Sentences with phrase «faith and works play»

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The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

The narrative serves as a gentle reproof of two popular misunderstandings: (1) that the life of faith is all work and no play, and (2) that work is faith in action.

Neither, of course, does Updike's Christian faith, which played an even more important role in his life and his work.

He showed us how to work for freedom in circumstances rather tougher than we are currently experiencing in Britain, and he showed us that the public celebration of the Faith - processions, open - air Masses, youth events - plays a central role in achieving or affirming the rights of Christians.

While he's never made any secret of his faith or the way it plays into his work in Iraq, Courtney insists that he's found the Iraqi government to be far more open and accepting of his beliefs and mission than the commonly held assumption might lead one to believe.

They taught me to work hard; to stand on my own; to play by the rules; to tell the truth; to obey the law; to care for others; to love our country; and to cherish our faith.»

We'd all like to think that we live and work and pray from a center that is full of bravery and hope --(and when I think of the times when I have really stepped out in faith to follow Jesus, I think that perhaps we can indeed summon these virtues from time to time)-- but I wonder if to deny the role that fear plays in our art, our faith, and our theology is to deny one of those dark but universal things that, deep down, we all have in common.

(The FAITH Movement is quietly proud of having played its own small role in telling the truth and was privileged to be the publisher of one of Daniélou's noted works on the Church).

Nevertheless, there were other factors at work and most scholars agree that they played some role in shaping the particular form that the resurrection faith of Israel assumed, even though there is difference of opinion as to the extent to which they may have initiated it.

But there is also a third option — one that appreciates the primacy of faith in the order of human thought, recognizes the role played by tradition and authority in all forms of inquiry, and understands that the work of the university is ultimately dependent upon several démodé beliefs about the dignity of mankind and the existence of a Creator.

As much as I am outside of my comfort zone here (I do not attend church - nor plan on doing so ever again, I have plenty of non-christian friends but not one Christian friend in my current city, I DJ at a bar, I run a radio that plays secular music (yet everything is sacred), I work a regular day job, I struggle with financial hardship and responsibilities I never asked for..., I sometimes have fear of the future and many times my faith dwindles... Some days I cry because I support my family and I feel just really tired...) despite all this fractured humanity that I am....

Agreed: «don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing...» Those who «show» their faith, whether through their profession (Pastor, Missionary) or pious works (church board, conference speaker), can only be assessed as more sincere if there is evidence they were religious / pious / faithful when no one was looking (Pope John Paul II never confirmed this, but as a young priest, it was reported he worked in the Polish underground to save many Jewish children from the Nazi's, years later, he was visiting Israel and a woman who claimed he was the priest who saved her from the Nazis stepped forward to meet him, he blessed her, yet never did confirm or deny if he had played the part of a hero).

Mr wenger it is not a must for your favorite unfit tired players to play the match Mr wenger there is something called a tactical change and that is when you replace players or change tactics early when things ai nt working right, welbeck chamberlain where poor for the duration the played alexis was also poor Pls switch debuchy and Chambers the both played well bt were not effective, deubuchy with his pace and energy would have ran the right channel better Lastly mr wenger have faith in your players and play them you signed them

«With the public's faith in Albany rapidly eroding, now is the time for Governor Cuomo to enact the Moreland Commission's number one recommendation: pass statewide public financing of elections to level the playing field between wealthy donors and working families,» Lipton said.

Legislative meetings in Albany are only part of the push to get GENDA over the finish line — an effort in which ESPA, Housing Works, and the New York Civil Liberties Union play prime roles among a broad coalition of labor, faith, women's, business, and law enforcement leaders.

Playing opposite his actual wife, Jennifer Connely, Bettany evokes the Darwin behind his work as a father, husband, and man of faith but not of religious conviction.

Academy - award winning director William Friedkin discusses his early career — including making documentaries for David L. Wolper, working for Alfred Hitchcock and what he learned from studying his films, and directing his first movie Good Times (1967), starring Sonny and Cher; how his career path led to making The Exorcist, his initial reaction to reading the source material, the story's theme of Good versus Evil, and the role his own faith played in his approach to making the movie; the techniques he used to generate suspense and fear in the audience, his use of subliminal imagery, and his reasons for recently restoring deleted footage to the film.

So while fans lose faith and those that never bother to play it in the first place stop caring, Michel Ancel - now developing WiLD with his new studio Wild Sheep - says he's still working on Beyond Good and Evil 2.

Featuring more than 200 works by African American artists such as Horace Pippin, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Bob Thompson, William H. Johnson, Faith Ringgold, Ellen Gallagher, Glenn Ligon, Whitfield Lovell, Mickalene Thomas and David Hammons, «The Color Line,» a major show in Paris asks, «What role did art play in the quest for equality and the affirmation of black identity in segregated America?»

I always destroy the work if anyone looks passive» — L. YIADOM - BOAKYE «I want the work to be pulled out of the air somehow, to play God and exploit that power of creation in paint» — L. YIADOM - BOAKYE «It's not a person, it's not a portrait; it's a painting, and everything that goes on within it qualifies the other elements» — L. YIADOM - BOAKYE The centrepiece of Lynette Yiadom - Boakye's major 2012 exhibition Extracts and Verses at Chisenhale Gallery and subsequently of her Turner Prize show in 2013, Bound Over to Keep the Faith is a monumental and compelling vision.

Taking a neutral stance at this point on rehashed work from «NIPCC» (Fred Singer and friends), well known for serial, serious errors in overall interpretation, analysis and communication of the science and transparent but largely unexamined ideological bias at play in their playground «reports» — never mind suggesting that this kind of effort «competes» with the work of the world's climate scientists and the 2,500 multidisciplinary specialists contributing to IPCC reports combined with the tens of thousands of additional scientists and many others who raise real questions that result from reading, reviewing, evaluating and evolving the information in both IPCC summaries and domestic science and discussion of the science, knowledgeably and in good faith and with open identification of the nature of the social and political issues — is just not credible.

Renowned child therapist Clark Moustakas demonstrates how play can be used to affirm and liberate children — children who suddenly become troubled in their school or family lives and can work out their anger and fear in just a few sessions, as well as children who are seriously disturbed and must struggle to achieve emotional maturity, respect for others, and faith in themselves.

Within my work, I utilize EMDR ®, Child Centered Play Therapy, Faith Based Counseling and AutPlay Therapy ®.

Topics Existential Issues in Couples Therapy Approaching the Issues: Putting Them on the Table Working with Communication: I - Thou versus I - It Bad Faith Versus Authenticity Verbal Interventions Body - Oriented Interventions Family of Origin Issues in Couples Therapy Cultural Issues in Couples Therapy Reclaiming Projections Transparency Play Versus Seriousness Cultivating Genuine Reciprocity Transference in Couples Work Countertransference in Couples Work Working with Defenses with Couples Moving between the Interpersonal and the Intrapsychic Working with the Romantic and the Erotic Sexuality: Body and Meaning Alternative Relationship Styles: Same Sex Couples, Bisexuality, Transexuality, Swinging, Polyamory