Sentences with phrase «light of the world christian»

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At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.

When understanding of the universe has become widespread, when the majority of men know that the stars are not sources of light but worlds, perhaps inhabited worlds like ours, then the Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity.

I find that most of my Christian friends who talk about homosexuality are either determined to not think about the issue because of tradition and fear or are on the other end and choose not to think about the issue because the pressure of contemporary culture (in our part of the world) is to equate my sexuality with the colour of my skin which is, in light of history, a silly equation but we should just adjust our understanding to accomodate.

«Theology of religions» is the generally accepted term for how we as Christians articulate our faith in the light of the religious plurality of the world.

This coming Sunday, Christians all around the world — in churches and in homes and in refugee camps and on the streets — will light the first candle, the Hope candle, to open Advent, the traditional season of preparation for the coming of the Christ - child as well as the reminder that Christ is coming again.

But I prefer that you evaluate what I have to say by its contribution to Christian reflection in the light of our religiously pluralistic world than by its sources.

Every Christian is a citizen of this new world order, this kingdom with no end, we live our lives in light of this truth and it effects our worldly interactions and supersedes our earthly allegiances.

All presiding ministers of the Church, from the Pope and the bishops down to the parish priests and chaplains, exist only so that there may be Christians, that is men and women who believe, hope and love, who bear their cross, who see light even in darkness, who firmly hope even against hope, men who have the folly and the courage to love in a loveless world.

I believe these Christians became the light of Nero's world, because they were deluded, and believed.

As a mother commits herself totally to bringing into fruition the seed of life within her, so Christians must be committed to the emergence of a new world in which light prevails over darkness, love overcomes hate, and freedom vanquishes oppression.

My question is, if God has truly called Christians to be «the light of the world» and seek social justice (as per Isaiah 58:6 and Matthew 25:40), how is it against God's will to highlight the many social injustices that misogyny enables?

But could it be that in light of what the rest of the Bible says, the world, and even many Christians, have a terribly incorrect view of what Christ is actually teaching?

Not only Kafka, the unredeemed Jew, but even the redeemed Christian soul becomes aware in our day of the eclipse of the light of God, «of the still unredeemed concreteness of the human world in all its horror.»

But wherever we stand, Easter is the season where all Christians should join in remembering how Jesus Christ, the light of the world, won a victory over the forces of darkness by his resurrection from the dead.

It seems clear that the evangelist's intention was to reinterpret the Christian Gospel in terms agreeable to the most elevated kind of religious experience, outside Christianity, with which he was acquainted, recognizing that in it there was something of the light that lighteneth every man that cometh into the world.

Our role as Christians, as the people of the cross within that world, is precisely what Jesus said it was: to be salt, to be yeast, to be light!

Neville i liked what you wrote some really good points and churchs today are still making a difference in society though society is becoming more secular.My thinking is as the world gets darker and as it moves away from christian principles the light of Christ in believers will grow proportionately brighter.We are here to make a difference we are in the the world but not of the world.In Christ we have been given life and light to share with those in darkness so that they might have there freedom.brentnz

Their apocalyptic vision promised a new era of German world domination under the leadership of wise pagan priests — an empire of light, inhabited by noblemen, which would be cleansed of all Judeo - Christian influence.

How could I rely so heavily on the themes of disenchantment and desacralization, as I did in the opening section, without coping with the obvious fact that these historical processes — which I saw in a positive light — suggest a certain patriarchal domination of the natural world with which women have been so closely identified in Hebrew and Christian religious symbolization?

This is the principle operative in the reaction of many Christians to the Fourth Gospel's reports of Jesus» sayings: «I am the bread from heaven», «I am the good shepherd», «I am the light of the world».

Christians are to be bearers of that light — the world should be different and brighter because we are in it.

As Christians, we are to be the salt of the earth, the lights of the world, enhancing the lives of those around them and brining light to dark places.

The task to which I would like to see Christians the world over commit, themselves during the next three decades is to formulate visions of a good future in the light of which believers can learn to cause, to celebrate, and to cope with change.

The practices become Christian when they're lived in light of and in response to God's active presence for the world in Christ.

In the succeeding chapters we shall examine the distinctive marks of the Judeo - Christian heritage, as they come to light when the Bible is studied against the background of the mythological world of ancient man.

We have here the words of some early Christian teacher, and they are next expanded by the addition of the reference to the sons of this world and the sons of light, the latter term now abundantly illustrated from the Qumran texts.

We might consider too how Christian «love talk» looks in the light of the nature of the world as portrayed by modern science.

Among converts to Orthodoxy, for instance, as well as among many cradle Orthodox of a particularly rigorist kind, Dostoevsky is especially honored for having held firmly to Chalcedonian orthodoxy and having introduced the greater world to the figure of Father Zosima, from whom all the light of Eastern Christian contemplative spirituality shines out; and, more generally, among Christians of many confessions, Dostoevsky is revered as a prophet, the great Christian anti-Nietzsche, the voice of ancient Christian truth crying out in the spiritual desert of the modern West.

I maintained that he failed to acknowledge that divine revelation becomes properly intelligible only in light of certain philosophical theses — and that it is precisely this philosophical background that allows Christians to rightly understand God's relationship to the world.

Speaking of his hopes for 2018 were that «the light of Christ continues to shine» and that we are all a good example of Christians and a mirror of Christ's light into the world.

Christians living in the 20th and 21st centuries are called to live in the light of modern world views.

The report highlighted the point that «it's now or never to save Christians from persecution» and it's vital to share light on the plight of Christians around the world.

Not that the conviction on the part of Christians that Christ, rightly understood, is «the light of the world» would have had to be offensive; but the claim that Hinduism, whatever its form, was all darkness and that Christianity, whatever its expression, is all light.

Not only was this myth meaningful within Israel and the former generations of Christian believers, but also to us living in the new world, three thousand years later, it still speaks powerfully, as it lights up for us our human nature and our human predicament.

Aquinas thus established a new norm for Christian orthodoxy, and by the Reformation the world view derived largely from Aristotle had become firmly entrenched as Christian dogma and the Bible was interpreted in the light of it.

Yes, it is time that the Christians of this country do some Soul Searching, instead of siding up with the hypocrites!It's no wonder, those who are supposed to be the light have become salt without flavor, and the world is walking all over them!

Perhaps God tolerates the rule of bloodthirsty tyrants so that the world can see unspeakable evil, which then gives Christians an opportunity to show them the light of Christ in direct contrast to that darkness.

One not infrequently hears it said by men who for lack of losing themselves in studies are absorbed in phrases that a light shines upon the Christian world whereas a darkness broods over paganism.

Yet I think that part of following Jesus in this world means taking the light of the Gospel to places that otherwise might have no Christian witness at all.

It is, rather, a matter of accepting and affirming this world as the proper context for our preaching and for our entire Christian lives, but at the same time seeing it under a different light or from a new perspective.

It is far less difficult to simply observe the world for what is true rather than try and fit everything into one Christian world view that has with it a lot of baggage that involves shame, judgment, hell, and host of other heavy burdens it calls light.

Pope Francis, through his teaching on priestly witness, challenges a certain kind of conservative Christian to realize his duty to be a light in the world.

Christian Eriksen then made light work of a one - on - one with world great Gianluigi Buffon from Dele's defence - splitting pass to complete the 2 - 0 victory in the second half.

Actors such as International Disability Alliance (IDA), International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC), Humanity & Inclusion, Christian Blind Mission (CBM), HelpAge International, Light for the World, Sightsavers have been leading an international movement to guarantee that the needs of persons with disabilities are met during humanitarian crises.

The Armor of Light Directed by Abigail Disney (USA)-- World Premiere, Documentary This inspiring documentary digs into the deep affinity between the evangelical Christian movement and our country's gun culture — and how one top minister and anti-abortion activist undergoes a change of consciousness to challenge prevailing attitudes toward firearms among his fellow Christians.

While the Christian Greys of the world are fun distractions from the everyday, a more compassionate, supportive, and intelligent character may be the next step in romance lit for readers who are fed up with domineering jerks and dukes who order women around.

Union Presbyterian Seminary equips Christian leaders for ministry in the world a sacred vocation that requires deep learning, commitment to service, and an ability to read culture and circumstance in the light of the rich resources of scripture and theological tradition.