Sentences with phrase «about justice and peace»

Against these kinds of inactivity, H. Richard contrasts the useful inactivity of Christians who believe that, even when they can not act meaningfully in history, God is nonetheless working to being about justice and peace.

Otherwise, humans utilize science, logic and reason to improve their lives, bring about justice and peace.

Not exact matches

The easiest explanation is that such critics do not care about peace, justice, the empowerment of the poor, and other self - evidently good things.

I'm more passionate about peace - making and justice than I am about potty training.

Many Christians do not speculate about the future, but are sufficiently occupied struggling for peace and justice, for which the kingdom of God is a symbol, amidst the conflicts of the day.

He blogs at Holy Spirit Activism about combining signs and wonders with peace and justice, and he is also a contributing author at Grace Ground.

But as much as John Paul appreciated the United States, he kept his independence and issued a series of declarations about social justice and peace that challenged many Americans — both on the domestic front and in foreign affairs.

A new order of peace and justice, abatement of economic and racial tension, the banishment of ignorance, poverty, and disease will not come about solely through prayer.

I'm talking about compassion, peace and justice.

Where the church is identified with the poor, and is active m the struggle for peace and justice, it does not have to worry about questions of relevance.

The means God uses to bring about his reign must fit with the purpose of God's reign of justice, peace, harmony and reconciled relationship with God, with humanity and with all of creation.

Those of us who want to help Israelis and Palestinians resolve their conflict must have empathy for the internal struggles of the many Jews who care deeply about justice, but who have great difficulty thinking about or considering involvement in working for peace in the Middle East.

Traditional Catholic thinking about international relations was based on an older understanding of and appreciation for individual political communities as the loci within which a social order embodying justice in all its aspects might be established and maintained, thereby securing peace as the tranquillity of that just order.

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

How can we make statements about our evangelistic witness to issues of justice, peace and the integrity of creation in the world, when even within the womb of the church, there is no safety for women?

What, to get down to cases, does it teach us about the proportionate and discriminate use of armed force in the pursuit of the peace of order, justice, and freedom?

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His message was primarily about God, not himself, and his purpose was to address a crisis in first - century Judaism and to steer religion back onto the road that would lead to peace, justice and freedom for all the nations of the earth.

And, as I shall seek to demonstrate, to eliminate the Old Testament eliminates not only a huge number of wars but also the essential picture of what peace is all about, of God as giver of peace, of how peace is to be maintained and ordered — its connection with justice — and of the final peace that is promised and hoped fAnd, as I shall seek to demonstrate, to eliminate the Old Testament eliminates not only a huge number of wars but also the essential picture of what peace is all about, of God as giver of peace, of how peace is to be maintained and ordered — its connection with justice — and of the final peace that is promised and hoped fand ordered — its connection with justice — and of the final peace that is promised and hoped fand of the final peace that is promised and hoped fand hoped for.

And I'm learning more about what it means to more fully participate in God's Kingdom of justice and peace all around me, despite all the brokenness and the mess.&raqAnd I'm learning more about what it means to more fully participate in God's Kingdom of justice and peace all around me, despite all the brokenness and the mess.&raqand peace all around me, despite all the brokenness and the mess.&raqand the mess.»

Initially, RCDA had support from some of the oldline churches, but that dried up when leaders decided that embarrassing news about Communist behavior got in the way of a «peace and justice» agenda that required cordial relations with the oppressive regimes of the East.

Insofar as the anointing of individuals is central to Pentecostal missionary and evangelistic activities, what about the church's corporate witness on issues related to peace and social justice?

Further, it is being recognized that the Spirit's work also involves the bringing about of righteousness, peace and justice (cf. Isaiah 32:15 - 20), and that this is accomplished through the collaboration of local churches (or the church catholic) rather than through individual members.

Finally, the interviews provided me with new insights about our church's peace - and - justice ministry.

You can be as «green» and as enthusiastic about «justice and peace» as you like — for an atheist teenager this is just icing on a non-existent cake.

To be a light is to follow this God, struggling to bring about social justice in our society, to safeguard human rights and to work for peace and reconciliation.

Usually one finds among all four humanisms greater moral sensitivity about problems of justice and peace, about reconciliation between races and nations, than one finds in the Moral Majority.

One Lutheran seminarian recently warned a class on eschatology, «Be careful about preaching the imminent return of Jesus to a suburban congregation; they already know enough ways to avoid peace and justice issues.»

Augustine had no illusions about the human cost of maintaining internal peace and external security, but without justice the State is an unmitigated evil: «Remota itaque justitia, quid sunt regna nisi magna latrocinia?»

Those who are involved in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic issues — for example, raising their interest in questions of peace and social justice or, in the case of conservative religious groups, generating ire about abortion and gay rights.

Third, the resurrection offers the best clue about the relationship between our work for peace and justice now and the perfect shalom of the coming kingdom.

In the face of a threat to public order, those with public power and the responsibility for maintaining peace, even if they care about justice, as Pilate did, are sometimes under pressure to sacrifice justice — and with it, all pretense of determining whose views are correct when it comes to life's big questions.

When gospel - related themes about justice, peace, and equality are raised in the various elements of culture, the church may suspect that these issues did not rise solely out of the hearts and minds of unregenerate people, but were created by the gentle breezes of the Spirit upon all people in our society.

And while Shah merely tweeted that Hamas were a legitimate resistance movement, Corbyn said they were «dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people, and bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqAnd while Shah merely tweeted that Hamas were a legitimate resistance movement, Corbyn said they were «dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people, and bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqand bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqand social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqand political justice in the whole region.»

Produced by Jason Russell of Invisible Children, this video, which has garnered over 50 million YouTube and Vimeo hits, is not about saving Africa or world peace or justice for the oppressed.

If we let Obama lose, then Dems will fire up United For Peace and Justice and their fake antiwar candidates, and make lots of noise about our privacy rights, so those issues will be raised.

3 interviews looking at the climate crisis from 3 angles: Medea Benjamin of Code Pink talks about the links between the peace movement and the climate justice movement — and how Code Pink started as an Environmental group -

Other speakers included Howie Hawkins, a Green who received about 5 % of the vote while running for governor of New York in 2014, and Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti - war / so cial justice organization Code Pink: Women for Peace.

Crowds packed into Foley Square as protests began about 5:30 p.m., where helicopters flew overhead and demonstrators held up signs while chanting, «No justice, no peace, no racist police.»

Jupiter's pivot could also bring about justice on the world stage, even forcing certain pacts and peace treaties to be signed.

peace and love is all about me... i care of people around me i fight for the well been of people around me and i pray for a justice life for all... live is to short and we should not live it with hate and damages...

The movie ruminates loudly, if never very coherently, about war and peace, vengeance and justice, preemptive attack and negotiated settlement.

The International Day of Peace is a great opportunity to think about how, individually, each and every one of us can contribute to ensuring that resources are managed in a sustainable way, fostering values such as equality, social justice, and fraternity and thus reducing the potential for disputes and paving the road to a sustainable future.

MB: I am glad that you ask this question, because here again is about how do we go at the personal and local level to bring about the culture of peace, and the call for justice, liberation and human fulfillment, the education began at home, in childhood, from my mother and father.

: I am glad that you ask this question, because here again is about how do we go at the personal and local level to bring about the culture of peace, and the call for justice, liberation and human fulfillment, the education began at home, in childhood, from my mother and father.

But Global Education is not only about global themes, world problems and how to find solutions altogether — it is also about to envision a common future of Peace and Justice for All connecting micro-macro perspectives.

From my students, I have learned about teaching poetry, pottery, peace and justice, history, second languages, theater, geography,» she says.

The Creators Project: First off, can you tell me about your relationship with Artists for Peace and Justice, and the importance of FIERCE CREATIVITY?

3) «Providing a bridge between those concerned about peace, justice and sustainability of creation whether within religious institutions or outside them.»

«Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.