Reading through Rooted in Hope, I found myself flipping to different passages, wanting to chew through the Word of God and enter more deeply into it. And on days when you might not want to take time to ruminate on the Scriptures, the text holds you accountable by inviting you to take ...
How many times have you listened to the readings at Mass and said, “That is just what I needed to hear today.” That’s the Holy Spirit at work. Continue reading → Follow Me Posted on January 18, 2025 • Posted in Uncategorized • Leave a comment January 18, 2025 Each day,...
When I finished reading the book, I have to confess that I agreed with the authors, in that it does indeed seem that the Reformation is over for large tracts of evangelicalism; yet the authors themselves do not draw the obvious conclusion from their own arguments. Every year I tell my Ref...
What is His plan or path for me? Reading this scripture gives me more comfort than I can express in words. I know that He will guide me and show me the way, I just have to be patient. But the fact that this scripture was at the top of my search list, I internalized it as God...
One of the best ways is by reading about Him (the best source for that is in the Bible.). The Old Testament has a great deal to say about a “Messiah” (a Divinely chosen, or appointed leader.) who would come from God to heal and liberate His people. That is usually referred to...
“Until man has received the Comforter, he requires the Divine Scriptures to imprint the memory of good in his heart, to keep his striving for good constantly renewed by continual reading, and to preserve his soul from the subtleties of the ways of sin; for he has not yet acquired the ...
The Making Common of God: Augustine, Oliver O'Donovan, and Reading Scripture with Love Within the communication of Scripture, we are brought into a space of shared significances and meanings with God that he has made common with us because we love most what he loves most, namely himself. ...
POLITICAL READING: JESUS AND THE SAMARITANS--READING IN TODAY'S CONTEXT. None of us ever reads any text without some kind of pre-understanding. We set it within the context of what we already know. Within biblical studies, we ha... Durber,Susan - 《Political Theology》 被引量: 1发表:...
This is opposed to eisegesis, which is “reading into the text” or reading “into the text what you want it to say,” he explained. He said in Catholic exegesis “we try to use every tool available to help us to understand what the meaning of the text was when it wa...
First Reading (Read Isa 62:1-5) This is one of the Old Testament prophecies in which God explicitly promises to be the Bridegroom of His people: “For the Lord delights in you and makes your land His spouse. As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; and as a ...