All scripture should be taken literally unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Historical Context Historical context includes the occasion and purpose for writing the book and the social, cultural and political background and geography of the human author and original audience. Understanding the historical context aids in understanding the nature, force and content of the message. ... Scriptures cannot be understood out of context. ... No true understanding of any portion of the Bible occurs when it is removed from its context. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Description of Topic: Should the Bible be used as a text of reference in an educational setting? ... This essay will bring to light the numerous reasons why the Bible should be referenced and used in an education setting in an education setting. It will also bring to light the disadvantages that walk hand-in-hand with not allowing the Bible to be referenced or used. ... Academic Context In this essay, I will discuss why the Bible should be used in schools as a credible text that can be referenced by students. ... In courts, testimonies are sworn upon the Bible, the pledge of allegiance makes r...

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Exegesis deals with what a scriptural text meant to its author and intended reader in their socio-cultural context. In other words, reading out of the Bible what it says. ... Keep in mind that the explication or the interpretation of a text in isolation from its cultural and literary context leads to distorted, and sometimes harmful, results. ... We must remember that if the Bible is God's book, it can be understood by everyone through the use of proper hermeneutics in a Bible Study. ... Teaching others what the Bible teaches us, not what we think the Bible says is a true benefit of usin...

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• Grade Level: High School

Christian Bibles all have the same themes running through them; besides that fact, most of them say basically the same things. ... The most prevalent themes in the Bible are very simple: believe in God, follow the Word of God, this is the way to eternal salvation, to the Kingdom of God or Heaven. ... There are dozens to hundreds of references for each of these themes found in the Bible; only a few supporting each category will be cited and discussed. The most critical theme in the Bible is to obey God and there are hundreds of references to this beginning in Deuteronomy and followin...

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What does the Bible say about Marriage? ... The bible shows no support of this practice. ... The bible encourages this growth in the relationship. ... Marriage "The Bible describes a threefold cord. ... "It is never wrong to have a longing for sexual unity in the context of marriage, even though in the past well meaning Christians have taught that sex was evil or dirty. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

According to the Bible, God knows the past, present, and future, and if that is true, the future could not determine how God feels, because he already knows what is in store. One could say that the human existence is nothing, but only in a certain context. ... So it can be deciphered as either way, depending on the context of the words. ...

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The death penalty is murder, so the Bible denounces capital punishment. Some people quote the scriptures out of context, corrupting the compassionate attitudes of Judaism and Christianity. ... However, in the very next verse, the Bible instructs readers to resist evil and people should not retaliate by doing the same injustice to another person (These verses are found in Matthew 6:38-39). ... The population would be disobeying the Bible to retaliate murder with murder. The Bible's context clearly focuses on redemption and urges humane and effective ways of dealing with crime and violen...

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As stated in the New Living Translation Bible: "God created human beings in his own image. ... The Holy Bible is very clear of the expectations and divisions between men and women in the home and church, and because of these expectations, God has allocated certain roles for both to fulfil. ... " (1 Timothy 2:9) Furthermore, as God created Adam before Eve, and because the Bible blames Eve for bringing sin upon the world in her fall against deceit, it is said that women should not have power men. [1] Rather, the Holy Bible espouses that a woman should learn in quietness and with full ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The bible follows these changes. ... Past studies of the bible supported men and their dominating reign and thus kept women belittled for centauries. Another view of women in the bible was of their selfish, childlike nature. ... However, if you examine this story in a present context, Tamar is incredibly empowered. ... When reading the bible as a member of a past society, the perception of women is greatly different from the perception of the same women when reading the bible as a member of the contemporary society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It seems that every religion has a different idea of how to interpret the bible. Most people have a certain preference of bible simply because they grew up with a certain edition. ... This version keeps an accurate, yet poetic feel to it, and still accomplishes the impression the bible should have. ... Many of the Hebrew expressions are written or spoken the same, but they have different meanings according to the context. ... Along with many ways of translating the bible, there are many reasons a translator chooses to go a certain route. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It seems that every religion has a different idea of how to interpret the bible. Most people have a certain preference of bible simply because they grew up with a certain edition. ... This version keeps an accurate, yet poetic feel to it, and still accomplishes the impression the bible should have. ... Many of the Hebrew expressions are written or spoken the same, but they have different meanings according to the context. ... Along with many ways of translating the bible, there are many reasons a translator chooses to go a certain route. ...

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Men do not practice good exegesis when the word "hid" is taken out of context and means, to some people, that God is hiding his truth from them. ... Those of us who proclaim the Bible and God as wholly undeniable truth must always use proper exegesis when preaching sermons or quoting from the Bible. In Revelation 19:11, the Bible has an unmistakable emphasis on truth. ... The phrase, "God is Truth" is found in the Bible 23 times. ... The Holy Bible. ...

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Men do not practice good exegesis when the word "hid" is taken out of context and means, to some people, that God is hiding his truth from them. ... Those of us who proclaim the Bible and God as wholly undeniable truth must always use proper exegesis when preaching sermons or quoting from the Bible. In Revelation 19:11, the Bible has an unmistakable emphasis on truth. ... The phrase, "God is Truth" is found in the Bible 23 times. ... The Bible tells of God's truth beginning in Genesis 1:1 and ending in Revelation 22: 21. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Men do not practice good exegesis when the word "hid" is taken out of context and means, to some people, that God is hiding his truth from them. ... Those of us who proclaim the Bible and God as wholly undeniable truth must always use proper exegesis when preaching sermons or quoting from the Bible. In Revelation 19:11, the Bible has an unmistakable emphasis on truth. ... The phrase, "God is Truth" is found in the Bible 23 times. ... The Bible tells of God's truth beginning in Genesis 1:1 and ending in Revelation 22: 21. ...

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The Bible illustrates many forms of love, bringing us the following question: What is central theme of this described love? ... During the feast of the Passover, Jesus' own awareness is a very important part of the context. ... This awareness of the Father putting everything "into his hands" is key to the context of the footwashing because this knowledge presents the sharing in the divine essence of God between Himself and the disciples. ...

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But what about The Bible? At the bottom of this text is an image of the Ten Commandments from the Bible. Well, it is Bible in Arabic. ... The Arabic Bible, as is evident from the image page at the bottom, uses the word Allah to refer to God. ... Christian "Faith" and Muslims "Works" Dec. 13, 2001 (Ishaq Zahid) It has become a fashion by many evangelical Christians and the like to take the verses of the Holy Quran out of context and distort or misrepresent their meanings. ...

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There will always be those who tend to interpret the Bible more literally than others. Many believe that the entire Bible is God's word and God "spoke" only truth , therefore the Bible must be "inerrant" or void of any kind of error. ... Without the context and some further interpretation efforts, the meaning of this verse is lost to many. Which brings us to consider one of, if not the, most recognized uses of exaggeration in the entire Bible. ... Certainly Jesus wasn't the only one to make clear use of many styles of figurative language in the Bible. ...

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The First Congregational Church located in Colorado Springs may entice new members to their inviting congregation with open discussion Bible Studies and Scripture readings. ... The First Congregational Church displays these impressions through their "revelations" they encounter during their Bible study. Many avid believers tend to relate to the Gospel when it is put into a familiar context in the secular world, often through plays, music, and poetry, and not concerning to the text itself. ... However, Tillich would criticize the church and correct their use of the Bible by prioritizing its ...

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My mother picked up the bible at an early age. ... Did your parents influence you to read the bible to learn how to write? ... My mother, Liliana, actually learned a lot from the bible. ... Now, Ramon actually learned mostly from the bible. ... I'm now in a Biblical Context and Interpretation class and a Bible study " (Otto). ...

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Only in the Bible does it explain how and why the world came to be. ... The Bible clearly outlines what is expected of us. ... Sam had just as much access to the Bible as I have and yet he chose to justify his actions through an entirely different view of the world. It is not necessary to believe in all things in the Bible in order to state that one knows the Bible. ... What is necessary, however, is that a person is able to put into context what they know and what they believe based on the four corners of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral: Scripture, church teaching or Tradition, an example from you...

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For the Christian, the Bible equips him with instruction and God's perfect law. ... To bend rules on the context of the rampancy of violations is to say, " Since everybody's doing it, let's legalize it." ... Far from the light of the Bible, man's discernment is undoubtedly distorted. ... The Bible clearly states, "Knowing this, that the law is not made for the righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient- This is the urgency of rules. ...

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The above claim is based on statements in the Bible. Is the Bible itself a reliable source of information? ... Within the context of Hebrew and Roman culture and customs of the time, what is the hard evidence that this event occurred? ... If the Bible is a main source of information about events two thousand years ago, its validity is a key issue. Let's look at what the Bible actually is: The Bible is a series of over sixty books and letters arranged in a more or less chronological order, by over forty authors in three different languages- Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. ...

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Quite simply, and contrary to popular belief, the Holy Bible does not condemn homosexuality. ... Therefore, homosexual love is not a sin according to the Holy Bible. ... (Goss 120) The arguments of this group include, but are not limited to, the following: The Bible condemns homosexuality; Any group of people that ignores the Bible will face the wrath of God. ... As a whole, homosexuality is not referenced much in the Bible. The actual word homosexual or homosexuality is never used in the Bible. ...

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Putting it in the context of what is happening in the world, some wonder how such extreme windfalls, estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars for some individuals, can be justified when so many live in poverty. ... It is God's Word, the Bible. What makes the Bible different from all other sources of information? ... The Bible says: "Wisdom is for a protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom itself preserves alive its owners." ... "Having sustenance and covering, we shall be content with these things," states another Bible principle. ...

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