Sentences with phrase «given our characteristic concerns»

Given our characteristic concerns that faith is always grounded in experiential reality, there is an understandable anti-intellectual bent in some Pentecostal communities — especially toward those of us who have been to «cemeteries» (I mean, seminaries!)

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Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

Between, in the body of the sermon, lie the sayings most characteristic of the real Jesus: those concerning love of enemies, turning the other cheek, giving the shirt off one's back, and forgiving debts.

But it is the unconditioned, which is to say being itself beyond all distinguishing characteristics whatsoever, that alone is man's ultimate concern and that alone can be given the name of God when this word refers not to a symbol pointing on to God but to what is very God and not a symbol.

As a matter of convenience, and because these are the crux of the matter so far as the ministry of Jesus is concerned, we will restrict ourselves to exorcisms, giving two characteristic passages from the Hellenistic literature.

Commenting on the Lausanne Covenant, Rene Padilla claimed that the Covenant eliminated the dichotomy between evangelism and social involvement, giving socio - political concern a place of prominence that could hardly be regarded as characteristic of evangelical statements.

But they typically don't concern themselves with a knot's physical characteristics, such as strength of a given knot made in a specific material.

Her further work on Nb6 and Ta6 clusters concerned halides compounds in which for the first time a magnetic network of 4f rare earths ions and a magnetic network due to d electrons of the metal clusters were associated in a same compound giving magnetic properties characteristics of the coexistence of these two sublatices.

Certainly, his latest film exhibits many of his most characteristic features: an early static shot of a concert audience once again emphasises spectatorship as a primary concern; we meet, as so often, a bourgeois family about to experience severe suffering; Emmanuelle Riva follows Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche and Naomi Watts in giving an extraordinary performance in response to psychological terror; and violence, with its attendant guilt, comes as a shocking intrusion into this world.

Given the correlation between family socioeconomic advantage and the student characteristics that schools look for, this concern on the part of private schools will restrict access for voucher - bearing students.