What
kind of faith do they have?
Not exact matches
Rarely
do you see this
kind of faith with non-media companies.
But don't you dare go making sweeping generalizations
of secular people who are
kind, peace loving and law abiding... unlike some people
of faith who harbor child abusers within their own confines.
I had in my heart and tongue the Name
of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression
of any
kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age
of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word
of it rather than to memorize it, have been
did a lot
of reciting verses
of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no
faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic
of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth
of many beliefs out
of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief
of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance
of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front
of him and when was on the top
of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..
Faith, too, demands a
kind of Negative Capability, and that
does not always sit well with many
of the folk who distribute Christian art and many
of the folk who consume it.
These types
of ra nts lead down the path
of religious per secution and have been the same
kinds of words during horrible religiously motivated at roci ties — ki ll ing
of people because their flavor
of Christian
faith didn't meet the standard
of some other self - right eous mob.
All the good works
done by religious organizations
of all
kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades
of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions
of what
faith is about.
It
does not bother me that you might not believe, but it seems strange to me when someone throws insults at me for my having
faith in God when your atheism is just you having
faith that there is no god
of any
kind.
The
kind of reasonable, sound THINKING theology and religious /
faith ideas those
of us as are here talking about, simply doesn't lend itself to a pop culture.
If Warfield is not concerned with Catholicism, then why in his discussion
of the
kind of «
faith healing» promoted by men like A. J. Gordon
does he claim that it creates a class
of «professionals» who stand between the soul and God and that «from this germ the whole sacerdotal evil has grown»?
This
kind of faith, perspective on religion, simply doesn't lend itself to mass, commercialized marketing, a vast industry that is a money - making machine.
If I were to treat others with hatred, fear and anger, specifically because I
do not agree on how they choose to live their lives in
faith, what
kind of life would I be living?
Even those in the two
faiths who are articulate and ready for dialogue
do have a different
kind of calendar.
He offers them «a more relaxed
kind of methodological, multiperspectival
faith» which
does not engage in «epistemological imperialism.»
I now believe it
does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden
of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the
kind of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough
faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any
of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack
of an affirmative answer.
No sooner had I finished my piece for
Faith magazine's last issue (in which, my readers may recall, I encouraged Polish Catholics to keep themselves at arms length from the secularised and indifferentist ethos
of many English dioceses) than news emerged that one English bishop at least had
done something to try to address the problem, and that he had in the process aroused the
kind of secularist hostility which is, I strongly suspect, — certainly in this country — the only really reliable sign that the Catholic Church is being faithful to its vocation.
«These ministers represent the
kind of Christianity that makes me reluctant to say to people I don't know that I'm a Christian, and the
kind of speakers for the
faith that drove all my children out
of churches because they would not put up with such judgmentmentalism.
So tell me, which definition
do you place this
kind of faith under?
Any real
faith (meaning the
kind that actually
does move mountains) died out
of the «Christian Church» when the Bible was canonized, with little exception, and most
of the exceptions were exterminated.
But we don't need to understand philosophical similarities between Christianity, Judaism and communism to understand that what is now evaporating from the European landscape is a
kind of faith — a
faith in something larger than the individual, something one might give oneself to in devotion and sacrifice.
We
do not just go to the world; rather, we bring with us beliefs which determine the
kind of data we select.2 The traditional distinction between reason and
faith in which the scientist uses only the cold light
of reason while the theologian uses the light
of faith is not strictly true.
Why
do you think, in the last 15 years, it's
kind of become acceptable for a generation that was raised to «just believe» to start openly embracing doubt as part
of their
faith journey?
«There's this
kind of complex dance that we
do as people
of faith in this world and sometimes it means accepting something that's not perfect,» Metaxas said, «I think the reason this rankles, not just for me but for so many people, it reminds them
of Pharisaical thinking, it's legalistic.
In so far as I firmly believe that
faith in Jesus Christ requires action
of a specific, unique, singular
kind, I must admit that the counsels on violence issuing from the
faith are addressed to
faith, therefore can have no meaning for those who
do not believe that Jesus Christ is Lord.
«A personal experience is fine, but without corrobrating evidence
of some
kind, I don't have enough
faith in our ability as objective observers to take it on your word alone.
If
faith, simply as a human phenomenon, can
do these things, then why is there any need to be concerned with some additional special
kind of faith known as the Christian
faith?
I, The Lionly Lamb
do respond and write, «
Faith is this «make - believe» and your «sky - god (s)» thru which the Lost might find their Way from the depths
of hurt and despair, oh well intended and
kind Colin.
I didn't pray for leukemia but I got it children die everyday new souls in this sometimes very cruel world what
kind of god
does that I'm sure you'll say the sins
of the father or it just wasn't gods plan or if we were better Christians then we wouldn't be punished or our
faith was being tested and to all
of you I say what a cruel child
of a god you have that» tests his flock he so lovingly created excuse after excuse I'll keep my
faith in the science that put my cancer in remission and if I'm wrong I'll march straight into hell knowing I made no excuses
Quite apart from indications born
of biblical
faith, it is impossible to imagine a society in which no research
of any
kind could be
done until the researcher had demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt to a judge or a jury or a committee that it should be
done.
These ministers represent the
kind of Christian that makes me reluctant to say to people I don't know that I'm a Christian and the
kind of speakers for the
faith that drove all my children out
of churches because they would not put up with such judgmentalism, cruelty, and, too often, drive for power and money.
There is absolutely no logic and evidence to believe in anything to
do with any
kind of faith or religion.
But speculation
of this
kind, for all its divisiveness, was inevitable; and agreement in the early church on what we have called the «basic Structure»
of faith did not prevent it.
While I don't believe in a God, and certainly not a «personal» one who is directly involved in my life, I have a
faith of a different
kind.
I enjoy reading all
kinds of ancient texts... as you find out when
doing this, reading about other religions and their texts
of faith... you find that there are alot
of common denominators..
No matter how you slice it, the world's religions just don't pass any
kind of test that puts rationality and coherent thought above simple
faith.
He went on to say he felt Tim Farron had been singled out, explaining: «It is fair to say that we don't see public figures who hold to other
faiths, generally, being subjected to the same
kind of scrutiny that Farron has been subjected to.
theres much more good in the world to be
done, so instead rubberstamping segregation or hate
of any
kind... I have «
faith» that somewhere up on an imaginary cloud jesus is shaking his head and looking at his watch.
You
do not understand everything the Christian church teaches, you say, and some things that you think you
do understand you
do not believe, but you at least see enough in the
kind of faith and life for which Christianity stands so that you would like to
do something about it.
Notwithstanding, in the mean while they fight in spirit against the flesh, lest they should fulfill the lusts thereof; and although they feel the flesh to rage and rebel, and themselves also
do fan sometimes into sin through infirmity, yet are they not discouraged, nor think therefore that their state and
kind of life, and the works which are
done according to their calling, displease God; but they raise up themselves by
faith.»
If in fact, by people giving out
of love, it somehow helps those in Ja - pan that «
do» have some
kind of a particular
faith, whatever their religious beliefs are, i.e...
I'm glad you don't miss your
faith, I lost my once and it
kind of bugged me out.
that He had defeated death or satan, this crucifixion was a promise that He had to make perfectly clear to His enemy 1st before He could say to the world ALL those who were created in his image, that its
done it is finished I
did what I said I would
do, if you decide you need me, I will be waiting, man talk about patience, and this isnt the
kind of patience that your see when people are waiting in line and they arent tapping thier foot, this is called perfect
Faith, that comes in trusting and know the end from the beginning, thats HUGE!
And we
of the
faith will have to have the courage to
do what Elijah
did, that is, fling the epithet back in the accusers» teeth (12): It is not I who have troubled Israel, but you and your father's house, you and your
kind, you and your acquisitive systems.
His judgment seems to be that, even though some
kind of faith or intuition is a formal requisite for critical reflection on the nature
of God, the specific content or character that
faith has as a concrete, historically conditioned phenomenon
does not materially affect the reasoning process which is both possible and appropriate in such reflection.
I'm sure the last thing Jesus cares about is what hat a woman wears, when the women with the issue
of blood went to Jesus to be healed God didn't care about what
kind of head covering she had, or if she was a top dressed model for church, Jesus recognized her as a woman with utmost
faith that Jesus could heal her.
What
kind of message
does it send if we pressure privately owned businesses — which cater to people
of all
kinds of faiths and backgrounds — to only acknowledge our own beliefs?
We
do not miss the loyalty
of David's mercenary troops (15: 19 - 21); the narrator's conviction
of the mature quality
of David's
faith (15:25 f.; 16:12); the essential gentleness
of David in these most wretched hours (16:5 - 14); the brilliant, carnal symbol
of Absalom's irrevocable usurpation (16:20 - 22) and its portentous recall
of the David - Nathan encounter (II 12:11 - 12); the arch Old Testament realist, the remarkable pragmatist Ahitophel (17: 1 - 23); Joab, who always acts like Joab (18:10 - 15; 19:1 - 7; 20A - 13); David's pathetic concern, implicit throughout, for the defiant son (18:1 - 5); the moving grief
of a father's utter brokenness in the loss
of his son (18:33); the reassertion in this critical time
of the old and always fundamental north - south cleavage (19:11,41 - 43); David's profound and probably chronic annoyance with the crude, brash, «muscular» ways
of Joab and his brothers, the sons
of Zeruiah (16:10; 19:22; see also 3:34 b; 3:38 f.); and finally, in a
kind of pausal summary before the last scene
of David's reign in I Kings 1 - 2, the statement
of David's very modest bureaucracy (20:23 - 26; cf. the extensive elaboration
of this structure under Solomon, I Kings 4:1 ff.).
This is sufficient for our
faith — that we have a trustworthy guide — and this fits with our common sense in a way that other
kinds of claims about Jesus
do not.
Now listen, Christianity
does not ever demand that
kind of faith.
Faith communities make one
kind of contribution when they
do good as organizations; they make a different, and even more important, contribution when they nurture virtuous, committed people who live out their values in many different
kinds of organizations.