Quotes about Context

Understanding the role of God's protection will not help us very much if we don't first understand exactly why we need it. If your eyes are not yet open to the behind-the-scenes context of our new life in Christ—if you are still skeptical about the whole business—prepare to be jolted by the reality of the conflict raging around you.

One of the rules for understanding the Bible is called "the law of first mention." This means that if you want to know what God says about something, study the first time He brings it up.

Para ministrar a palavra de Deus, os pastores-teólogos precisam ler não só a BÃ

In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.

Just because a pastor does well in one situation does not guarantee he or she will do well in another.

It does appear, then, that what you find in the landscape of the Old Testament when you 'get there' very much depends on whom you take with you and through whose eyes you view it.

It is vitally important that we pay attention to the narrative framework in which the Old Testament laws are set.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

For me the university has always been an ideal context for spiritual formation. I always felt that if you want to offer spiritual formation at the university, you can.

In all fairness to Secretary [Hillary] Clinton I want you to be very happy. It's very important to me.

Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original

In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.