Klyne snodgrass biography of barack
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“Man is indeed lost, but that does not mean that he is nothing. We must resist humanism, but to make a man a zero is not the right way to resist it … [The] Christian position is that man is made in the image of God and even though he is now a sinner, he can do things that are tremendous – he can influence history for this life and the life to come, for himself and for others…From the biblical viewpoint, man is lost, but great.”
– Francis Schaeffer
“Culture-making is, in the end, a call to faith. In whose power do we trust? The best way to find out is to observe what we do with our power -and what we do with our powerlessness.”
– Andy Crouch
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“We are God’s royal stewards, put here to develop the hidden potentials in God’s creation so that the whole of it may celebrate his glory.”
– Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen
“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, sub
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Who God Says You Are
Dr. Darrell Bock: Welcome to the table. We discuss issues of God and culture. My guest today is Dr. Klyne Snodgrass. He's actually a very good friend. We worked together for several years on a historical Jesus project, and Klyne was the Paul Brandell Chair and professor of New Testament Studies and North Park for years. Recently, very recently retired. Don't want to confess how significant that is, but we'll just leave it at that. And we're glad you're with us, Klyne.
Dr. Klyne Snodgrass: I'm elated to be with you. Good to see you.
Dr. Darrell Bock: So our topic today is a book that Dr. Snodgrass has written called Who God Says You Are: A Christian Understanding of Identity. And before we get into the book, talk a little bit about your own background, your preparation for being a New Testament professor, and kind of the areas that you concentrated on when you were working in New Testament.
Dr. Klyne Snodgrass: I
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Who Are You Without Your Props?
There is only one question: Who are you? Everything else in life flows from that one question. That is true whether you are a person of faith or not; the identity question is the question. In fact, every religion, every denial of religion, and every philosophy or ideology seeks to tell people who they are, how they fit with the reality around them, and how they should then live. If your life has any meaning, it will be because you project—and have projected—a meaningful identity.
Who are you? Who gets to say? My answer is God, but that raises the question, Who speaks for God? My answer is Scripture, but that raises the question, Who gets to interpret Scripture? In the end, each person is responsible for interpreting, but that does not suggest some kind of naive individualism or that you can make a text mean what you want or that readers do not need to be taught. Interpretation should take place within a community of faith, one