The idea of speaking truth to power is to correct power and get power to do what is right for the good of all.
Not exact matches
Instead
of accommodating its usage» and so its
ideas and assumptions» a translation
of Holy Scripture should serve the end
of conversion by employing principles that recognize Christianity as its own culture with its own language and practices, raising readers up and rooting them in a rich tradition
of translation, transforming them through the creative rationality, beauty, goodness, and
truth reflective
of the triune God who
speaks his Word.
And the reason he did it wasn't to show us an example
of martyrdom, or a way to kick off a great
idea by giving it your all by
speaking some kind
of «
truth» to «power».
Firstly, it must be remembered, that he disclaims very early in the book that he can only
speak for the mainline denominations with which he is familiar, and although my memory may fail me, he implies that he can only
speak for his observations
of the churches / leaders with whom he is familiar, and also that he may be wrong, and also, that he is only pointing out what he calls a possible cause for the problems he has seen, and hopes that his suggestions /
ideas, will be considered, researched, etc, and that time will tell if his thesis bears any
truth or not.
HeavenSent - You
speak only your own
idea of truth, and imagine that it's the same as Jesus».
Unbelievable, some
of them
speak of finding the
truth but spout vial lies and the COMMON misconceptions
of a religion that they obviously have no, I mean NO,
idea what they are talking about.
His
idea of a «new synthesis», proposed mainly in his book Catholicism: A New Synthesis and developed in his many theological and philosophical essays, was an attempt to grapple precisely with the issues we have
spoken of: the post-Cartesian «turn to the subject» (that is: the loss
of faith in the objectivity
of knowledge and the subsequent exclusive concern
of philosophy with the self and the subjective
idea as the norm
of «
truth») and the philosophy
of evolution with its implications for a dynamic rather than a static universe.
Speaking of «
truth [being] made manifest in many different ways, including in creation itself» (me), and contrary to fishon's
idea that a world
of facts is «sterile», anyone know anything about quantum physics?
I agree the facts you used to circle around the
truth were by human's
ideas of how the first man was split, but in Revelation 22:18 - 19 it
speaks in GODs words that any person who adds things into or removes things from the Bible will be plagued with the many plagues described in the Holy Book.
I love the
idea of wearing the pendant near the throat chakra, enhancing ease and grace with
speaking my
truth.
These practices build educators» capacity to embrace difference, identify and question commonly shared
ideas, take up different points
of view,
speak their own
truths, and manage the anxiety
of not knowing.
Anne
spoke eloquently on quality writing and professionalism, so all I'll add to those
ideas is the old
truth that most
of us average 1,000,000 words
of garbage before we learn enough craft to write superior characters, dialogue and plotlines.
By presenting The Informers as his narrator's second novel — Gabriel's attempt to mend his eminent father's reputation with
truth, good or bad, following the posthumous airing
of his dirty laundry — the author reinforces the
idea that there are stories within stories and there are secrets huddling inside
spoken words.
The title alludes to a conception
of nature as our collective awareness, and an
idea that when people do not
speak about hard times, the expanses cry out their
truths.
Thank you, Aunt Ruthie, for the
idea of placing a photo out where I can see it, to talk to myself as I would have talked to the little girl in the photo, had I had the wisdom I have now,
speaking truth and encouraging words.