Sentences with phrase «jesus in our complex world»

«These commitments are helping young people live out the way of Jesus in our complex world.»

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Only God can resolve this sin - guilt - suffering - death complex, and Christians believe, however their interpretations may vary, that «God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself» But quite apart from this act of reconciliation it is most important to realize that Jesus declared categorically that reconciliation with God is an impossibility without reconciliation with man.

We learned that in all likelihood Jesus did not speak as he does in John's Gospel; that even the synoptic Gospels are a complex mixture of historical memory and post-Easter interpretation; that the image of Jesus as one who deliberately gave his life for the sins of the world is the product of the church's sacrificial theology; and that Jesus probably did not proclaim his own exalted identity, or even think of himself in such terms.

I have heard pious people say, Well, you can't live by Jesus» teachings in this complex modern world.