"We're not obligated to answer a question simply because someone asks us one. We've been conditioned to reply to every request and demand, no matter how rude or inappropriate they may be. A terrible habit."
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Exclusive to The Synagogue Community: Join us TONIGHT, Saturday, July 5th, 2025, at 8:30PM WAT for a special Telegram live session! @ will lead an insightful discussion on "Red Flags in Intimate Relationships," equipping you with the knowledge to spot warning signs...
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🔥Highlights from Saturday’s Telegram Live Session!🔥
"Rewiring Your Mind for Wealth: From Spender to Investor" with @spatadeks was nothing short of transformational!
From powerful mindset shifts to practical investing strategies, Mr. Adekeye broke it all down—
The Synagogue is hosting a Telegram live session this Saturday, June 21st, 2025, at 8:30PM WAT. The session, titled "Rewiring Your Mind for Wealth: From Spender to Investor!", will be led by @spatadeks, an Investment and Research Analyst at Bamboo, a...
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Last Saturday, our Telegram session with the incredible @Lamiide_A was truly transformative! We've compiled the most impactful moments from this successful session. Whether you attended or want to catch up on the insightful wisdom shared, these snippets...
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🇳🇬 Happy Democracy Day, Nigeria!🇳🇬
Today, we celebrate the resilience and spirit of our nation's democracy. As Nelson Mandela once said, "Democracy is not the absence of problems, but the courage to tackle them together." Let’s honour this day by recommitting to unity,
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🇳🇬 Happy Democracy Day, Nigeria!🇳🇬
Today, we celebrate the resilience and spirit of our nation's democracy. As Nelson Mandela once said, "Democracy is not the absence of problems, but the courage to tackle them together." Let’s honour this day by recommitting to unity,
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@yabaleftonline Where do corper's belong in the Nigerian work force?
If corper's won't receive payment arrears, they should at least start getting paid the with the new minimum wage this month 😢.
A lecturer walked into a lecture hall one day at OAU.
It was an English department class. He mounte the podium and said;
"No word has meaning in isolation."
The students were shocked.
"Really?"
"We can't know what a word in isolation means?" They puzzled.
But he proved it to them.
"What does 'set' mean?" He asked.
None of the students could answer.
Then he told them that a word has concrete meaning only when used in a context.
This event perfectly illustrates biblical hermeneutics.
We approach the bible thinking it was written to us.
But it wasn't.
It was written to people living in different parts of the Middle East and modern-day Europe.
And this was 3,500 years ago.
These people had vastly diverse cultures, languages, and contexts.
Even the authors were very different.
And they are all dead.
So when we read scripture, the first thing to note is that the Bible wasn't written to us.
That the author had a meaning in mind.
And that meaning has happened in the past.
And we must go back 2,000 years to know:
the author
the people
the context
the culture
of where that meaning happened.
This is called exegesis- the process of determining the historical and contextual intention of a bible author in a passage.
Once we know this, then we bring that meaning back to our present day to see how it applies to us.
Or if it applies to us.
This is called contextualization.
The process of giving a new context to the intended meaning of the author.
This is the basis of good Bible study.
First, exegesis.
Second, contextualization.
If we do this, we'd know that Paul saying greet one another with a holy kiss was context-specific, not a commandment for us today.
But we can apply it to keeping relational fellowship.
Lastly, there are four errors people are prone to make in bible interpretation:
1. Contextualization without exegesis
An example of this is saying polygamy is biblical and ok for us without factoring that the context where polygamy occurred was descriptive and not prescriptive.
2. Subjectivity
Thinking how we see a verse is the truth about it.
So a person can say that killing is wrong. Though the bible said God killed, the writers must have been mistaken to say that.
That's subjectivity.
3. Exegesis without contextualizing
A person could know what the author intended, but not let the knowledge transform them.
These know the truth and still don't accept it.
In summary, before you claim to know what the Bible is saying, remember this:
Scripture wasn't written to you, it was written for you.
Find out what the author was saying to his audience first, before applying it to yourself.
This is an overview of hermeneutics, the art and science of bible interpretation.