Craig S. Keener Quotes
The fact that our traditional method of extracting doctrine from Scripture does not work well on narrative does not mean that Bible stories do not send clear messages. Instead, it suggests that the way we apply our traditional method of interpretation is inadequate because we are ignoring too much of God’s Word.
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Legislators should demand that we not go through the entire pension reform debate just to apply a band-aid when this patient needs a quadruple bypass.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.
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I'm getting a bunch more face tattoos, because it doesn't look like I'm ever going to have to apply to a Walmart or Best Buy.
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There's various scenarios and interpretations about that urgency. I think first we have to get the facts. There are too many interpretations of the facts, and those scenarios could change based on the variables incorporated in those projections.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.
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Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.
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The squalid cash interpretation put on the word success is our national disease.
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'Bowling For Columbine' and 'Gus Van Sant's Elephant' really intrigued me. With 'Bowling For Columbine', I think Michael Moore just gave the perfect exploration of both the mass media interpretation of the event and going into the minds of these kids. These were messed-up kids who had hit a point of no return.
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I like to hear what other people's interpretations are, because people come up with things I'd never thought about.
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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
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If you can't get yourself understood, you may have trouble, so you need some interpretation every now and again wherever you might be.
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Can he who understands not God's word, understand God's works?
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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Inasmuch as it's a culture, cinema is the only thing at our disposal with which we can recognize ourselves in today's images. As an instrument it's inevitably inadequate, but it's the only one.
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Readable, faithful, accurate-what more could you ask for in a modern translation of the Bible? GOD'S WORD Translation is a great version for enhancing your love for God's Word. I recommend it.
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Biblical spirituality does not consist primarily of mystical, emotional experience, inward impressions and feelings, introspective meditation, or a monastic withdrawal from the world. The primary spiritual disciplines advocated by Scripture are prayer and the obedient study of God’s Word.
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There is something cosmic in his interpretation of the movement of earth and sky and weather forms in his paintings...
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Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.
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You can’t focus on what everyone else is doing — it has to be about what’s really broken and what you can do to fix it.
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It is not easy to measure the ocean, but we can be measured by it, confront it, and be in it.
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The fact that our traditional method of extracting doctrine from Scripture does not work well on narrative does not mean that Bible stories do not send clear messages. Instead, it suggests that the way we apply our traditional method of interpretation is inadequate because we are ignoring too much of God’s Word.
