Sentences with phrase «account of one's faith»
Sometimes Christian believers themselves are responsible for giving a false impression or deficient account of their faith, and indeed they may give scandal to others that create barriers to belief.
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@ariaramnes — I lived among Sikhs in India, who knew that I am a Christian; and can never recall being ill - treated, looked down upon or being alienated on account of my faith by them.
The recent Catechism of the Catholic Church also holds the ideal of presenting an organic account of the Faith.
«There is no doubt that Abdulsalam Firdaos Amosa has been victimized, humiliated and traumatised by the Nigerian Law School, the Body of Benchers and the Council for Legal Education on account of her faith,» the statement said.
Joseph Bottum, a young medievalist, made his debut in First Things with an account of faith in a postmodern age.
Applicants for professional programs are often required to give an account of their faith, though standards of orthodoxy or religious maturity are rarely imposed on entering students.
From the beginning, Christians have been called upon to give an account of their faith in terms of contemporary modes of thought (for example, 1 Peter 3:15).
In his account of the faith, the sin that Christians once called sodomy is no more serious than my nodding off as he spoke gentle words at the Church of St. Francis Xavier on a warm June afternoon.
Some 200 million Christians» two - thirds of the entire population of the United States» are now suffering oppression, even to the point of death, on account of their faith.
«We also call on the government to drop the unwarranted charges against Pastors Irani and Haghnejad, and to release them, along with the five Christians arrested this week and others who have been unjustly detained on account of their faith and in contravention of international covenants to which Iran is party, that guarantee freedom of religion or belief.»
But we are called to give an account of the faith that is in us, and remind everyone who Jesus is.
we are called to give an account of the faith that is in us ---- No, you're not called upon.
Christians have always had to engage in apologetics — to give an account of the faith to those who inquire.
Are there conditions under which various believers» accounts of their faiths might be extensively and simultaneously valid?
«Nowhere is the unconscionable intolerance and narrow mindedness of Sharia proponents manifested as in the abduction of innocent children on account of their faith.
«There is no doubt that Abdulsalam Firdaos Amosa has been victimized, humiliated and traumatised by the Nigerian Law School, the Body of Benchers and the Council for Legal Education on account of her faith.