Quotes about Interpretation
As we do so, it will be helpful to keep in mind that the biblical writers never seemed to be aware of the problem, except for one statement by Paul in Romans 9:19-21. And Paul's statement seems to raise
— Jerry Bridges
So the Scriptures are infallible and inerrant, but our understanding of them is not. Rather, it is often conditioned by our previous understanding or biases.
— Jerry Bridges
This book is fiction, but there is always a chance that such a work of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.
— Ernest Hemingway
Inaccrochable - A picture a painter paints and then he cannot hang it when he has a show and nobody will buy it because they cannot hang it either. -said by Gertrude Stein
— Ernest Hemingway
Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.
— Andy Stanley
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.
— Josh McDowell
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
— Thomas Jefferson
I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at least perceived superficially as being problematic.
— Damian Lewis
There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation.
— Paul Ricoeur
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
— Damian Lewis
Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
— DH Lawrence