Is the biblical text not itself a statement of truth, or is it only a pointer to some
more central message?
Peter Kellner reminded us in his recent hard hitting analysis for Progress that the Tories»
central message in 1992 was that Neil Kinnock was a dangerous man who would lead Britain down the road to ruin.
The Minister's
central message at the various meetings during the tour dwelled on the need for all APC members to unite in order to successfully confront and defeat the incumbent PDP government in the state, come July 14th.
What resulted on that day in Turin in 2010 was a deeply pastoral account of Christ's death and Resurrection, which explored some of the
same central messages that he recently revisited in the last days of his papacy.
This historical orienttion carries over into Jesus,
whose central message was the coming of the basileia theou, the realm of God.
Strategists from all parties recognise their importance because they ensure that
crucial central message can be communicated to voters.
Even though Corwin didn't personally vote for the proposal, Hochul's
central message over the past several weeks is that her Republican opponent supports the plan.
«Sometimes you hear the
union central message, and you don't hear what individual, local schools are saying,» Bonkovsky says.
Relentlessly grim voiceover and inky Mike Mignola-esque art drive home the game's hammer -
blunt central message: violence takes its toll.
Relationships are the number one objective for your marketing success online; which brings me to the
second central message of the column, SEO without spam.
Some of its longueurs however will frustrate viewers, and the film's
central message of how capitalism controls our lives does not always strike home.
My central message is that success only comes when good systems are driven by a great mindset.
The central message of Diebert's stark - and - sometimes - grim book, and the Citizen Lab in general, is that tabs must be kept on those who hold power so that they do not abuse it through technological means.
This has been
a central message of Robbins's long career.
Successful people understand that in order to achieve great success, you must first must understand
your central message and how best to communicate it.
Earlier this week, Tories began running television ads criticizing Trudeau but did not upload those clips to the party's YouTube account or the website they launched last year to hammer home
their central message that Trudeau is «in over his head.»
The central message of our discipline is that valuations are enormously informative about prospects for long - term and full - cycle returns, but that outcomes over shorter segments of the market cycle are driven by changes in the psychological preferences of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.
This translation has attempted to keep the simplicity present in the original, while continuing to convey
the central message as faithfully as possible.
Their authors selected those verses because they summarize
a central message.
If we can truly write in a sincere way, reflecting reality, then our work will reflect truth and reinforce
our central message.
i was merely stating
the central message of Christianity, which is found in the love of Christ... something that all people have access to no matter what.
The central message is that there are no great pray - ers, except Jesus Christ — in whom and through whom we can all pray.
Would you say that womanist perspectives on the Old Testament are more about finding the redemptive notes in what I often take to be an oppressive narrative for women, or is it more about reimagining
the central messages and letting it speak fresh to a modern reader?
Another reason why the context is important is that in his own ministry Jesus»
central message was that «the kingdom of God is near» (Mark 1:15).
Being Christ - like is not
the central message of the Bible at all.
The central message is Eternal life vs. Eternal Death.
There were outward differences among the couples on the floor — different races, different gender combinations, etc. — but
the central message of the moment was that the «sameness» is in the love — hence the song, «Same Love.»
Finally, to say that when we sin God judges and seeks to save us is to declare
the central message of Christian faith.
I hope it is clear that, at least in my own perception, I am not falsifying
the central message of the Bible or even exaggerating the importance within it of this motif.
We are to see every human love in the light of
the central message about God's love in Christ.
It is vital that people reject or accept Christianity because of
this central message and challenge, and not because of a secondary and unnecessary theological framework which many of us find outdated and incomprehensible.
We believe this teaching obscures the work of Jesus Christ and clouds
the central message of the Bible.»
The central message of Stephanie Coontz's history is that marriage is in big trouble.
Everybody agrees that it was
his central message, yet there is nothing in New Testament interpretation and scarcely anything in Christian theology about which opinions differ more.
David Buttrick in Homiletic (1987) advocates dropping the use of all but the briefest stories in order to avoid distracting from
the central message.
There is a good deal of
the central message of the Gospel here; God's gracious and forgiving love is powerfully described.
Those outside of Christianity (and many within it) have forgotten that
the central message of the Christian faith is focused on the person of Jesus.
We must take the story of the elder brother as a kind of epilogue, tying
the central message the chapter to the setting of verses 1 - 2.
And when taken in the context of the whole of Scripture, they provide the dialectical nuance that gives even more substance to
the central message of the holy books, namely, that God is one who makes and keeps promises.
That God loved the world and reconciled it with Himself in Christ is
the central message proclaimed in the New Testament.
Both images of the crucifixion and images of the lactating Virgin visualize bodies as capable of communicating Christianity's
central message — God's love for humanity.
Thus, it is not surprising that Jesus found in
it his central message.
A point on which biblical scholars are agreed is that in the preaching and teaching of the apostolic church, it was Jesus himself as Christ the Lord, the Son of God, the Savior that became
the central message.
In a blend of fidelity to Jesus as the Christ and to the kingdom which was
his central message, the church has been able to find both a challenge to action and its ultimate hope.