Sentences with phrase «christian men spoke»

But there was a time when many evangelical and conservative Christian men spoke loudly and clearly against sexual exploitation by a political leader.

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(Speaking on the difference between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Muhammad himself said they «are but a part of the men whom He hath created!

Your hate filled judgments have no place in any world christian or otherwise and perhaps your God grows tired of all of you pretending to speak for him / her / it while passing judgment on generally good people while pretending that a religion created by fallible men has all the answers.

Pornography culture has diminished and devalued women, and Christian men should not normalize this, but should speak a prophetic word against it, regardless of the political ramifications.

I commend Don Cathy for speaking up where we as christian should be speaking in support of God's word and not man's.

Personally, I find the above problem to be one of several good reasons why I do not believe in the Christian god, and why I think the bible is 100 % man - made, as is the god that it speaks of.

In his apostolic letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, issued in 1994, John Paul said Christian hope «is not simply a case of man seeking God, but of God who comes in person to speak to man of himself and to show him the path by which he may be reached.»

Two - time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken to Men's Health about his Christian faith... More

For the over-all result of the great reaction has been a sophistication of the true simplicity of the gospel, the use of a jargon which the common man (and the intelligent one, too, often enough) can not understand, and a tendency to assume that the biblical and creedal language as it stands need only be spoken, and enough then has been done to state and communicate the point of the Christian proclamation.

Berger wishes to speak of «a God who is not made by man, who is outside and not within ourselves,» but he limits his act of faith in such a God to projections outward from common human experience, i.e., to signals of transcendence70 The result is that Berger is left finally with his own experience alone, a consequence that weakens his understanding not only of Christian theology but ultimately of play as well.

For many centuries, Christians have spoken of Jesus as God become man.

Earlier we had occasion to note the relationship between Jewish faith as portrayed for us in the Old Testament and the Christian event which is the subject matter of the New Testament; and how it was indeed inevitable and right that the primitive Christian community should see their Lord and apprehend his significance for men, against the background of the whole history of the people into whom humanly speaking he was born.

He can say he is; he can speak the words and meet with the greatest Christian leaders of our time, but that does not save a man.

Employing biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments, John Paul described the Christian conception of man, and spoke about the inviolability of human life, from conception to death.

I applaud the Christians who spoke out, and I am very glad that a man spoke on the side of purity.

Jesus Christ is the «Elect One,» not by some effort of human nature alone, for that would not be real election, but by God's eternal purpose which «from the beginning of the world» — and long before it, too, if we may so speak — has determined that «in the fullness of the times» there shall be just such an actualization of the potential God - Man relationship as Christian faith discerns in Christ our Lord.

Thus — speaking as a Christian — I say that while I can not call violence good, legitimate, and just, I find its use condonable (1) when a man is in despair and sees no other way out, or (2) when a hypocritically just and peaceful situation must be exposed for what it is in order to end it.

Yet even though the differences in usage between Old Testament and New Testament caused some second century Christians to conclude that two different realities were referred to, the apostolic church was adamant, that it was none other than the God of Israel who had spoken to men in Jesus.

(Who speaks any longer of the Christian doctrine of man»?)

If Mr Obama speaks favorably about the Lord, says he is a Christian (and he is a good man, married to one woman, and his children behave = all the requirements in the bible for a leader of the church must have) and he declares or asks for Gods blessings over our country, do not judge him or prevent him.

Speaking as a Christian, I am appaled at this man's actions in the name of Christ.

Not every «Christian» believes that God is a white man, has a beard, wears a tunic, lives on a cloud, speaks American English, and digs rock - n - roll churches.

(James 2:26) This is why I speak to people about the Bible, to show them just what the Bible teaches so that they can conform their lives to the Bible and make necessary changes to be real Christians based on the Bible, not based on what some man's opinion.

On behalf of Christians all over the world, we condemn this man, and I vow if I ever hear a fellow Christian in my church speak out in favor of any violent act like this I will stand up to that person.

When to this we add what has been said in the preceding chapter about the «risen life» in God, made specifically available to men and women through their participation in Jesus Christ «risen from the dead», we have a «de-mythologized» portrayal of what «happens after death» which speaks deeply to authentically Christian faith.

What these men have in mind was expressed by one of them who said in effect: The seminary prepared me for preaching and taught me the difference between preaching and public speaking; it helped me to become a pastoral counselor and not simply a counselor; it prepared me for the work of Christian education; but it gave me no preparation to administer a church as Church; what I learned about church administration was a nontheological smattering of successful business practices.

The job of a Christian preacher, he said, is to «proclaim the given gospel to the given world,» The given gospel — that is to say, the gospel which has come to him from the Christian tradition which he represents and for which in his preaching function he speaks; the given world — that is to say, men and women in their actual concrete situation, with their interests and worries, their concerns and their problems, And the two are to go together, so that the gospel will be heard and (one hopes) accepted by those who hear its proclamation as directly relevant to their own lives.

The Christian believes that He who spoke to Moses and the prophets, and whose very Word became flesh in the man Jesus, is the One who addresses him and calls him to obedience.

My God of Torah has no use for a christian Deut 11:25 There shall no man be able to stand against you: the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon as He hath spoken unto you.

This made us all feel that we had before us not only a theological professor but also a Christian man whose life was swayed by the great principles about which he spoke -LSB-...] He not only made us see the truth, but he made us feel its power and perceive its beauty.»

At the end of the day though, these evil men in no way represent atheism, or communism the way hitler or more recently Brevick in Scandanavia doesn't speak for christians.

With regard to a poet people speak of his having a call; but as for becoming a priest, it seems enough to the generality of men (and that means of Christians) that one has taken an examination.

Despite this, Beckett's book remains an important survey and reminder of what in Western thought is of value, and why, and demonstrates the truth articulated by both the Second Vatican Council and Saint Julian: «Whatever has been spoken aright by any man... belongs to us Christians; for we worship and love... the Logos which is from the unbegotten and ineffable God... [and] those writers were able, through the seed of the Logos implanted inthem, to see reality darkly» (p. 51).

In his sermon «St Paul's Gift of Sympathy», 13 Newman describes the Apostle's love for Christians and stresses that Paul is so full of love for others that «in the tenor of his daily thoughts, he almost loses sight of his gifts and privileges, his station and dignity, except he is called by duty to remember them, and he is to himself merely a frail man speaking to frail men, and he is tender towards the weak from a sense of his own weakness».14 Paul knows that not only do others need God's mercy, but above all others he himself has need of it.

Now it is possible to come to the Christian understanding of man's existence within the framework of philosophical terms and at the same time to be speaking out of the mythical orientation.

In «Christianity and Myth» Cobb again considers the possibility of Christian theism for the modern mind.120 The profane spirit of contemporary man finds it impossible to talk about some «reality radically different from all other reality...,» i.e., to speak mythically.

As for this article and anyone who speaks Christian, Jesus said of those who speak and act in such a way to be seen of men (and impress them) «they have their reward.»

Remember, the Word of God means «God speaking,» and while we do not have in the gospel record the answers to all our questions, the Christian believes that the Word of God comes to man most fully, clearly, unequivocally, in Jesus Christ.

Further, he «made an appeal for prayer based on the Scriptures,» because he was speaking to a group of men «who were predominantly Christians.»

In the wake of the latest Trump revelations, more Christian women are speaking up about sexual exploitation and abuse, but as one writer argued at the Washington Post, «Many men talk like Donald Trump in private.

Dailey continued to describe how he gave people joy: «One of my colleagues who did speak to him said that he was clearly the same fun loving man in real life as came across on the stage and that kind of joy and happiness is something all Christians should seek to give the world.»

But when we speak in Platonic or Christian terms, we think of a single soul for a single man.

Speaking of Jesus in this way may seem to make him merely one of many great men, exceptional but not superhuman, not the divine being he is believed by Christians to be; but however his person and nature are understood, I for one can not believe that even in him God acted in any way inconsistent with the same natural laws and operations by which he works today.

Simone Weil's words, namely that a man who denies God may be nearer to him than one who only speaks of him in cliches, may well be applied also to many who call themselves Christians.

After speaking about the man's Christian youth, he allowed as how he had «gone astray» after he'd left home and joined the army.

Problem definition is time - consuming, a deep journey into our own prejudices and hopes for a Christian faith that actually makes a difference, a horrible awakening that giants of the faith may have little faith in God and more in courts and money, that fame - seekers exist within the church system and garner friends as shields, that a man that marries a second wife may wish to destroy the first wife at any cost, and that authors can indeed write good books but run away from women speaking of their own abuse, and that prior friendships dictate the limits of Christianity....

We can speak only of the way in which Christians understand the hope which guides our dealing with the ills of the soul and body of man.

M.d religion is about man there is alot of man in the evangelical church as well as other churchs however the Holy spirit is the one we lean on to teach us Gods word he reveals the scriptures just as though Jesus was teaching his disciples in his day.Often after speaking in parable his disciples would ask what he meant and he would give them insight into the messages.I find for me if i struggle understanding a topic i ask the holy spirit to help me if you havent received him just invite him into your life if you have already confessed Jesus as your Lord and savior.We can not live a christian life without him.He is the one who empowers us to live righteously rather than according to our old nature.In the last year or so he has been showing me extraordinary insight into the word its new its fresh he is amazing.brentnz

He has pointed out that a theology which is strictly confined to the world of «here and now can not take account of the ultimate questions which men must ask, whereas every sound Christian theology is required indeed to speak of that «here and now», but to relate it to God as a creative principle and to see God at work in the immediacies of human existence in the whole range of what we style «secular existence».

This does not mean that Jesus is not a man; Christians are generally glad to say, «Jesus is God»; they are not willing to speak of «the God Jesus».