Even if he was wrong
about the destiny of liberalism, Burnham was right about its meaning.
The same thing happened in college when I pressed a theology professor
about the destiny of the un-evangelized.
But let us not forget that when we confront atheism, we are actually inquiring
about the destiny of our generation as a whole.
To put it another way, predestination is
about the destiny of believers (all will be glorified), not
about the destiny of unbelievers (some will get justified and some will get damned).
We must now learn to see them as inseparable from our concern
about the destiny of the universe as a whole.
A great many of the responses to Bell assume that there is only one right way to think
about the destiny of people who do not put their trust in Christ in this life: they will experience eternal, conscious punishment in hell.
«This realisation was a moment of clarity
about the destiny of Rolls - Royce,» reflects Torsten Müller - Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer of Rolls - Royce Motor Cars.
If so, you might want to think
about the destiny of that money.
Not exact matches
Rufian is a leading figure in Sumate, a movement
of Spanish - speaking independence supporters whose motto is: «It's not
about your origin, it's
about your
destiny.»
But we feel good
about our position and the fact that we are in control
of our own
destiny, probably more than anybody else in Canada in our business.
Eric Topol speaks with Sekar Kathiresan
about cardiovascular genomics, why «DNA isn't
destiny,» and why we still have heart attacks in spite
of statins.
Wolf Richter is one
of the very few who have described very clearly and in layman's terms the usual
destiny of a retail chain purchased by a Private Equity (PE) firm: read any
of his articles here
about the retail meltdown and the dynamics will become depressingly similar after the third «victim».
Turkey's foreign minister talks
about how the region has rediscovered its sense
of possessing a common
destiny.
The deluded ideologists
of Realpolitik notwithstanding, the «hard» realities
of American - Israel relations are ideas
about chosenness,
destiny, messianic promise, and a people that, however imperfectly, participates in the holiness
of the land that Christians call holy.
The good thing
about Christianity is that we are sure
of our
destiny and you are in search
of.
Each
of the eleven essays in On the Unseriousness
of Human Affairs reflects upon an important, but all - too - often overlooked, fact: «It is only when we realize that human affairs stand not simply by themselves but relate us to our end» to our transcendent
destiny» that we can relax
about what we are, indeed, become what we are.»
• Traditional liberals, writes our friend Robert P. George, have promoted their views as a way that people holding conflicting comprehensive doctrines» «an integrated set
of beliefs
about the human good, human dignity, and human
destiny»» can live together.
This book probably won't answer your questions though regarding what I believe
about the eternal
destiny of unbelievers.
At first sight, beings and their
destinies might seem to us to be scattered haphazard or at least in an arbitrary fashion over the face
of the earth; we could very easily suppose that each
of us might equally well have been born earlier or later, at this place or that, happier or more ill - starred, as though the universe from the beginning to end
of its history formed in space - time a sort
of vast flower - bed in which the flowers could be changed
about at the whim
of the gardener.
This is fine when we're talking
about American Idol or Harry Potter, but it's probably not the best medium for discussing the eternal
destiny of the un-evangelized or the Christian response to the death
of an enemy.
The clergyman represents a point
of view
about the nature and
destiny of man.
This tells us that God delights in His children knowing they are children, being comforted, not worrying
about their eternal
destiny, and serving out
of love and gratitude and a desire to please Him and gain His approval.
It's like, «as long as my eternal
destiny is secure, as long as my life is all planned out and taken care
of by God, who gives a damn
about anyone else!»
If you've read Evolving in Monkey Town you know that some
of my most serious doubts
about Christianity were triggered by questions related to religious pluralism and the
destiny of the un-evangelized.
But he understood something: For a full 15 verses, Asaph complains
about how the wicked are prospering and the godly are not, but then a shift happens in verse 16: «When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply, till I entered the sanctuary
of God; then I understood their final
destiny.
The easiest thing to grasp
about the City
of God is that it is not the City
of Man — that is to say, that all existing moral - political authority is all - too - human, and that every individual represents some promise, some meaning, some
destiny far beyond anything that can be represented in the economy
of an actual political - cultural world.
All religions including Christianity, all cultures and all secular ideologies are in informal and formal dialogues
about what is the meaning
of our common humanity and
about the path
of common action - responses to the situation from their respective understanding
of the nature and
destiny of the human selfhood.
The kingdom
of God will bring
about the final fulfillment
of that
destiny, and in the course
of history it is provisionally realized in the Church and in the state.
There are also eschatological beliefs
about the future
of society and the final
destiny of the human race.
Thus wisdom
about our
destiny is dependent upon a humble recognition
of the limits
of our knowledge and our power.
If we can hold to the question
about who we are and what our
destiny is — perennial human questions — and if we refuse to accept answers from the world, we will discover that the question is not one we ask, but one that is asked
of us.
But for all their vagueness, for all their lack
of definition, these controlling presences, these sources
of power, these things with an inner life, with their own richness
of content, these beings, with the
destiny of the world hidden in their natures; are what we want to know
about.12
Let us then devote a few paragraphs to a serious consideration
of those traditional «last things» and attempt to see what, in their own perhaps odd way, they may have to tell us
about ourselves and
about human
destiny.
We constantly argue as though in each case the terms varied inversely, a gain on the one side being ipso facto the other side's loss; and this in turn leads to the widespread idea that any
destiny on «monist» lines would exact the sacrifice and bring
about the destruction
of all personal values in the Universe.
It might just be that I'm a little tired
of hearing
about how to discover my divine
destiny.
Now let us have a cloose look at modern man or say Politics Today where you drop all that behind and do as Personal Interests with out any commitment verbal or written Just Buy and Sell at Sale they Trade with the Fate, Faith and
destiny of World and New Worlds Nations and that is why no conflict ever settled among nations but getting even worse and Modern Prophets
of Inspiration and Knowldge Remind and Warn
of World Food and Waters
about Famine in the world and the need for working agianst that otherwise nations would become as Live Zombies eating each other flesh.
But one thing we may say with reasonable certainty: quite apart from the question
of time authenticity or the verbal accuracy
of this or that reported saying, the idea
of new life through death,
of victory coming out
of defeat, is an inseparable part
of the thought
of Jesus
about his
destiny.
The Nature and
Destiny of Man was Niebuhr's most systematic theological statement
about man.
We can compare Christian beliefs
about man, the world, God, origin, and
destiny with those
of scientific humanism and Marxism as well as with those
of Buddhism and Confucianism.
Finally, How Can one Do away with the Guilt and emotions after Committing Adultery!What Can be Done to Bring
About The Lost Glory, Finances,
Destiny, Health deterioration experience within the period
of Committing this Sin..
Classical Greek philosophers,
about 500 BC, formalized the concept
of «
Destiny» through stories anthropomorphizing the idea
of «fate».
Of course, the greatest existential concern
about sin and death for most people remains judgment and their ultimate
destiny.
The Easter proclamation
about Jesus» resurrection has been taken as a revelation
of the
destiny intended for each person.
We often fail to make «intellectual space» for God in our reflections
about our social and personal lives, and we tend to dwarf our assumptions
about the perceptive capacities and
destinies of humans.
You said «While I am happy with my
destiny of enlightening the world with the truth...» It appears that you are merely spouting your delusions
about your imaginary friend.
In casting
about for something serious in theology to read, I «by chance» picked up Niebuhr's The Nature and
Destiny of Man in the University library.
I hear this all the time, whenever I have questions
about creationism or Calvinism, the Problem
of Evil or the
destiny of the un-evangelized.
If, however, I post something
about our individual need to wait for God in silence, or our personal
destiny to become conformed to his image, I get the internet equivalence
of chirping crickets.
In part 2, I ask more questions
about who some
of those inspired people might be, the eternal
destiny of non-Christians, and more.
Obviously, none
of us are the judge
of someone's eternal
destiny (thank God), but an exercise like this one helps us think through what the Bible says
about how to receive eternal life.