Sentences with phrase «christian ought»

(Acts 17:26, King James Version) Am I really as free from race prejudice as a Christian ought to be?

The fact is, however, that both the church and the Christian ought to come to Christ.

These conceptions of what the Christian ought to do, the objector will point out, are themselves very much shaped by culture.

The text for this Sunday focuses on the questions of how a Christian ought to live and why.

I remember a small child saying, «A Christian ought never to be scared»; how right she was!

The Service of Holy Baptism, in the Book of Common Prayer, states this admirably when it requires that the sponsors in Baptism promise, on behalf of the child, that the newly baptized Christian shall «learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments,» and describes these, among other things, as being that which «a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health.»

It is the teaching of St. John of the Cross that the mature Christian ought to expect to dwell in the darkness.

A Christian ought to — and manifestly often does — «grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ» (II Pet.

The crux of personal Christian character is at this point, for if believing what a Christian ought to believe and calling oneself a Christian makes no difference in one's personality or behavior, Christianity as a whole is bound to be discredited.

We often hear it said today, and I have preached it myself, that every Christian ought to have a ministry in church.

Fortunately this defect has now been remedied; and there is a growing agreement among all Christian people that the two — sacrament and sermon — belong together and that every Christian ought to be present and assist at such an act of worship every Sunday.

But a Christian ought to know how little interest attaches to him as a person.

and Every Christian ought to be in such a covenant..

Through his religious education every mature Christian ought to be able to distinguish between the actual dogma of the Church and theological opinions that may be changed and improved, between immutable divine law and changeable human law.

The Christian ought to make major life decisions as he ought to make all decisions: by evaluating how he can serve God, by choosing a course of action accordingly, and by having the courage to follow through and do it.

In one of Chesterton's youthful notebooks, which we can date around 1893, he recorded the following pensée: «No Christian ought to be an anti-Semite.

If it's a sin to be gay, any Christian ought to be able to explain this.

But every Christian ought to be a Zionist.»

To live a life always open and responsive to God is what Jesus did, and what every Christian ought to try to do.

I didn't say Christians ought not swear; you overgeneralized my point.

Christians ought to share their blessings with others — material and spritual.

Once some - one on the program said this about advertising: «As Christians we ought to recognize its potential.

People who call themselves Christians ought to be celebrating, not feeling sad.

Christians ought above all to play the role of society's sentinel (Ezekiel), to interpret for society the meaning of acts and events.

And healing is something Christians ought to know about and care about.

Disputed questions about the nature of Christ's divinity or the details of human salvation are not ancient quarrels that modern Christians ought to forget.

The work of this world is beneficial, and Christians ought to make their contribution to it.

Christians ought to understand clearly that Christianity has nothing to say in regard to this sort of thing.

Best Fourth of July Post: Roger Olson with «Some July 4 Thoughts on Nationalism and Patriotism» «Christians ought carefully to avoid nationalism while embracing true patriotism...»

We Christians ought to know that we can only conquer in a Christian spirit if we have ourselves increased the danger of our defeat by honestly admitting the weakness of our own position.

I think Christians ought to be out into the community and not just be comfortably numb as pew potatoes.

Chris Haw writes a piece for RELEVANT looking at why Christians ought to be hesitant about the next big thing in technology.

You've suggested that Christians ought to draw on their own liturgical practices as they consider how to engage in politics.

And I certainly agree that some horrible things were done during the Crusades, but many individual horrible things happening during a series of wars does not mean that all of those wars were simply Christians doing what Christians ought not.

To place sexual relations in this full and more adequate context, Christians ought to understand them as part of an undertaking that encompasses all aspects of their lives.

Christians ought careful how they interpret and use scripture when discussing spiritual matters with non-Christians.

And from many poor souls in this world too weak and powerless to cry out comes a groan reflecting another that Christians ought to recognize: «My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?»

The aim of the author was to establish the doctrine that marriage is sinful and Christians ought to abstain from it, and therefore the book was of Gnostic origin.

In the first address I proposed that Christians ought to provide positive guidance for the process of deconstantinianization in which, willy nilly, the formerly «established» forms of the church are presently immersed.

We Christians ought to be the first to make the cause of the freedom of others our own and to be as sensitive to a threat against another's freedom as to one against our own.

I believe the rest of the Christians ought to do the same.

I have admitted, and all Christians ought readily to admit, the imperfections and blemishes that mar the empirical church in its institutional embodiment; we can see the errors that have marked its history, and we know that not only individual members but the structures of the institution as well are far from being sinless.

I debated whether to engage a post that is just as disturbing as the title suggests, but after speaking with an editor and several writers at The Gospel Coalition, as well as some of my gay and lesbian friends, I've decided it's important to offer an alternative to the attitude presented in this post and, perhaps more importantly, to explore / discuss how Christians ought to respond when we encounter homophobia in our own faith communities.

CNN: My Take: Christians ought to shrug off inaugural pastor rejection Matthew Lee Anderson is the Lead Writer at Mere Orthodoxy and the author of Earthen Vessels: Why our Bodies Matter to our Faith.

Whether Christians ought to have agreed to that contract is an interesting historical and theological question, but not really of much significance in our present circumstances» for agree to it Christians did.

George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.

The problem is that many churches have fallen into the belief that Christians ought to live as though it were fifty years ago, that if we're traditional enough that'll somehow make us holy.

Following from this, Christians ought to be principal leaders in civility regardless of electoral context.

Or were confused about its understanding of how Christians ought to live the truth of their baptism.

These, I explained, are not things Christians ought to do — a list of obligations — but a composite of what we as Christians under the Spirit's influence can be and do.