Quotes About Message

Biblical expositors are not pining away in their studies searching for ways to bring relevancy to their message. They don't need to. The Bible is relevant. Rather, they draw out the implications and applications that are already there in the text in ways that make sense for the culture the church is embedded in.

Contextualization in preaching is communicating the gospel message in ways that are understandable or appropriate to the listener's cultural context.

A faithful preacher starts the sermon preparation process by paying attention to a biblical text's original audience and a text's purposes for those readers. He 1) gives the biblical context control over the meaning of the text; 2) listens intently until he knows how the text fits within the overall message of the book; 3) sees the structure and emphasis of the text.

The fact that religions, which usually have at their core a promotion of tolerance and peace, have been exploited to carry out violence clearly indicates that individuals and groups have not discovered the true "peace message" that is inherent in almost every religion. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 55)

Still, there was a heaviness to her manner, a kind of grim determination to get a message across, one last time.

I just got a call from Tel Aviv.

But it conveys the message that addiction is as biological a condition as multiple sclerosis. True brain diseases have no volitional component.

My pleasure. Listen," he called after her, "this is as far as I can go. They poisoned the water out there and I can't follow you now. If you do see Powell, will you give him a message for me?" "Sure," she said, turning around. "Tell him I have his boots in my truck. In case he's looking for 'em." Chey smiled. It felt wrong on her face, but she liked it all the same. "I'll do that.

Trust me, we need it. Or rather, we need it to not wind up in the hands of somebody else. Oh, wait! Damn it!" "What?" "It just occurred to me that I could have written Dave a message on a wall using my own shit!

Many young people are leaving other churches, feeling that the sermons and the programs are not relevant to them. They say, "We'll come back when we're sixty years old and the sermons are relevant to us. Then we can prepare for heaven, because that's all the ministers seem to be preaching about—getting ready for heaven. But we are living on earth now, and the message is unrelated to our lives.

El descuido con respecto al Espíritu Santo es lo que hace que el evangelio, que es poderoso, se convierta en una noticia tan vieja como las antigüedades de un museo.

Go into all the world and preach the gospel.' " Martha nodded slowly. "So the challenge is to do that without getting in the way of the message." Alban added, "He must increase. I must decrease.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Don't Let The Medium Massage The Message

Something has happened to her and about her, and yet it is hard to grasp this fact. Her run is larger than her, and yet her daily life is mostly just her solitary steps, the rhythm of them, her daily aches, her loneliness, and the flashes of the nightmares that she experiences daily. It seems that she's become a person with a message, but she's unclear what the message is. Maybe because the message is still fighting its way through the grief and guilt to get to her.

I'm staying out of this. It's the whole culture of all-consuming nowness I try to avoid. Ever present and screaming its message in the halls, on television, on everyone's personal web pages. Do me, I'm yours. I'm part of the counterculture who actually thinks about the future. Subversive activities are always best kept a secret so I keep my mouth shut.

But how wonderful when the tale is told, And the message that is meant for usOpens like the scents of a mountain flower!

The most precious etchings of caring can be traced not in the scope of its message, but in the integrity of its purpose.

Stories change the world.

A good story conveys a message that strengthens our values.

Kurds are like fire, if approached kindly they will warm you, if approached badly they will burn you

Dalai Lama has not coming to show us his kindness, so that we can enjoy his charisma, he's coming with a specific message for the specific circumstances of the world today.

Know what message (strengths/accomplishments) you want to get across during the interview. Answer questions in two parts—what they want to know and what you want them to know.

The authority is God's. Although mediated through various styles, the fundamental authority of God in counseling must be evident in all biblical counseling. Any personality traits that interfere with, rather than mediate the message must be altered. That is why the Lord changed the apostle Peter from a weak, vacillating, fearful disciple to the bold fearless disciple who told the authorities, "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).