But I have many very strong
Christian relationships in my life both in person as well as online.
Not exact matches
There are plenty of times
in the
Christian life that we are called to invest and pour ourselves into others without expecting anything
in return, but the outset of a romantic
relationship is not one of those times.
Your church is a haven for those who want a deeper
relationship with God without becoming one of «them» (Think pukey pollyanna
Christians with a pasted on smile who declare with Jesus
in your
life everything is wonderful... sort of like the cartoon you posted today).
in truth the «accountability» consists of sauna's with one of my vicar friends and a couple of others, a monthly trip to the pub to discuss
life, the universe and everything, a few close
christian relationships which are open and honest.
In Christian circles, there are people who feel called to occupy a platform — in business, writing, art, music, preaching or any number of areas — that they use to show people what a genuine, and life - changing relationship with Christ can look lik
In Christian circles, there are people who feel called to occupy a platform —
in business, writing, art, music, preaching or any number of areas — that they use to show people what a genuine, and life - changing relationship with Christ can look lik
in business, writing, art, music, preaching or any number of areas — that they use to show people what a genuine, and
life - changing
relationship with Christ can look like.
Though seminary faculties like to affirm,
in principle, a
relationship between
Christian theology and the
life of the church, academic theology tends to view the ministering congregation as an addendum to the really interesting issues of ethics, philosophical and political theology, or social policy.
After experiencing abuse as a leader
in my ex-church, I struggled with the fact that many long - term
relationships were completely destroyed and that we (as
christians who were supposed to have a better way to
live!)
«I believe,» he writes, «we are
living in an era with monumental possibilities for permanently reshaping the historic
relationship between Jews and
Christians, and paving the way for an outreach by both to peoples of other faiths.
If, as Hauerwas has eloquently argued,
Christians place their hope
in the Kingdom of God, and seek to embody that Kingdom by
living faithfully as church, then they need to have some understanding of the
relationship of God's Kingdom to political power.
Bu tthe effort of trying to
live a good
christian life got to much ad i was disollutioned.Spent ten years as a backslidden barely believing christian and then in recent years as a transformed renewed Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a relationship with Jesus Christ and working in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but living the word.The bible is a book useful for living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find hi
christian life got to much ad i was disollutioned.Spent ten years as a backslidden barely believing
christian and then in recent years as a transformed renewed Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a relationship with Jesus Christ and working in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but living the word.The bible is a book useful for living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find hi
christian and then
in recent years as a transformed renewed
Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a relationship with Jesus Christ and working in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but living the word.The bible is a book useful for living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find hi
Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a
relationship with Jesus Christ and working
in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to
life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our
lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but
living the word.The bible is a book useful for
living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the
living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit
in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find him.brentnz
Crouch's
life reflects a different model of the
relationship between Christianity and culture than the activist approach that tends to define
Christian engagement
in terms of its social impact.
She did mention
in the video that even her atheist friends were telling her that her philosophies were actually more
Christian than atheist, so I rather think she was latently religious all along, sort of like gays who
live for years
in hetero
relationships, then finally realize what they are, after years of saying something else.
«The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill values its long
relationship with the InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship and the valuable contributions to student
life and campus leadership that the IVCF has made
in its many years here,» Moeser said
in a statement.
- to affirm - that the essence of
Christian life is not focused on sexual orientation, but how one
lives by grace
in relationship with God, with compassion toward humanity;
So the basic
Christian affirmation is that God is both the creative energy
in all things, whose sovereign rule includes the whole world
in its sweep, and also the
living God who can and does enter into
relationship with creation.
In taking this sixth step, Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the human and the humane (toward «Christ») in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestatio
In taking this sixth step,
Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the human and the humane (toward «Christ»)
in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestatio
in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now
in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestatio
in the new order of
relationships just coming into view»
in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestatio
in the
Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle
in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestatio
in history of more profoundly humane patterns of
life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestation.
What is happening here, for the first time
in two thousand years, for the first time since the apostle Paul pondered the continuing «mystery» of
Living Judaism, for the first time since the Church condemned Marcion as a heretic
in the second century, for the first time since so many things
in our tortuously entangled
relationship, is that believing Jews and
Christians are encountering one another on a footing of civil equality
in a shared exploration of the way through history of the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus.
The bible Belt is also the lynching belt, the segregation belt, the military belt, the illiteracy belt - When I read the Gospels I read Jesus telling me about the kind of
relationship i should have with God and my fellows - how I should
live how I should behave - we are supposed to care for the poor not lower taxes for the rich and tell poor kids with no health insurance to suck it up - starting a war is not
Christian regardless of the provocation Why do you need the 10 commandments on the wall
in the courthouse when every town has multiple churches let the churches put up signs with the commandments - do you know what Moses did when he came down the mountain - he lead his most trusted men is a slaughter of 3000 Jews, read it
Whatever legal and public policy solutions are reached
in the coming years,
Christians need to find a social, political and religious way to secure the well - being of women and children, involve fathers
in the
lives of their children, and support gays and lesbians who want to establish committed
relationships and receive the benefits and blessings that go with this commitment.
And when women, dancing Sarah's circle, affirm the importance of
relationships in human
life, they are doing more than reflecting women's psychology; they are showing all
Christians what it means to be created
in God's image.
Being a
Christian is practicing generosity and hospitality;
living non-violently without vengeance;
living here and now as one family where all are invited, welcomed, and included without exception or qualification;
living in constant
relationship with God; and
living here and now — not later and not someplace else —
living here and now a
life transformed by resurrection.
The Bible invites us to enter into an ongoing conversation of
Christians who struggle with what it means to
live faithfully
in relationship and to look beyond ourselves.
Secondly, we have come to significant agreement (although surely with differences remaining) on profound theological issues: on our justification by faith through grace
in Jesus Christ; on the proper
relationship between Scripture and tradition; on the communion of saints and the universal call to holiness; and on the role of Mary
in the
life of the
Christian and of the church.
It is difficult to see how, if God's
relationship to the world is «wholly other» than the relation of creative spirit to its actual working
in time (chronos), we can avoid discounting the
Christian significance of creative effort, patient workmanship, and that careful assessment of conditions and consequences which make up so large a part of the wisdom of
life.
time for me to leave my country for 5 years study (medical field)... and while i am i that country (China) once i intercourse with a prostitute (i am really shamefull)... then after few times i found another girl
in facebook (from my hometown only) then fall
in love with her and that loves get stronger day by day (she is a
christian) and i told her that im not virgin and i had this girlfriend and i did with prostitute so she forgives me and ask me to lie new
life... but still i havent leave my e girl friend (i found difficult to leave her, i do nt love her much, but i do nt know how i love her
in first place, she is much older than me), my ex gf came to suspects about my new
relationship via facebooks post, comments, likes and all and sometimes i did told her that i have this new friend... as time passes by, she realised it and she do nt talk to me anymore till now... and last time i went home i met my new girl friend and we intercourse....
I explore ways
in which Jacob's work reflected
life as it was
in the beginning
in my booklet Work and the
Christian Family.3 Here, though, we take as our starting point the text from the third chapter of Genesis that focuses on the entry of suffering into our family
relationships.
We have become way too much eyeball people as
Christians assume that those who don't
live according to the way they do they are unsaved, we have created this judgemental
relationship which hurts peoples fellowship with God, there are no litmus tests for people that believe
in Jesus, which is why we are called to not judge others, and people use James 2:14, and 1 John's verse of those who practices righteousness are righteous even though I think it's talking about earthly righteousness toward people that we as
Christians should show because there is a lost world out there that needs are help and these doctrines of guilt, condemnation, anger, and judgement aren't helping
in fact they are doing the opposite, just like how
in James it's justification towards man.
The blog goes on to say that
in the Church's schools, the subject will be «rooted
in the teachings of the Church», including «the importance of trust, loyalty, fidelity and the
Christian understanding of marriage as the context for sexual
relationships, as well as the understanding of abstinence and celibacy as positive
life choices».
It would have a close
relationship to the pietism of the Protestant sects, to Wesley and Edwards; but it must be far more realistic
in its understanding of the continuing limitations of the
life of the
Christian than former theologies have been.
The foundation of all
Christian faith is the conviction that the meaning of man's
life lies
in his
relationship to God.
- to affirm that the essence of
Christian life is not focused on seixual orientation, but how one
lives by grace
in relationship with God, with compasision toward humanity;
But if basic democracy means the attempt to order the common
life in such a way that these conditions are met — and I believe that basic democracy can be so defined — then the positive
relationship between the
Christian ethic and political and social democracy is here affirmed.
In our formulation of the Christian life we have to do justice both to the grace and to the growth, for whatever progress in the life of love is possible, it is always progress within the structure of man's relationship to the creative and redemptive working of Go
In our formulation of the
Christian life we have to do justice both to the grace and to the growth, for whatever progress
in the life of love is possible, it is always progress within the structure of man's relationship to the creative and redemptive working of Go
in the
life of love is possible, it is always progress within the structure of man's
relationship to the creative and redemptive working of God.
After several months
in a Bible study - growth group (led by their pastor) the members began to look for ways to share their new awareness of
relationships and the
Christian life in their community.
A man who is utterly self - contained and whose chief ambition is to be «self - existent» and hence to exist without dependence upon
relationships of any sort, is a man whom we regard as an unpleasant if not vicious specimen of the race; and it is odd that deity has been regarded, and this even
in Christian circles, as more like such a self - contained human being rather than as like a man who
in every area of his
life is open to
relationships and whose very existence is rich
in the possibility of endless adaptations to new circumstances.
Needless to say that not only did I have to learn a lot about the
Christian faith but also how to
live life I'm general... I had to learn to cope with stress,
in relationships etc... crazy huh?
That is why pastors and
Christian educators rarely see that the quality of
relationships in the
life of a congregation is a part of
Christian nurture.
In this time of cultural confusion about the meaning of family
life, the world needs to see the kind of attitudes
Christians can bring to their family
relationships and responsibilities.
Equally important, the two foci of each dimension of practical theology — one
in the church and one
in the world — help to encourage a dialectical
relationship between the
Christian faith community and other perspectives and efforts to shape our common
life.
When two
Christians live together
in a
relationship that is not a marriage, for whatever reasons, the commitment of the
relationship can be evaluated the same way the commitment
in a marriage between
Christians is evaluated.
But it does not follow that marriage is essential to the
Christian life because
Christians can experience God's grace
in a marital
relationship.
When really, the mature
Christians (who are more aware of their sin then others and
in turn need God's grace even more) instead of investing
in making church to appear like their own
lives will naturally appear to most because of their
relationship with God is more... advanced... should invest
in mentoring and loving those newer
in their faith and being real and honest with them.
Just as
Christian marriage is a lifelong adventure of discovery, just as family
life in Christ is a lifelong adventure
in relationships, so is the ownership of goods a lifelong adventure
in management.
Is the
Christian life simply about cultivating a
relationship with Christ
in private?
I just knew too many couples who were
living out the
Christian life, who were committed to the work of the kingdom and who were
in edifying
relationships.
While Tertullian's disillusionment could be due to the rapid decline of
Christian community
life, which he traces back to moral laxity
in the sphere of sexual behaviour, the decline, as he understood it, could also be due to a tension
in the
life of the community provoked by a more and more hierarchical understanding and ordering of
life, which neglects the horizontal
relationships, affecting the very texture of
Christian communities.
-- to affirm that the essence of
Christian life is not focused on sexual orientation, but how one
lives by grace
in relationship with God, with compassion toward humanity;
In the preceding chapter, while speaking of the relationship of Christian revelation to the life of the individual, I emphasized how revelation in principle delivers us from the need for self - deceptio
In the preceding chapter, while speaking of the
relationship of
Christian revelation to the
life of the individual, I emphasized how revelation
in principle delivers us from the need for self - deceptio
in principle delivers us from the need for self - deception.
If the Church is deeply engaged
in the civil rights movement, if it is struggling against right - wing misrepresentation of Christianity and of civil
life, if it finds itself
in a new phase of the Church - State
relationship, if it is deeply involved
in urbanization and
in the passing of previous forms that once marked the so - called
Christian epoch, then all these factors must have a profound impact upon theological education and the preparation of men for the ministry.
The goal of the
Christian life is to grow
in faith,
in relationship with Jesus.