Sentences with phrase «also talked about the faith»

As he prepares for the release of new album Carrie & Lowell, singer, songwriter and sometimes - filmmaker Sufjan Stevens sat down with Pitchfork to discuss the stories behind his new record Carrie & Lowell (it's named after his mother and stepfather), but he also talked about the faith that has been a theme of his music since the beginning.

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So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged as much when it comes to religion when someone is wanting to speak out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning of God but because of the high profile story and because this is the President of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people of faith have a right to free speech also.

They laugh at Christians with scorn for our «hope» and «faith» and talk about how no one needs a savior because we're all basically good... also based on no evidence.

Also, even if the author didn't believe in a god and just meant «goodness» this would still, I think, be talking about a «faith» that good would win out.

Graham Tomlin, principal of St Mellitus, a training college for Anglicans, also highlights the importance of connecting personal faith with theology: «Doing theology without prayer means that you end up talking about God.

Laymen also make comments which show that they feel the need of more direct address in preaching and less talking about the faith as if it were only a set of optional ideas.

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

«I compared their beliefs on salvation to many evangelical Protestants because I am convinced that many evangelicals also base their salvation on their own good works, despite all their talk about «faith alone.»

For now, though, Borg and others are also focusing on changing how Christians talk about their faith.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

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.

During these many meals we talked about family, faith, politics, culture and we also shared intimate thoughts and feelings.

He also talks about «a deeper vein, and richer yet, of God's pure gold, latent within the inexhaustible mine of Christian faith long worked by men.»

Ironically Jacob Rees - Mogg, who has also talked about his Catholic faith, voted against the Dubs amendment but has rarely been criticised for doing so, even though this goes against any notion of Catholic teaching one can imagine.

Also, if you love holiday movies, I'll be talking about lessons learned from another one of my favorites on the faith page.

You should also talk about preferences in regards to the religious faith, education or job, or even children.

Every generation also needs movies like this to give them faith that there really can be good movies about people just standing around and talking — look no further than the 2004 sequel and start holding your breath for a third installment that is reportedly due in 2013.

The talk draws on a qualitative analysis that colleagues and I conducted by isolating what more than thirty Church documents — dating back to 1885 — had to say about parents and Catholic education (summarized in an ACE Press Publication, Entrusted in Faith, Frabutt & Rocha, 2009; see also Frabutt, Holter, Nuzzi, Rocha, & Cassel, 2010).

I'd planned to also mention how our pro-global warming friends must view skeptic scientists and skeptic organizations as a very annoying irritation, but they probably fear the general public the most, over the looming potential of the public losing faith in talking points about «settled science» and «corrupt skeptic climate scientists» that become too preposterous to accept.

I will also add, not all political arguments must express or support a complete ban of entire ethnicities or faiths, the misogyny towards women, vitriol about other nations, and a whole slew of other related «political» comments that would be unwelcome for any unreasonable person, unless you are talking to a white supremacist or somebody like.

They also aren't afraid to talk about their faith and how it influences their life choices, in a way that doesn't exclude readers from all walks of life.

But also feel connected because of your open - ness in talking about your faith in Jesus Christ.