Sentences with phrase «in speaking the truth in love»

Not exact matches

Those who claim to «speak the truth in love» but actually berate people do not have the Holy Spirit.

«Speaking the truth in love» is sometimes better than saying nothing; at least the conversation continues.

«Speaking the truth in love», in my experience, is usually a good theological justification for verbally abusing someone.

This cartoon was inspired by something I saw on Facebook where the person said, «Speak the truth, no matter how hard it is, in love.

We heard from an array of fantastic speakers: Ashley Crouch schooled us on social media communication, Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis reminded us what marriage is, and Professor Robert George called us to be heroes, speaking the truth in love for our neighbors on campus.

In every office, there is someone who needs to know the love of Jesus, who needs to hear the message of the Cross, who needs someone like you to speak truth and life into their circumstance.

As well, we remember that we have been blessed in the past with the gift of prophecy, that is, speaking the truth and speaking compassionately and candidly into people's lives with words of hope, courage and love.

Before we speak, we must make sure we are speaking the truth in love, and for the glory of God.

Paul reminds his Ephesian audience to do so in his classic paradigm, where speaking the truth without love and loving without speaking the truth both fail to embody Christ.

At times, Harris» approach tends towards obscuring the truth when it encounters the complexities of hurting people, but perhaps truth spoken in love is what the broken need most.

If you speak the truth in a spirit of love, they may make fun of you and blaspheme further.

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head — Christ.

In the opinion of S. C. Couch, president of the evangelical ministers group, bringing Charles in had been well worth the time and money; many gays, he said, have written to Charles since his visit because «he spoke the truth and showed the love.&raquIn the opinion of S. C. Couch, president of the evangelical ministers group, bringing Charles in had been well worth the time and money; many gays, he said, have written to Charles since his visit because «he spoke the truth and showed the love.&raquin had been well worth the time and money; many gays, he said, have written to Charles since his visit because «he spoke the truth and showed the love.»

For instance in Ephesians 4:15 Paul doesn't tell us to speak the truth or to speak in love, but to speak the truth in love.

I want to be known as one who speaks life, not death; who empowers and affirm and speaks even the hard truth in love and invitation.

I have followed her for several years now, and what I love most about her work is the quiet strength with which she goes about it, the way in which she proves you don't have to speak in anger to speak a hard truth.

«Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ» (Eph 4:15)

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Therefore, is it not done to defend the truth, for truth must be spoken in love, and there is no fear in love.

But the concept of the personal and personal values can be taught only where they can also be caught in community life where one can «speak the truth in love» and learn and assimilate it in that process.

The Christian life is not about tolerance... but truth... The Bible is quite specific about what sin is... we must love the sinner but not tolerate the sin... being a Christian requires us to know and speak the truth in love... tolerance means accepting everything without judgment... we can not do that in this society in the midst of moral decay.

May those who follow Jesus do the work of Jesus — breaking down the dividing walls speaking the truth in love meeting together in the face of disagreements.

That should tell you that we speak the truth in love.

Dominic reminds us that we need to be truly grounded in our faith so that we can respond when challenged, but always «speaking the truth in love» as he did.

We do this first by prayer then by speaking the truth in love.

As we find ourselves in a new world, we must remember to speak love and truth, always using words filled with God's grace.

As universalists, you may think I'm naive and wrong, but is there no room in your heart for compassion and understanding for the Evangelist who thinks he sees lost people around him and speaks the truth in love as he understands it.

The New Testament describes such loving confrontation as «speaking the truth in love» (Eph.

We can speak the truth in Love and NOT waiver on what God said about this issue.

I do try (but do not always succeed) to speak the «truth in love.»

2 Thessalonians 2:7 - 12 speaks of the end times in which there will be those who refuse to love and accept the truth which will save them.

What we can do is look for opportunities to love like Christ, sometimes by embracing others in the midst of their (and, ahem, our own) flaws, and other times by speaking truth when they're needed.

The Truth spoken in love is not hate.

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If you can not speak truth in a loving way, then it is not true.

Speaking the truth in love is not practiced nearly enough by those of us in the church.

In the first church I pastored, I preached that the Bible teaches us to speak the truth in love, but if you were going to overemphasize one side or the other, it was better to emphasize trutIn the first church I pastored, I preached that the Bible teaches us to speak the truth in love, but if you were going to overemphasize one side or the other, it was better to emphasize trutin love, but if you were going to overemphasize one side or the other, it was better to emphasize truth.

While its sad that many Christians forget this fact in our culture today, bowing into the world and compromising the truth of God for comfort, its also said that some groups are hated for speaking «the truth» rather than displaying the radical love of Christ.

He is to speak the truth in love as God gives him to see the truth.

And even in love it may alienate someone but if we are speaking the truth of God's word and do it in a loving way we can not be held accountable for it offending someone.

We are called to speak the truth without fear but there are ways to speak it in love.

Every time I hear someone say «speak the truth in love», they think that gives them the right to say whatever they please, and it is n - e-v-e-r loving.

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Rather than dismiss this command maybe we should concentrate on what does it mean to speak the truth in love.

15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

Speaking the truth in love means telling others how you feel in humility, respect, and reverence.

This is part of what St. Paul had in mind, I think, when he wrote about «speaking the truth in love.»

It's important to «speak the truth,» but we can't forget about the «in love» part (Ephesians 4:15).

We pray we speak on these subjects in a way that upholds God's truth while demonstrating Christ's heart and love for all people.

God put Paul on the back burner for 17 years in order to teach Paul how to speak the truth in love.