So, when a
commenter says to me today: «Sometimes I can not figure out why you are a pastor,» I do not find this strange or even new.
But at the same time, even though Revelation may speak about future events, this does not mean that it has nothing to
say to us today either.
For him, hearing what
God says to us today is dependent on rightly understanding the context in which God spoke in the scriptures.
Wink proposes a form of Bible study which uses Socratic dialogue as a way of finding what the
text says to us today.
Much of what Frazier imagines is consistent with the incomplete historical record surrounding Varina, and he fills in the blanks to reveal a powerful personality that, while of her times, has much to
say to us today in respect of how the impact of great events on individuals can affect the history of those events.»
These are just some of the phrases that you may have
said to yourself today.
Sadly, we rarely ever take time to really understand what our Bibles are saying, and thus miss out on what God is
saying to us today.
The final two chapters summarise much that has gone before, putting it in the wider context of the Church and what Duns Scotus can
say to us today.
Old books certainly have much to
say to us today.
Faithfulness to what has been received combined with openness to what the Holy Spirit might be
saying to us today would seem to characterise this Benedictine's modus vivendi: «to live obedience in greater truth and freedom, in greater depth, with greater maturity....
The Bible contains some of the most valuable information ever put onto the printed page, and yet for some reason, most people think that the Bible has nothing whatsoever to
say to them today.
Well, he's right about the temple, but is that really what God is
saying to us today?
He would
say to us today, likely, that we should relax about making laws about how folks that are different from us might be allowed to have legal standing such as marriage would provide.
And only after we have wrestled with those things, can we ask what, if anything, this text is
saying to us today.
And
He says to you today, or when that tragedy comes, «Do not weep.
It's like
He said to me today, «Remember that prayer you prayed before all this began to happen?
There is very little difference between, «
I say to you today» (Luke 23:43) and «I declare to you today» (Deut.
But, as was suggested previously, the significant aspect of the problem involves more than understanding; it involves our ability to believe that the Bible has anything decisive to
say to us today.
Every campus ministry — through its services and programs - should show that the church has something important to
say to today's students.
In the next section we shall consider further what
they say to us today.
Does Jesus really have anything to
say to us today?
• My friend Soong - Chan Rah has written two great books, but The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Captivity really has a lot to
say to us today.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
And so conference, I can
say to you today, in the next parliament there will be no compulsory ID cards for British citizens.
That's shocked me what you've
said to me today.»
«I can accept the criticism of some of the things you've
said to me today, would actually lead me to believe that it's definitely outgrown me.
And so conference, I can
say to you today, in the next Parliament there will be no compulsory ID cards for British citizens.
He said to the Today programme: «Of course politics can be rumbustious in debate but [the f *** ing useless remark] isn't abuse as such.»
Let
me say to you today, we have governed as new Labour and now we will campaign as new Labour.»
Other than that, «all I can
say to you today is that I am passionate, and I don't apologize for that.
Inspired by these words, when I thought of all the things that I might
say to you today, I thought it best, dear graduates, to tell you how I feel about you.
Here's what
he says to us today: «Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.»
Rossko saw this game a while ago and has
said to us today that it gave him «XIII «vibes, which from the trailer you can see why, the visual style certainly heads down the cel - shaded angle and looks all the better for it.
I wonder what the long gone insurance agent that sold him that UL based on nothing more than assumptions would
say to him today.