Not exact matches
«They want buddies and friends, which goes
against everything you're
taught in management class.
I'm sure there are plenty of Christians who are still willing to go
against their Lord's
teachings and attack people they claim are their God's enemies when
in fact they really are their own enemies and they are just using their Gods name to mask their vile hatred and wicked hearts.
But
in Germaine's case — the women she
teaches are talking about freely choosing
against their natures,
against being moms,
against the natural point of the family,
against the future of our country and our species.
I just don't like it when people cherry pick their religious sources or,
in the case of this article, outright go
against what their religious texts
teach to try and appear more politically correct.
And remember, when a Christian starts a war
in the name of Christ, it is
against everything what Christ
taught.
It has to do with trying to do with Christians trying to find some grounds to put their beliefs back into schools.Just ask any supporter of ID education if it is okay if we
teach the many other religious origin ideals
in schools besides the Judeo Christian God and I guarantee you they will be
against it.
Investment for return (as Rodney Stark relates
in The Victory of Reason) largely occurred
against the grain of Church
teaching, the Spanish Scholastics being largely ignored, and it was Calvin's application of biblical law to trade and commerce that created the competitive tension under which a millennium of misapplication and resultant economic suppression could begin to be corrected.
In order for things to change, pastors and Christian leaders who believe that acceptance, fidelity, and monogamy are a better alternative to shame and promiscuity have got to speak up and speak out
against the
teaching that states * all * homosexual expression is sinful... and proclaim that message as misinformed, damaging to God's children, and unchristian.
It is one thing to offend by speaking truth, that'll happen, but any other type of offence is unnecessary and
against the
teachings (which show God's heart on the matter)
in scripture for those who claim to «know Him».
(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii)
teaching evolution
in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls
against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.
While Evangelicals greatly respect the way
in which the Catholic Church has defended many historic Christian
teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff
in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial
teachings of popes or church councils.
Because I have just completed thirty years of
teaching at a Christian university
in Canada, I was most interested
in his exploration of educational initiatives undertaken by ordinary Christians
against long odds.
All the others nations
in the world must be
taught the truth and humble themselves (Genesis 27:29 - 30) * Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am
against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of host:
In fact, if there's anything on earth that unites the Church's adversaries — all of them except for the Muslims, anyway — the
teaching against contraception is probably it.
I speak out
against your ilk and any other group for that matter when they attempt t use their belief to dictate rights... LGBT rights; women's rights; education rights (
in a secular country, no single religion has a place
in the school system -
teach about one,
teach them all - fair is fair).
Right wing conservative types have a Jesus who is
against gay marraige, is anti-abortion, thinks there should be prayer
in school, and
teaches the prosperity stuff and so on... Left wing liberal Christians quote the verses about giving up possessions, feeding and clothing the poor... inner city Christians often have a Jesus who is about social justice... we were made
in His image?
Without denying the place that Protestant reformers occupy
in evangelical faith, it should be said that classic Christian
teaching, whether
in the realm of doctrine or ethics, is best defined not
against the backdrop of the sixteenth century, but rather
in the light of the broader apostolic tradition.
Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis By L. Gregory Jones Eerdmans, 312 pages, $ 28 Jones
teaches at Loyola College
in Maryland, and here offers a bracing polemic
against and constructive alternative to «the therapeutic society,» as Philip Rieff famously called it.
In a statement on March 14, 2012, entitled «United for Religious Freedom,» the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said that the mandate requires individual Catholics, and Catholic institutions, to «act
against Church
teachings.»
Although I hope not your position, the dialogue you use is similar to the one found
in counter-culture argumentation, to develop and build anti-Christian positions and attacks
against fundamental belief and faith central to real Christian
teachings.
CNN: American nuns come out swinging
against Vatican
in face of «radical feminist» accusations The leadership representing most of America's nuns came out swinging Friday
against the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church,
in the face of charges from the Vatican that the nuns are espousing «radical feminism» and straying from church
teaching.
In upholding the prohibition against artificial methods of birth control, the encyclical dashed the hopes of many believers for a change in church teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriag
In upholding the prohibition
against artificial methods of birth control, the encyclical dashed the hopes of many believers for a change
in church teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriag
in church
teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriage.
The 1975 Continental Congress on the Family (a nationwide gathering
in St. Louis of more than 2,000 evangelicals) issued a statement declaring that «while we acknowledge the Bible
teaches homosexuality to be sinful, we recognize that a homosexual orientation can be the result of having been sinned
against.»
But the Koran explicitly
teaches against the Trinity and deity of Christ
in Surah 4:171 - 172.
That additional data, derived from the twin sources of Revelation (Tradition and Scripture), is impressive and enriching, and fills
in for Christians the full rationale for the
teaching against homosexual acts.
It is certainly possible for someone to,
in good conscience do something
against church
teaching, but it is something that should happen extremely rarely.
No, what John is talking about
in 1 John 4 is the specific false
teaching he is writing
against in his first letter.
If we try to live out these
teachings externally without salvation and the internal transformation of the Spirit, we will have the righteousness of the Pharisees warned
against in Matthew 5:20.
Since they are unwilling to answer, Jesus incorporates his questioners
in his
teaching and lays out three parables of judgment
against them.
One may, however, find insights
in the Bible that provide public arguments
against the idea and show that thinking more continuous with Christian
teaching is better.
The impetus was Cardinal Bernard Law's charge that the CTSA, the largest and most prestigious association of Catholic theologians
in the United States, had become little more than a «wasteland» of dissent
against official Church
teachings.
On the other hand, Paul told Titus about Elders, «He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been
taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation
in such healthy
teaching and correct those who speak
against it.»
The stress on action over
against teaching (the kerygmatic tradition) and religious experience (the mystical tradition) is significant, for it ties
in directly with the way of the parables.
Nothing
in that
teaching precludes, and much
in that
teaching seems to invite, the hope that everyone» past, present, and future» will be saved, even as we are painfully aware that that may not be the case, and even as we guard
against the sin of presumption, which is to take for granted that it will be the case with us.
learning what people of opposite opinion think, examining why I believe what I believe, being pushed to know what I believe, defending
against false
teaching that is influencing too many people, learning to communicate better
in type and more.
Why would you fight
against teaching the Egyptian mythology or the Greek or roman mythologies
in schools as if they were actually just as valid as the xian mythology?
They even
teach their children to discriminate
against non-members and my young son suffered permanent emotional damage inflicted upon him by little Mormon boys (who picked on and bullied my son
in our neighborhood) who think they're going to be Gods with their own planets some day!
When the strength of argument began to swing
against them the Arians of the fourth century changed tack and decided to focus on a particular individual — Athanasius —
in order to defeat the
teaching.
At the same time the Elder writes another short letter, our Second John, to the church to which Gaius belongs, urging its members to love one another and to live harmoniously together, and warning them
against the deceivers who
teach that Christ has not come
in the flesh.
In the official course books, any social norms which are opposed to Catholic moral
teaching are treated as «controversial» and presented with a range of views for and
against.
It would appear to be something of a shock, not to say disappointment, to The Tablet's mindset, but a Catholic who has acted
against Church
teaching does not necessarily join that magazine
in attempting to justify their action through dissent.
The Holocaust is simply the biggest club available for liberal Catholics to use
against traditional Catholic
teaching — especially on issues relating to sexuality, including abortion, contraception, celibacy, and the role of women
in the Church».
It is taken for granted
in the recorded
teaching of Jesus (and
in the New Testament generally) that this life is lived
against a background of what can literally be translated as «the Life of the Ages.»
In the
teaching of Jesus nothing of this kind is found, rather the warning
against all such calculation:
Best Conversation: The authors of Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith led an informative and challenging «
teach in» on Twitter Wednesday night focusing on sins committed
against women and girls and featuring a range of guests, including myself, Mimi Haddad, Deborah Brunt, Úna F. Lucey - Lee, Gail Song Bantum, and many others.
In fact, I've been
taught that homosexuality is just about the worst kind of sin that there is, one we ought to protest
against and make laws about.
Their stories often suggest the appalling extent to which the church tends not simply to ignore sexual, physical, emotional and spiritual violence
against women and children as a major crisis, but actually to provide theological justification for this violence
in its
teachings about male headship, women's subordination, and the sinful character of sexuality.
But for Montesino, there was no «new doctrine»
in his
teaching, either for or
against the Spanish.
The Ofqual requirement to
teach Catholicism
in the context of the beliefs and practices of other Christian denominations further undermines the presentation of Catholic
teaching in the official course books, especially when other denominations concur with secular society
against the Catholic position.
For over forty years The Tablet has remained vociferous
in its campaign
against the
teaching.