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Nov 28, 2021 · The Bible writers and Jesus often mixed metaphors and the OP has listed a prime example. Here is another example from the writing of Paul in 1 Cor 3 - V1, 2 - Paul uses the metaphor of infants drinking milk; V3 - metaphor of a walk compared to the Christian life; V6, 7 - church compared to a plants in a farm being watered and harvested
Feb 8, 2016 · Consider how the power of metaphor may influence how our friendship with God, and our sense of ourselves, changes and deepens if we pray to a God who is as close to us as clothing, a God who laughs at injustice, a God who arrests our attention like flame.
Feb 22, 2017 · Some people point to obvious instances of hyperbole, personification, or metaphor in Scripture and use them to accuse the Bible of not telling the truth. That represents a failure to read the text as it was intended by its original author.
May 21, 2024 · You talk about how the Western Church, especially, has focused on just a few metaphors for God—like God is a shepherd and provider. How do you think that’s influenced the Church? In my church community, we use a lot of “Father” language.
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May 10, 2021 · Greg and Amy address a common misconception about the Bible’s view of women and offer counterexamples to the claim that the Bible associates sin with women more often than with men.
analysis of the partridge metaphor in the riddle-based proverb of Jer 17:11 demonstrates how the Invariance Principle can be used to evaluate previous interpretations and to provide logical structure for generating a fresh interpretation to this proverb. Keywords metaphor - conceptual approach to metaphor - cognitive linguistics - invariance
Jan 23, 2023 · The Bible Is Not Just Metaphor Amy and Greg show how to use the Columbo tactic to respond to someone who says the Bible is only metaphorical. Transcript. Question: What would you say to someone who says Jesus, the stories in the Bible, and its ideas of Heaven and Hell are metaphorical?
