Sentences with phrase «about faith and practice»

«Solo» Scriptura is the idea that we can learn all matters about faith and practice using the Bible alone, plus nothing else.

Not exact matches

Obviously posted by somebody who has absolutely no idea about the beliefs and practices of religious faiths not rooted in Ambrahamic tenets.

Nevertheless, this current situation described earlier makes us reflect, and, as pastors, we are worried about the fact that many people who contract marriage are formally Christians, since they have received baptism, but are not practicing the Christian faith at all; not just liturgically, but also existentially.

RELEVANT looks at the recent ban on burqas in France, and what that says about religious liberty and how Christians should think about different practices in different faiths.

I am not sure that a practicing believer of any faith, taking a break from verbosity about their religion, will be any less religious... or gain much insight into the commonality of humanity and human experience.

Our son's family are members of a community church (Southern Baptist, more or less), where, last Sunday, the pastor preached on putting faith into practice, and pointed out that there are about 250 orphans living in our area.

Everyone has different opinions (of course) about churches, faiths, life's difficulties, God and practices.

Make him think long and hard about how he practices his faith in his life.

It might then be helpful to gather together those principles and ideas about priesthood that have been distinctive within the Faith Movement while being rooted in the theological tradition of priesthood and its practice within the Church.

Like anyone with a radio ministry over an international network I received hundreds of thousands of letters from all over the world and, whenever they presented important questions about religious faith and practice, I answered them.

Now, here's where I suspect Challies and I may agree: Because we believe Scripture to be authoritative in matters of faith and practice and a trustworthy testimony regarding Jesus Christ, we would be right to be highly suspicious of anyone whose claims about their experiences with God run contrary to the teachings of Scripture.

We often fail to help teens think carefully about their faith and about the details of scripture, worship and Christian practices.

A former youth minister, she's passionate about monasticism and ancient Christian spiritual practices and how they inform the contemporary life of faith.

Latin American theology today lives by «hope against hope,» in the apparently absurd confidence that small and humble practices of faith such as singing together or remembering the stories about Jesus can work toward rekindling a viable praxis of structural change.

JW has been praised for putting into practice the emphasis on community and on the kind of post-Christendom, mission - oriented faith that McLaren, Newbigin and others have written about.

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

Unethical or religious freedom??? What about the LDS practice of Proxy Baptism — baptizing deceased persons of other religions into the LDS faith without the written consent of the family members of the deceased (proxy LDS baptisms have been performed on past Catholic Popes and other top religious figures).

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

The Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith, based at Valparaiso University in Indiana, has been encouraging people to think about and live the communal practices that form Christian existence.

In Practicing Our Faith we talk about practices that address fundamental human needs: honoring the body, hospitality, household economics, saying yes and saying no, keeping Sabbath, testimony, discernment, shaping communities, forgiveness, healing, dying well and singing our lives.

My hope is that the students will come away from the talk with an appreciation for how their worldview class is preparing them to think critically about their faith and become familiar with Christian theology and practice, but also how their worldview is bound to change over the next few years — and how that's okay.

Communion (or the Eucharist) summarizes and encompasses everything important about Christian faith and practice!

In the beginning the Chinese Muslims were very serious about practicing the five daily prayers, but in recent years, due to the influence of materialism, unsettled conditions, difficulties of obtaining a livelihood, and the distance from mosques, only the Ahunds and country people of strong faith observe the five daily prayers.

Christian faith is not inherited; each generation, each individual, must learn faith anew.11 Recent Protestant innovations in membership procedures and sacramental practices are only the logical extension of long - dysfunctional assumptions about the faith formation of persons in the home, in Sunday School, and in the church.

Despite my concerns about Hinn's theology and practices that night, I witnessed a room full of sincere, faith - filled Christians.

From civic faith to the practice of transformation: With their churches no longer part of the religious establishment, and with the country increasingly diverse culturally and pluralistic religiously, mainline leaders have had to ask bottom - line questions — questions about purpose, not profit.

We asked questions about his faith, about how it «felt» to be Sikh in Canada (he laughed), about their history, about family dynamics, the differences between Sikhism and Christianity, what they believed and practiced and what was with the little knives.

They were attracted to what they saw of the faith and practices of early Christian communities; only later did they come to understand very much about the faith, after a prolonged program of catechesis made them proficient in an alien grammar and way of life.

Theology begins and ends in the collective practice of living communities of faith — communities which seek clarity about their mission in the context of the contemporary world.

The most profound declaration of faith I can make is practicing the Catholic teachings about human dignity and about what my faith calls the «preferential option for the poor» in my everyday life.

From a national population sample, the poll found that those who watch religious television programs compared to those who don't watch religious television programs are more likely to have had a conversion experience, to believe that the bible is free of mistakes, to believe in a personal devil, to read the bible more often, to talk to others about their faith more often, to attend church services more frequently, and to hold to or engage in beliefs and practices characteristic of evangelicals as a whole.

In the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itself.

What this age of ours has taught us is that we must, and we can, practice our own faith and reflect about it in the spirit of charity and respect towards people of other faiths, knowing that each and every religion, including our own, carries records that make us both proud and shameful.

Although Isabel reads widely in philosophy, and although she lives in a country where» however much territory secularization has claimed» there are still abundant vestiges of Christian belief, not to mention people who continue to practice that ancient faith, she seems almost never to think about such matters.

I believed them, and despite having doubts about how it was working out in practice (I never doubted the desire) I am glad my faith in the club has been vindicated.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

May 1, 2006 Physician approaches to patient spirituality vary according to doctors» religious characteristics Although more than nine out of ten doctors believe it is appropriate to discuss religious or spiritual issues when a patient brings them up and three out of four encourage patients» religious beliefs and practices, only half inquire, even occasionally, about a patient's faith, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the May issue of the journal Medical Care.

One of the most distressing things about practicing medicine these days is the blind faith that most people, doctors and patients, have in cholesterol pills like Lipitor, Crestor, Vytorin, and Zocor, just to name a few of the most popular.

Some people are open to learning about other faiths and pursuing a religious practice in their lives, and others aren't.

The system also asks about your faith and how you practice it.

The district conducts an annual climate survey — reaching parents, students, business people, faculty and staff members from local colleges, and other community partners including members of faith - based organizations — to learn what community people think about school and district programs and practices.

At 10:30, artist Anthony Antonellis will lay down some knowledge about the best practices needed for storing your digital art; at 1:30, community marketing specialist, Eleanor Whitney, will offer strategies on how to streamline — and eventually master — your grant applications; and at 3:30 artist and curator Faith Holland will host a GIF workshop so that you can crack up your stoner friends with some dank memes.

The work, almost tragically, is not about the achievements of practicing artists and activists: the BECC, Henri Ghent, Benny Andrews, Betty Blayton, Kenneth B. Clark, Faith Ringgold, Tom Lloyd, and many others.

However, the Supreme Court of Canada has held religion to be about «sincere and deeply held personal convictions or beliefs connected to an individual's spiritual faith and integrally linked to his or her self - definition and spiritual fulfilment, the practices of which allow individuals to foster a connection with the divine or with the subject or object of that spiritual faith».

In essence, religion is about freely and deeply held personal convictions or beliefs connected to an individual's spiritual faith and integrally linked to one's self - definition and spiritual fulfilment, the practices of which allow individuals to foster a connection with the divine or with the subject or object of that spiritual faith.»

Most of those in support of a laches defense argue that laches permits good faith manufacturers to innovate and seek investments in new technologies without worrying about when the next patentee, practicing or otherwise, will emerge to threaten profits or eviscerate their business.

Instead, the section is about keeping people who practice witchcraft, even in good faith, under societal power and discipline.

Increasing awareness and clarity among adherents to a faith or cultural group about variations within their system of beliefs and practices.

To be sure, Warner did praise each company for making «good faith efforts» in recent weeks to improve some of their practices — including their pledges to be more open about the political ads they permit and the sort of audiences that those ads target.

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