understood only in the
context of the social, cultural and historical circumstances
from which they
come.
While it is of course true that those who belong to this school are perhaps most vocal in their assertion that in our Lord alone may God be seen at work, and while it is they who denounce the concept of «general» revelation as a vain fancy of sub-Christian speculation, a considerable number of other Christian thinkers take what in effect is the same position when they make central to their teaching a kind of uniqueness in the
coming and the person of Christ which effectively removes him
from the
context of the total sell - expressive operation of the Eternal Word.
Just make wild claims, declaring they
come from the bible, but refuse to say where or in what
context.
What those who try to explain events
from a biblical
context often overlook is when they attempt to explain something and
come up short, it regularly opens the door for people to refute their inadequate explanation.
(17) The first was the original
context in which the words were uttered; the second was provided by the believing community which adapted his words to their lives; the third was provided by the redactor who adapted the saying, as heard
from the community, for his own work which
came to represent his «theology.»
Thus, where historical criticism, reading the Book of Isaiah, tries to distinguish which materials
come from the eighth - century prophet, the sixth - century prophet and the fifth - century prophet, literary and canonical critics focus on how the final form of the book has created the
context within which all of its materials are now to be read, as a movement
from judgment to salvation.
I have observed that one way to approach the issue of Christology in Islamic
context would be to seek out sources in Islam as it grew beyond the sanitized environs of Arabia and
came in contact with peoples
from other lands, religions and philosophies.
Unfortunately, most of the traditional ones
come from another era, another culture, a time a place and a
context which seem only distantly related to us in these modern days whether we have been brought up in the West or the East.
Finally and equally important, the garden image underscores that we all
come from very different gardens — different social, religious and cultural
contexts.
Since we all
come from different
contexts, we don't tend to have the same understanding of what these words mean.
Not only that, but two of the verses we quote out of
context come from a passage where we are not to hypocritically condemn others yet do the same things ourselves!
It was done by those who cared deeply for the faith and saw the seriousness of the threats
coming from changes in the intellectual
context.
Lowe goes on in this
context to make the following statement: «Whitehead
comes to metaphysics as a Plato - loving theorist who wishes to construct an all - inclusive cosmological scheme; Bergson as a half - Cartesian intuitionist cleanly and systematically setting off his own meditation
from other types and areas of thought.
Within the Jewish
context that Christianity
came from, there was a belief in physical resurrection at the end of time.
Sacks» reflections about the Lost Mariner finally yield the conviction that when memory is gone, a claim to identity is still possible, but the source of this claim
comes from an unexpected
context of behavior.
I don't want to rewrite this article in english, but basically, I
came to the following conclusions 1 - that Scriptures ought to be used in close interaction with daily reality (not out the blue, in abstraction, or in academic ivory tower) 2 - it ought to be interpreted by what we could call «crucified» christians 3 - and that «crucified» christian should interpret in the
context of a «crucified» community / church (because being in a close knit church is a very good way to actually be «crucified» and sanctified, and because I need insight
from others in my interpretations.
It was
from Collingwood, as he indicates in the prologue to the third edition of After Virtue, that he
came to recognize that «what historical enquiry discloses is the situatedness of all enquiry, the extent to which what are taken to be the standards of truth and of rational justification in the
contexts of practice vary
from one time to another.»
We need
context and interpretation, and sometimes that means we need historical insight or other kinds of analysis that
comes only
from a lot of study.»
It's always good for us to look at the
context of the people that
came before us and see how the world looked
from their time and place.
Thus at every point in its development the Bible stands in a double relation to its
context: it
comes from the community (in a particular setting), but it reshapes its traditions so as to address it.
If I'm just commenting right now I think that most doctrinal error
comes from people looking at only the English version of some versus, and that verse in alone excluding
context, but making sure that the Greek originals line up with their view based off English helps a lot.
Referring to Christ should make possible a more critical attitude to the
context than
comes from the emphasis on Christ's mediatorship as elaborated by Panikkar.49
«This is clear
from the
context, which is about the
coming judgment — a judgment that, in Jewish literature, everyone is expected to face.»
The perspective and knowledge
coming from a person who is most likely a atheist is very limited and narrow so how can you say if a infinite God really did think about H0m0 in this
context when He wrote the Bible?
Nevertheless, it is clear
from the whole Johannine
context that the evangelist is not emphasizing that the light
came into the world to demonstrate the world's blindness.
But the original
context from which this metaphor
comes, wine - making, includes such characteristics as only intermediate phases of a process whose aim is a stronger product.
Hate is hate no matter what
context it
comes from.
From this wider
context it is clear that the imitation Paul is calling for in 3:17 is rooted in a profound commitment; to the point of letting go of, or dying to, the self - seeking self and
coming alive to a Christ - like life.
Let us first consider the
context, which appears to
come from the original version of Part 11 (C).
The several
contexts from which these persons
came reinforced the multifaceted nature of the Asian reality — and of the theology which is developing
from it.