Sentences with phrase «context meant things»

So «good» in that context meant things ran smoothly, attendance and giving were up, but, people were in effect little tin soldiers.

Not exact matches

Parviz wants the world to see Glass in the context of Google X: It's aimed at making access to knowledge so fast and seamless that it «fundamentally changes the meaning of knowing things.»

anyhoots to understand what Jesus meant when he said those things you have to read it in context to the time and traditions of the day, although the spiritual truths are still relevant.

Spouting words without any context or meaning to the people or things around you.

That he chose intuition as a mode of apprehension best calculated to seize such true images of things as they are in their living context simply meant that, of the tools available, this, in his judgment, was best suited to accomplish the intellectual task in its most realistic and vital sense.

A contextual reading of scripture also means understanding and appreciating our own contexts and the way they predispose us to «highlight some things in the Bible and quietly ignore others,» Wright adds.

The context of Genesis 1:26 - 27 gives us the best clues as to what is meant by «image» and it probably refers to the things that set us apart from animals — our intellect, emotions, will, authority to rule over creation, desire for relationships, and other non-physical attributes and characteristics.

Doug is right about one thing, context and original meaning are very important.

For some reason, when people read the Bible, they tend to put on spiritual - colored glasses so that words which mean one thing in any other context mean something completely different when read in the Bible.

and consider the way the cosmos rotate about our sky; a day can mean a lot of things in the context of God.

The word Christian means different things depending on who is using it and the context.

Not only that but sentences only have meanings within wider literary contexts — «a man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho» would mean one thing in a historical account, and another in a parable.

That says it is extremely difficult (in the context of the Bible I believe this means in our Nature as people who commonly love money it is extremely difficult... but also in the context of the Bible through Christ all things are possible)

And with the context of the apocalyptic war with the Soviet Union and of the Germans» already ongoing extermination of Soviet Jewry, it could have meant only one thing.

It just means that we have to take seriously things like genre and historical context before we ask what a passage means for us today.

Choices matter, things serve a purpose and life has meaning; and it is the logos, the mind of God, the creator of all that is and the author of history, who provides the necessary context.

@Fintastic... do you have an example of the «this means that» (and I mean in context — can you find one example where one thing means something entirely different to the point of being contradictory, and not merely pointing to a parable as an example, which is no example at all).

Yes, the most basic meaning is probably «immersion» but as with any word, context is king, and there are numerous things other than water that one could be «immersed» into.

You have to read it in context... because the extremely educated kermit says so... and the best thing about it... is even though people disagree on the meaning... it's still perfectly clear...

I find that an utterly strange thing to believe what Jesus meant considering the context.

H. Richard Niebuhr in his classic study The Meaning of Revelation, put this idea in the context of religious revelation:»... no universal knowledge of things as they are in themselves is possible,... all knowledge is conditioned by the standpoint of the knower.

The word substance is used in this context in its classical meaning as defined by Descartes: «And when we conceive of substance, we merely conceive an existing thing which requires nothing but itself in order to exist» (quoted in Whitehead 1930, 92).

Historic in this context would seem to mean that it is a thing of the past, and symbols are, well, just symbols.

As we teach the Bible I think it's important that we both understand what things meant in their original cultural context, and also understand our own culture and how we can best communicate exactly the same message in our own context.

In short, I discussed missional church in many contexts — but the word meant different things to different people.

The verse has to be read within the entire context of scripture, including how Jesus lived and other things he said (notably — he who is without sin cast the first stone) to recognize that that verse is not now, nor has it ever been, interpreted to mean that Christians are under OT law upon Christ's resurrection.

In the narrative context of Genesis, this connection clearly looks forward to the patriarchal households of Genesis, where a man's belongings consist in living things (the kind of things listed in the 10th commandment) in an economy where the increase of wealth means the flourishing of living things in the household (the oikos, the Greek root of oikonomia, economics).

Whenever the context requires especial precision I distinguish between the «human loves» meaning man's love for man, other creatures, the world, beauty, all the things which call forth our natural capacities for love, and «the love of God», meaning the gracious love which God gives to man and which takes on the special character of forgiveness and reconciliation.

I think that, in context, it means two things.

As you point out, many English words in a religious context do not mean the same thing in their original context... and sometimes not even in a modern non-religious context!

«Control» in a footballing context is an almost subjective word that means different things to different people.

Can't we wait until Hannan actually says something racist (I mean aside from the whole Enoch Powell thing) instead of simply taking him out of context?

It's a broad term that is going to mean different things to different people in different contexts.

He's going to come in 4th or 5th and still does not have the guts to say the right thing — especially in the context of saying that would mean no outside income for them.

Two words which, in this context, mean the same thing.

But smiles can mean different things in different contexts.

In many contexts it may also mean «I'm pleased,» and it is the closest thing to the popular conception of the «happiness» wag, especially if the tail seems to drag the dog's hips.

«Using this approach, we will eventually be able to do the same thing you would do in English class — pick up a book of haiku or Shakespeare and understand that «this is a love poem,» or «this is an elegy,» because we'll understand how the words — the DNA elements — are used in different contexts to convey different meanings on the regulation of genes,» Arnosti said.

«Phenotype» means different things to different people and the definition may be affected by context.

In order to understand the context, here's some clean beauty 101: The personal care industry (meaning things like lipstick, shampoo, lotion, deodorant, toothpaste) is completely unregulated in the United States.

Biohacking can mean a few different things, depending on context.

Fashionista can be so many different things, and to me, and in context of The Fashion Folks, it means that it's someone who is passionated about fashion and demonstrates that passion by chic outfits!

But «basics» in this context mean all the black things: black sweater, black cardigan, black pants, black blazer, black skirt, etc..

To put it in context, it means leaving out great songs such as If You Were Mine, These Foolish Things, The Way You Look Tonight, Pennies from Heaven, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Why Was I Born?

The game is as hard as any Metroidvania game and it only gets worse the deeper down the rabbit hole you fall, and you'll know things are really bad, when you notice the change of music and how nightmarish your surroundings appear and nightmarish in this context means like something you would see in a nightmare and not that the game's graphics themselves look nightmarish, as they look more like a complete work of art.

A few things fall a bit flat («oh, right, well, unfriend me») but I get the sense that some of them are meant to, in the context of their actual scenes.

It has also meant making links between formal and informal sectors, urban and rural livelihoods, coastal and forest livelihoods, private and public interventions, social conflicts, economic thinking, agriculture, fisheries, environment, poverty alleviation, and subjective and objective wellbeing analyses in order to approach things from a humanitarian and educative and inclusive dimension that will be relevant to my immediate contexts which is Africa and the rest of the world.

They are free to learn things out of context, which — looked at positively — means free of the values and judgments that a particular field of study's «keepers» may believe are necessary.

Thanksgiving means many things to many different people, nor is it devoid of historical context, but for me it's about community, fellowship and reflection with family, neighbors and friends.

Although it can mean many different things to different people, in the elementary and secondary context, the term has come to represent a set of expectations and obligations associated with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)-- which has provided the overarching accountability regime in K - 12 education for over a decade.