Sentences with phrase «why is the tradition»

Why is the tradition of the early church any better than any other tradition?

Not exact matches

Perhaps that's why pagan traditions remained even as Christianity took hold.

Jesus himself fought and preached against religion and manmade traditions, which is why he was crucified.

15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?

Scripture does do something to us in worship, which is why it is a scandal that Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and other traditions have more public reading of Scripture in their services than we Bible - oriented evangelical Protestants.

Sorry to disagree with you but I have no problem with putting muslim «tradition» on the back burner and if you don't like it that's tough, heck, we didn't leave a single intact church steeple in Europe in WWII because they were used by enemy artillery spotters and snipers, why should muslims get a pass, Tradition did not stop muslims from dragging dead US soldiers through Mogadishu nor did it stop them from hanging contractors from under bridges, Osama's body should have been brought back and put on display is a glass box at all three of his sites, allowing those who wanted to view him ample time tradition» on the back burner and if you don't like it that's tough, heck, we didn't leave a single intact church steeple in Europe in WWII because they were used by enemy artillery spotters and snipers, why should muslims get a pass, Tradition did not stop muslims from dragging dead US soldiers through Mogadishu nor did it stop them from hanging contractors from under bridges, Osama's body should have been brought back and put on display is a glass box at all three of his sites, allowing those who wanted to view him ample time Tradition did not stop muslims from dragging dead US soldiers through Mogadishu nor did it stop them from hanging contractors from under bridges, Osama's body should have been brought back and put on display is a glass box at all three of his sites, allowing those who wanted to view him ample time to do so.

Their emphasis on self - sufficiency and frugality - so complete that questions should arise how Diogenes ever procured a lantern and why he was wasting oil in a search so futile - is the result of a long tradition of praise of poverty, culminating in their view that wealth is qualitative, the internal condition of virtue, to which only poverty can lead.

That is why capitalism — and societies free not only in their economic system but also in their polity and their culture — have arisen with less friction in areas where Jewish and Christian traditions are strong.

I think why you didn't see people move from the church because they are «Presbyterians» People who go to the main line churches are often there because of tradition within their families.

In terms of structure, they are anti-sectarian — a further reason why the Left, insofar as it is not prepared to re-examine its traditions, has little idea what to do with them.

Maybe that is why they have that tradition that says there is no way into heaven unless you kneel and take the body of another man in your mouth?

However, as AA's 12 Steps are HOW AA works, the 12 Traditions are WHY it works.

They can not see why their children fail to have the same standards as their own, but in truth they have denied their children any practical contact with the ongoing tradition that is chiefly concerned with keeping these alive in our culture.

One tradition of deathbed utterance has it that Calderón's last words were, «Dante, why were you so difficult?»

Chesterton's claim to be a Zionist may seem eccentric to us: but, again, it is hardly anti-Semitic: nor was it unusual (there was at the time a well - established tradition of Christian Zionism, of which A.J. Balfour is the most obvious example): it is why a group of Zionists invited Chesterton to Palestine, where he met and had a day - long discussion with Chaim Weizmann, later the first President of Israel, whoas a result became an admirer of Chesterton: Weizmann would certainly have sniffed out an anti-Semite if Chesterton had actually been one.

The U.S. News & World Report article also presents some theories as to why young evangelicals are drawn to tradition.

Such a new vision is never unrelated to older visions — that is why tradition is so important; but neither is it identical with them — that is why ecstatic reason must also be involved.

It's a bumper Christmas - y edition as Sam, Claire and Justin debate the best time to put up your tree and hear from funny man Paul Kerensa about why he's written a book about Christmas traditions.

In other chapters, Wuthnow examines further significant questions, such as who goes to church or not, why different religious traditions are gaining and losing members, faith and the Internet, recent trends in religious beliefs and spirituality, the role of families in faith formation, and generational differences when it comes to religion and public life.

My suggestion to anyone is to read the history of AA and the traditions to give you a better understanding as to why we have them.

But where are the public contexts for understanding why a tradition argues the way it does?»

However, as somebody who has read «every word of AA literature,» I'm shocked that you missed the 11th tradition, or failed to learn why it's important.

I think that is why Protestantism has no Marian Tradition.

And we Christians are forced to face the question why it is that dominant Christian traditions have shunned the slightest suggestion of passionate desire in Christian faith.

Or the tradition didn't develop until quite late, and that's why most New Testament authors do not mention it — the stories did not yet exist.

Why are we so stubborn and strong willed and steeped in mans tradition, why cant we just obWhy are we so stubborn and strong willed and steeped in mans tradition, why cant we just obwhy cant we just obey.

What Protestants need to do is to examine why they don't have the word in their tradition — for there exist excellent and prophetic reasons.

Choosing to contrast Roman Catholicism principally with the Protestant tradition in which he was raised, he would have strengthened his argument by also addressing why he found inadequate the Episcopal church in which he spent most of his adult life.

I have even heard some say that the pagan writings and traditions were changed to match the Christian beliefs and practices, and that is why there are similarities.

I was interested in studying different faith traditions and why people believe.

If you wonder why I am so severe with the theological tradition, as well as with the classical scientific scheme, I reply: our terrible human difficulties in this century suggest that our religious and ethical traditions are inadequate to our formidable tasks in a fast changing and dangerous technological world.

Yoder needs to be read in the tradition of liberal Protestantism not only because he helps us recognize the strengths of that tradition, but also because he helps us see why that tradition has come to an end (which accounts for why he remains something of an outcast in mainstream Protestant theology).

I assume this is enough, or more than enough, to show how and why Christians have appealed to their tradition to justify imperial policies and to affirm the sorts of value systems that support empire.

The reason why this Tradition is in place is because of people like you.

Then there are the dangerous questions that challenge the tradition itself, like why can't women teach men, why can't I teach your children in Sunday school if I'm not straight, what's this head of the household crap, why can't we have marriage equality, why is the church so myopic, and isn't it possible that the whole human race is connected and one and that there is no separation illustrated by the ancient paradigm of heaven and hell.

On the average, about half the responses given to such questions as why racial differences exist, why someone might be killed in an airplane crash or die young, and why suffering in general exists were consistent with one another; the remaining half drew from different thematic traditions.10

An answer to the question of why it might be a good thing for one person to rule over another is far from obvious, but again the common tradition provides our churches answers that, in principle, they can share.

I'm curious, if Osama Bin Laden wasn't a true Muslim why were we «USA «worried about Muslim traditions concerning his dead body.

So it had already been for Paul, and perhaps for the gospel tradition even before Mark wrote — though there are passages in Mark's Gospel that run counter to this view — for example, «Why callest thou me good?»

I can't understand why there is such an incesant need in this country to throw away our traditions and even re-write history at times iin order to conform to some politically correct agenda.

Why deny, implausibly, that the public reasons of orthodox believers are informed by our revealed traditions?

John the Baptist let his personal God experience trump both Scripture (which he hardly ever quotes directly) and his own Tradition (which is why this son of the priestly class had to move his own ritual down to the riverside).

Most people, however, understand me as asking which Bible translation they are using, and so they will launch off into an explanation of why they read the KJV (because it has the greatest tradition), or the NASB (because it is the most accurate), or the ESV (because some big name scholars endorse it), or the NIV (because it's the most understandable), or whatever.

This is why it is always wise to responds to such people with as much grace and dignity as you can muster, for your response to them in this way might be just the thing that helps them see that it is okay to question tradition and follow the Spirit's leading away from institutional religion.

Why have some writings, customs, and traditions been reduced to sweet nostalgia, yet get others continue to pervade and define us.

The resurrections (or more correctly resuscitations) which, according to ancient tradition had been performed by Elijah and Elisha, depended partly upon this belief.10 The same belief supplies us with the reason why the story of the raising of Lazarus lays such emphasis on the fact that he «had already been four days in the tomb».

Which is, of course, why the Christian tradition is that the casket be closed.

By the time Luke was writing, the story of the empty tomb had come to be regarded as an established fact, and this is the reason why he felt free to describe the risen Jesus in clearly physical terms when he came to report a tradition that Jesus had appeared to the eleven in Jerusalem.

Given the Muslim tradition of naming first - born boys «Mohammed» yes, this is exactly why 4.8 % of the population makes it the most popular name.

That is why it has become common to speak of the various traditions as «paths of faith».