Sentences with phrase «interpreted scripture more»

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Jim, what you say gives insight into how challenging the matter of correctly interpreting Scripture is; but it is even more complex than that.

I think the question — comes down to more what is the fruit of life based on what we believe about scripture and the way we interpret it.

The very arrangement of the biblical books in the Hebrew canon of scripture presupposes this definition of prophetism.1 Between the first division of the Law and the third division of the Writings, the central category of the Prophets embraces not only the books of the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve prophets from Hosea to Malachi (all together termed «Latter Prophets») but also the historical writings of Joshua, Judges, and the books of Samuel and Kings («Former Prophets») In this way the Hebrew Bible formally and appropriately acknowledges that prophetism is more than the prophet and his work, that it is also a way of looking at, understanding, and interpreting history.

You've said that interpreting the scriptures is more like performing the script of a play than constructing history from fragmentary evidence.

A more sophisticated screening of Scripture is carried out by others who claim that we must look in Scripture for the «locus classicus» of a Biblical doctrine and concentrate on its teaching, interpreting all else in light of its truth.

Would you mind stepping back to a more basic level and discussing how one goes about interpreting Scripture?

If the Augustinian lens through which sin is interpreted is that sin is too much love for self and not enough love for God or neighbor, then perhaps we need a more subtle analysis of the young men in the X chromosome study If scripture is light — that we love because God first loved us (1 John 4:19)-- then all of us, these young men included, need first to experience love before the capacity to love either self or neighbor can develop.

This means more than interpreting Scripture in sermons.

Thirdly, it follows that more realistic and responsible Biblical preaching means bearing the awesome burden of interpreting Scripture for the congregation to which one preaches.

Your argument is that they are wrong because they interpret the scripture different than you, which more than likely they are saying about your view.

Being arrogant enough to believe there's only one «correct» way of thinking is exactly why religion will increasingly struggle, as more people become educated throughout the country and find other paths instead of interpreting scripture literally, regardless of how factually / scientifically inaccurate it is.

A perfect God doesn't make it easy to interpret scripture because that would mean I'd spend less time being with him, and more time doing other things.

Watch debates between Andrew Wilson, Brian McLaren and Steve Chalke on how we should interpret scripture... More

I see myself more as a traditional preacher in the Reformed mode who tries to interpret Scripture to the needs of the congregation.

Multiple meanings interpreted through forms of magic, folklore, empirical theories and conclusions, religious scriptures and more can be found among cultures from all over the world.