But Lutherans do not all mean the same thing when
they speak of inspiration.
The reason this verse is so critical is because it is the only verse in the Bible which specifically
speaks of the inspiration of Scripture, and if we have misunderstood the verse, then we have misunderstood inspiration.
We may add here, therefore, parenthetically, that whatever else we may mean when
we speak of inspiration and revelation in the Old Testament, we certainly do not mean any radical or miraculous emancipation from the general mores, perspectives and knowledge of the age.
and
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In this new dev diary, join Nagoshi - san as
he speaks of the inspiration behind Daytona USA and some of the consideration that went into the game's racetracks and AI.
Speaking of her inspirations, she said: «I love to peer at things around me.
In
speaking of inspiration, I would include the current students, faculty and alumni standing in solidarity to ensure that Peter Cooper's founding mission is upheld, not for themselves but for future students.
Speaking of his inspiration, Mike said: «Images of my childhood, when we had to get up to change the channel, collected enough stickers to fill a photo album (oh, and we had photo albums!)
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Speaking of inspiration, thanks to everyone who voted on our poll yesterday.
Speaking of inspiration, thanks to everyone who voted on our poll yesterday.
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speak with the TV personality and lifestyle icon about
inspiration, motivation and the drive to start and grow a business
of your own.
At the recent All Things Digital D10 Conference, Ari Emanuel (co-head
of William Morris talent agency and the
inspiration for the Ari Gold character from HBO's The Entourage)
spoke about how crowdfunding could revolutionize the way our favorite TV shows or movies get produced.
In looking for sources
of inspiration for the White Rose, Inge Scholl quotes at length the protests from the 1942 sermons
of Count Galen, Bishop
of Muenster, who forcefully
spoke out against the Nazi death sentence for «life which does not deserve to live» (Unwertesleben).
As a pastor among pastors at Sunday's interfaith event, Obama
spoke of sadness and comfort and evil and
inspiration.
If God, by the most wise and holy counsel
of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordained the precise wording
of Bel and the Dragon, the action - packed sequel to the Book
of Daniel, then how is this different from
inspiration, where he is said to have «out - breathed» or «
spoken» his Word to the prophets and apostles?
Only by the evangelist John's
inspiration could the word that God
spoke in creating various aspects
of the universe be understood as the second person who would be incarnate in Jesus
of Nazareth.
The doctrine
of Inspiration creates a whole mass
of people who think the words themselves are God's Word, and so simply by quoting a verse, they are
speaking the words
of God, even if they don't have a clue what the words mean.
The Cross and the passion
of Christ impart
inspiration to millennia
of generations to hold aloft the banner
of human rights, be the enemy insidious, imperialist, intimidatorily armed or asuric avatar talking double -
speak and robbing the neighbour subtly or savagely.
Speaking in Westminster Hall in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI
spoke movingly about Britain's heritage
of constitutional government: «Your common law tradition serves as the basis
of legal systems in many parts
of the world, and your particular vision
of the respective remains an
inspiration to many across the globe».
He denied the verbal - plenary
inspiration of Scripture, believing that the Bible was only a «witness» to the Word
of God and becomes the Word
of God only when it «
speaks» to an individual; otherwise, it was simply the word
of man / men (Testimony to Freedom, pp. 9, 104; Sanctorum Communio, p. 161).
The apostle Paul wrote under divine
inspiration: «Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all
speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line
of thought.»
No reference to God is necessary to account for the magnificence
of «King Lear» — Plato's account
of divine
inspiration does not
speak to our age, not only because nothing in our experience resonates to the vibration set up by Plato's account, but also because our experience finds the Platonic account demeaning, destructive
of a sense
of both human responsibility and the openendedness
of human achievement.
Therefore, Paul would be saying that the Word
of God was inspired when it was
spoken, but this
inspiration does not apply to the written word.
Using your idea
of inspiration, the Bible becomes God
speaking to us as we read it and meditate on it.
It is possible that this is not an authentic saying
of Jesus» but a later pronouncement, uttered perhaps by a prophet who believed that he was
speaking under the
inspiration of the spirit
of Jesus.
The real issue concerning a doctrine
of inspiration centers on complex matters
of interpretation - issues which I have attempted to
speak to in the discussion above.
And from this starting point there is an incessant coming and going, from the revelation by means
of the word to the word concerning the revelation, from the word as
inspiration to the word freely
spoken as expression
of this
inspiration.
The purpose rather is to call up Paul Ricoeur's reflection on why we pay attention when certain people
speak and why we find what they say convincing: «The term testimony should be applied to words, works, actions, and to lives which attest to an intention, an
inspiration, an idea at the heart
of experience and history which nonetheless transcend experience and history.»
Until now we have made little reference to a word that is likely to set off controversy wherever it is
spoken, the
inspiration of the Bible.
One modern Moslem scholar, Maulana Muhammad Ali, distinguishes three types
of inspiration: first there is simply a suggestion that comes into the mind
of a man who then
speaks it under the influence
of the Holy Spirit.
The prophet
spoke in his own name and in the name
of God; but the apocalyptist knew that he was second - rate, that he was derivative and not original, that he was living in an age when the stream
of inspiration had run dry.
The same Directory also
speaks of the spiritual climate in which alone there can be a successful ecumenical reception: «The life
of faith and the prayer
of faith, no less than reflection on the doctrine
of faith, enter «into this process
of reception, by which the whole Church, under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit... makes her own the fruits
of a dialogue, in a process
of listening,
of testing,
of judging and
of living.»
(36) Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our
inspiration, and
speak not unto Me on behalf
of those who do wrong.
But it also remains true that the explicit form
of double
speaking tends to link the notion
of revelation to that
of inspiration conceived as one voice behind another.
But then they affirm that this
inspiration, strictly
speaking, applies only to the autographic text
of Scripture.
If we do not see the analogical bond between the other forms
of religious discourse and prophetic discourse we generalize in univocal fashion the concept
of inspiration derived from the prophetic genre and assume that God
spoke to the redactors
of the sacred books just as he
spoke to the prophets.
And Merleau - Ponty finds it in envelopment: «We
speak of «
inspiration,» and the word should be taken literally.
Yes, this messes a bit with our understanding
of the
inspiration of Scripture, but in the end (at least for me) it amplifies the grace
of God for it shows that He was
speaking His truth to lots
of people at different times, not just to a select few Jews in a few hundred years
of human history.
Any notion
of inspiration must embrace and engage the notion that God, by his Spirit,
speaks within ancient categories.»
«No responsible doctrine
of inspiration can deny that the biblical authors were thoroughly encultured, ancient people, who
spoke as ancient people.
In the prologue, Hentoff explained that part
of his
inspiration was the oppression
of pro-life activists and the failure
of liberals to
speak out against it — at last, a liberal thinker striving for consistency.
Finally, I must salute my family: my children who, so one daughter tells me tolerated the writing
of the book and provided some
inspiration, and my wife who has, in a manner
of speaking, lived bravely with Luther for twenty years, after only a brief sojourn with John Wesley.
The narrative presents insuperable historical problems, but
speaks with
inspiration to the theme
of faith's simplicity and the perennial human problem
of the validation
of faith.
The AoG is a Pentecostal and evangelical denomination holding, among other things, the Divine
inspiration of the Bible, the Trinity, the Deity
of Christ, salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone, the Baptism
of the Holy Spirit as the believer's empowerment for witness and service,
speaking in tongues as the evidence
of that baptism, sanctification through the work
of the Spirit, a church on mission, Divine healing for the sick available to believers, the return
of Christ and a final judgment.
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inspiration for 30 - minute meals and side dishes.
Speaking of raw, it was my raw cheesecake recipes that provided the
inspiration for this year's birthday treat.
And
speaking of that, perhaps I was a bit taken by Tamar Adler last year and now I find leftover, roasted veggies in jars, are the keys to dinner
inspiration.
You may have spied me at Deliciously Ella's book launch last week — it was a lot
of fun, and pretty surreal to get to
speak to one
of my biggest
inspirations!
I know, people
speak English, but it's the older folk who often need
inspiration when it comes to natural cooking and creative use
of ingredients and they are often just not that fluid in English.