Sentences with phrase «of biblical context»

Yet people are determined to take verses out of biblical context and make it a free - for - all.

What is interesting about «Set It Off» is that in the midst of this biblical context, P.O.D. places itself as participants within this history.

They knew none of the biblical contexts.

Not exact matches

Of course if you don't believe in the biblical principle of hell you would understand «salvation» in a whole different contexOf course if you don't believe in the biblical principle of hell you would understand «salvation» in a whole different contexof hell you would understand «salvation» in a whole different context.

But to lift one verse out of the textual and cultural context in which it was written, and apply it literally is not a persuasive approach to biblical interpretation.

Virtually all those who bandy about the word «biblical» cherry - pick verses to substantiate a preconceived notion instead of dealing with it in context.

This discussion is complex, nuanced by all kind of factors like biblical interpretation, church tradition and local contexts.

For Gilkey, the «neo» of his orthodoxy is precisely where he remained most liberal» not just his penchant for talking about biblical symbols and myths but also his conviction that the problem of historical consciousness is the context for all modern theology.

Knust shows absolutely no awareness of Biblical exegesis, hermeneutics, genre, social and historical context, or even a rudimentary understanding of what's prescriptive or descriptive text in some of the historical Biblical narratives.

But my early days of questioning the church were always in the context of seeking «biblical truth» when I found my views in direct conflict with those expressed in my church.

And all of these others have also based their views on careful exegesis of the biblical text, in its grammatical, cultural, historical contexts.

As a general rule of biblical interpretation, verses should not be read in isolation but in their greater context — including Matthew 7:1.

However, a close look at the biblical precepts for giving in the context of the New Testament church will yield a clear answer.

Sameth has based his arguments on his left - of - center sex ideology, and not at all on a credible historical reading of the biblical text in context.

This section will look at the surrounding context of Genesis 6 - 8, and subsequent sections will consider other biblical passages that deal with the flood.

One of the very first things that most lecturers of biblical interpretation will teach is that «context is key.»

In this novel Atwood does not abandon biblical history to those who have muted female testimony; instead, she imaginatively writes this testimony back into cultural contexts that would destroy it utterly and that fail to do so, even as she reveals the violence in any amputations of human stories and the historical vulnerability of all speech and silence.

Seems like taking a statement out of context, and a seemingly skewed understanding of biblical salvation, whether intentional or not.

The biblical hermeneutic of Christian Zionism distorts biblical texts by reading them out of their canonical and historical context, making them seem more like such fictional works as the «Left Behind» series than the whole Word of God.

Do they derive from the Judaeo ‑ Christian tradition and do they make sense only in the context of a biblical world view?

At the other extreme are theologies that take the best of contemporary thought as normative and then explain what sense can be made of basic biblical ideas in this context.

Discovering Biblical Equality: Complemenatrity Without Hierarchy, edited by Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis; Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat; The Womens» Bible Commentary, Expanded Edition, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ring; The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18 - 6:9 by Gordon D. Fee

Preachers and teachers particularly, but thoughtful Christians more generally, have long lamented the slide of biblical scholarship into hyperspecialized studies of ancient texts in remote contexts.

There is, of course, much more to be said, but this is not the time or place to develop a full - fledged Biblical doctrine of God in the context of interfaith dialogue.

The story of Abraham's intercession thus points to the central theme of biblical faith: the steadfast love of God — hesed, agape — that refuses to be frustrated even in the context of a most immoral society.

These comments appeared to me to be a bit pejorative as there was no attempt at biblical refutation or even explanation of the context of your statements.

This would not end disagreements about homosexuality and the nature of Biblical authority, but it might provide a context in which these disagreements could be less threatening and Methodists might be more willing to make room for differences.

low biblical literacy (e.g. applying Levitical Law out of context) 5.

The biblical understanding of life never had a chance to shape its own culture and ethic, and thus to create a context for sexuality within a Christian style of life.

I touched on this important connection in my post about submission in context and in A Year of Biblical Womanhood.]

But the biblical witness must be read in its own context, and when this is done, we must look for the direction in which the faith of Israel was moving, not for the mythological remnants still present in its expression.

Along with biblical ways of thinking it affirms a special significance of humankind within the context of creation, recognizing, as Conrad Bonifazi puts it in the context of explicating Teilhard de Chardin, that «in human beings evolution has revealed its profoundest energy and significance» (TNE 311).

George Soares - Prabhu, the Indian Biblical scholar, has attempted to compare Buddhist and Christian texts despite the fact that both emerge from two different chronological, literary, and theological contexts.50 These receptor oriented translation strategies reduce Biblical terminologies, style, theological concepts, and the intent of the author in an extensive manner.51

There are now many aids for historical study of the Bible available, and there is probably very little responsible biblical scholarship in commentaries and the like that does not pay some attention to the matter of historical context.

the Indian literary critic, writer of the post-colonized English says, «English, in this context is decolonized through a nativization of theme, space and time, a change of canon from the Western to the Indian... «19 These stylistic changes in language influence the modern - biblical translation, especially in the Indian context.

«Contextualization» is here used of the process whereby biblical doctrine is asserted within the context of modernity.

McCoy suggests that Whitehead, too, may have been shaped by biblical ways of thinking: «Indeed, it is highly probable that the process philosophies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries emerged from contexts influenced by the covenantal or federal tradition and thus are in part intellectual progeny of covenantal theology and ethics» (CCE 360).

A typical theology keeps the discussion of the resurrection of the body in its proper biblical context — the resurrection of the dead.

Ethicists must look not only at the Israelite context but also at the moral values of the surrounding culture or cultures on any given moral point, for often the biblical position is taken in direct response to some contrary moral behavior.

I am grateful to the organizers of this conference for their kind invitation to me to give the opening talk at this conference of Biblical scholars on the mission of the church in India's pluralistic context.

I utterly reject Biblical inerrancy http://lotharlorraine.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/on-the-inspiration-of-the-bible-and-other-books-von-der-interpretation-der-bibel-und-anderen-buchern/ but find it interesting that this view of the afterlife is the most likely interpretation of the passages, provided one consider the Old Testament imagery in its own context.

«It made me really excited, the prospect of young girls feeling like they're represented in a biblical context in such a positive way.»

(4) Biblical texts must be understood in their human context: for otherwise we shall fail to read their real point out of them and instead read into them points they are not making at all.

How often in modem contexts has my heart echoed the protest of John Rogers, the Reformation martyr, against the alleged inertness of the biblical text: «No, no, the Bible is alive!»).

As the study of the history and science of biblical interpretation (Hermeneutics) demonstrates, the context of the reader heavily influences the interpretation of texts.

The projection of an opposition between reason and faith» wherein the former claims objectivity and the latter demands assent to a set of propositions that can not be proven» into the biblical context anachronistically imposes Enlightenment categories where they would not have been intelligible.

If you compare various Biblical translations they all say the same thing using different words to describe the context of the same scripture: sheol, hades, hell, pit and grave are all used.

Preaching also suffers from the failure to provide opportunities for the laity to wrestle with biblical and theological concepts in the context of their own lives and in their own terms.

Discernment of its meaning in the context of the whole biblical story must come; this is the significance of the exposition of the Bible along the way.

By focusing on individual conversions apart from traditional church authorities that had, even for Protestants, provided the context for the communication of biblical truth, the revivals encouraged individuals to appropriate Scripture for their own purposes.