Quotes About NT

all throughout the NT Christ and the apostles envision the Kingdom as coming in two stages only, with the spiritual Kingdom of the Son being separated from the spiritual and physical Kingdom of the Father by a single Consummation at the end of the present evil age.

I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there.

The need for reliability greatly influenced the design of the operating system. What was the best way to isolate applications, so that their failure would not bring down NT too? Cutler's answer was to split the operating system into two major pieces. One piece was the "kernel," which never interacted directly with applications and thus couldn't be contaminated by them. The other piece was the graphical, visible portion of the operating system. To

Often pieces of the kernel called a bedrock layer of code, the "microkernel," which was the ultimate chief of staff within NT.

NCT is based upon a redemptive history approach to understanding the fulfillment of God's eternal kingdom purpose on earth. Its principles of interpretation are based upon a biblical theology that stresses the theology of the Bible itself, especially upon the NT understanding of the OT.

Windows NT is much worse. The operating system is an example of completely ignoring security lessons from history. Things that are in the kernel are defined as secure, so smart engineering says to make the kernel as small as possible, and make sure everything in it is secure.

Windows NT is much worse. The operating system is an example of completely ignoring security lessons from history. Things that are in the kernel are defined as secure, so smart engineering says to make the kernel as small as possible, and make sure everything in it is secure. Windows seems to take the position that since things in the kernel are defined as secure, than you should put everything in the kernel.

In keeping with this, the human knowledge of this God advocated in the NT is to be exhibited primarily by participating in this relationship and not simply by ritual performance.

NT texts discourse about the divine Spirit is shaped by this link with Jesus.

this far greater frequency and prominence of references to the Spirit in the NT likely reflects the religious life and discourse of early Christian circles generally.

must underscore the importance of taking account of early Christian worship practice as highly significant evidence that the NT reflects major religious developments, including particularly developments in how "God" is understood.

efforts to develop and defend his faith were convictions and devotional practices such as those already reflected in the NT.16

of the NT texts as reflecting what we might call a "proto-Trinitarian" outlook?

The first of these is that in the NT "God's" Spirit is much more prominently mentioned than in the OT or the texts of Second Temple Judaism.29 One

NT writings the Spirit is linked specifically with Jesus in a remarkable and unparalleled closeness.31

noteworthy feature of the NT references to the Spirit is the strong connection with Jesus.

Yet in all the various presentations of Jesus' significance, "God" holds the overarching and crucial place. "God" is certainly not thrust into the background or sidelined. Indeed, as I indicated in an earlier chapter, Jesus' significance is typically expressed with reference to "God," and all the christological titles and claims of the NT really boil down to the one claim that Jesus is truly the unique expression and agent of "God.

propose that the emphasis on God's acts as the basis of knowledge of God is why in the NT "God" is identified distinctively and so emphatically with reference to Jesus, for the NT

This provides further warrant for the observation that the unhesitating identification of "God" as the OT deity in the NT is noteworthy.

Whether in the Gospels or other NT writings, the overarching emphasis is on "God's" purposes, all events, claims, and characters (including Jesus) receiving their evaluation and meaning in light of these divine purposes.

the NT writings reflect the view that "God" is known solely through this deity's acts and that a right understanding of who "God" is can only be based on these phenomena.

The God of the NT is described almost entirely in terms of God's acts of creation, calling, sending forth prophets,