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New Possibilities Through Performatives
New Possibilities Through Performatives I’m not quite sure if you’ve encountered the word performatives before. It sounds as complicated as the previous speech acts we’ve discussed. Yet, it is a little more interesting in my opinion. It is as simple as it is...
WHEN GOD SPEAKS AND DIVINE SPEECH-ACTS
WHEN GOD SPEAKS AND DIVINE SPEECH-ACTS When God speaks, creation ought to listen humbly and obediently. The Christian biblical God is a speaking God. Language is an essential part of Him. It’s an ability to command what He wills. Creation was brought into existence...
THE APPARENT EXPRESSION OF BELIEF
THE APPARENT EXPRESSION OF BELIEF When you assert something, it means that you are expressing your belief in the statement that you are letting out. While similar to assessment in this sense, the assertion that you hold can easily be proved or disproved and thus what...
The Speech Act of Assertion
The Speech Act of Assertion Identifying what constitutes as the speech act of assertion is a rather difficult task, and one we’re going to delve into right now. People usually mistake assessment as assertion, and for good reason. They’re similar in the way that we...
Divine Speech-Act: Assessing the Human Impracticality
Divine Speech-Act: Assessing the Human Impracticality Assessment is a psychological ability to analyze conditions and situations. It involves a complex process of deductions and inductions in order to come up with a valid and true conclusion by using the data that...
When Judging Becomes Wrong
When Judging Becomes Wrong There is a particular scripture that people like to point to when saying that we should not call out sin in other people, saying that doing so is judgment. 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At sunrise he arrived again in the temple...
The Weight of Assessment
The Weight of Assessment Assessment carries responsibility with it. The Bible demonstrates many situations where people were called to assess and evaluate another person's character. My brothers and sisters, most of you shouldn’t become teachers. That’s because you...
ASSESSMENTS AND JUDGMENTS
ASSESSMENTS AND JUDGMENTS Some of us may balk at the thought of our assessments being considered as forms of judgment, but it’s true. Whether we are comfortable with it or not, assessment is judgment and we should be able to learn to properly address that if we want...
SPEECH ACTS IN THE BIBLE
SPEECH ACTS IN THE BIBLE The life of Abraham was a classic biblical example of the godly adventures of faith. God promised him that he would become and was called to be a father of many nations despite the fact that the promise came to him when he was very old, and...
