Sentences with phrase «interpret human events»

In biblical times to know about history was to interpret human events in relation to our purpose: to see the building of the Tower as idolatry was to understand an historical event.

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Ministers are not trained to reflect upon human action and events, to interpret them theologically, and to regard such reflection as important as the study of books.

If the fashion in which the basic New Testament proclamation has been interpreted in the preceding chapter has validity, then talk of the resurrection of Christ is a way of affirming that God has received into his own life all that the historical event, designated when we say «Jesus Christ», has included: his human existence as teacher and prophet, as crucified man upon his cross, in continuing relationship of others with him after that death, and along with this what has happened in consequence of his presence and activity in the world.

The prophets took their stand on the conviction that God has a hand in human affairs, and they therefore interpreted the events of their time with insight derived from their converse with the Eternal («hearing the word of the Lord.»

Each one of us understands the world and interprets events from a particular perspective — and that perspective is profoundly shaped by our nonhuman and human environments, culture, socio - politico - economic location, and the myths and symbols that organize and give meaning and significance to our lives.

After all, his aim is to interpret the gospel, and the gospel is not an analysis of the formal structure of human life and of the universe, but the proclamation of event and encounter: God is present in Jesus Christ.

One of the great gaps often noted between the human species and other animals is that human purpose is a factor in shaping events on the planet, whereas pre-human evolution is interpreted without reference to purpose.

Until someone with proper expertise in myriad areas of sports science, football coaching, business, finance, law, PR, media, marketing, human resources etc etc has unfettered access to all board meeting minutes, records of all discussions with players, full player medical records, details of all contacts with agents, other clubs, other players, seen copies of player contracts and negotiations, understands the financial imperatives, interprets the business accounting, has reviewed the business plan, has knowledge of the employer / employee contractual relationship between Wenger and the club, has intimate insight in to the goals and objectives of the business and the club — then everyone is filling in the gaps with their own version of events and will necessarily always be a long, long way from anything close to any «truth».

Kelley Harris (Stanford University, USA), Genomics and Proteomics category winner, thereafter presented her work on building evolutionary models to interpret the historical record of mutation events in the human genome and coming to the conclusion that the mutation process itself has continued to evolve during recent human history.

It turns out, the event was triggered due to Alexa somehow interpreting two humans having a chat as «Alexa, laugh», commanding it to laugh.