Sentences with phrase «among believers»

That is in conflict with all their writings and assessments and is not subject to debate among these believers.

That seems to be a prevailing trait among believers.

First, although moral theories can not persuade those with contrary views, they do promote solidarity among the believers, especially outside the legal academy.

And really that's often the same concern among believers toward each other.

Fifty years later, racial segregation among believers has declined.

One type represents the average practicing Christian, largely uninformed about the content of the several world faiths; the other, a more inquiring Christian sincerely interested in seeing some sort of rapprochement among believers in God of all faiths.

The new pessimism goes hand in hand with» though is not to be conflated with» some recent Christian thinking on cultural issues, even among believers of doubtless good will.

And it surely needs to be addressed among believers who then need to their Christian duty that Christ appointed unto us in the great commission, to preach the gospel so that people may hear it and be saved by it.

More importantly, there's a blindness even among believers of the greatness of God.

The Christian interest in a rapprochement among believers of all faiths should welcome the assurance that there are indeed elements in the non-Christian religions with a positive value for salvation, which God makes use of.

I personally believe that the revealed Word should take a very high position in the hierarchy of revelation, but to look at the written Word as an objective standard, ignores the fact that there is so little agreement among believers as to exactly what that written Word actually says.

Certainly the New Testament talks about the priorities of that churchâ $» Jesus as its sole head and focus, daily encouragement among believers, plural and lateral leadership, open participation, and an environment of freedom so people can grow in him.â $ â $ œLike what I have with Jake?â $ â $ œAnd there will be others God will give you as you simply follow him, â $ John added.

There are extremists and very moderates among the believers.

As written by John Calvin, we can embrace the view that truth is to be found among believers and nonbelievers alike.

Fellowship among believers is important, but there is no place in the Bible that teaches or defends the modern practice of «church.»

Your argument, which is a common one among believers, is nothing more than a desperate attempt to avoid admitting something consistent with all the evidence because you just don't want to believe it.

What will it mean for both sides in this debate — at least as it takes place among believers, in and for the church — to move beyond political ideologies and culture wars and stand together under God's word of law and gospel?

However, the sad truth is that 1) the issue is much deeper than abortion which the church needs to address, (ie., fix the root cause) and 2) this abortion issue does not seem to resonate appropriately among the believers

If my interpretation is wrong, verse 19 raises important questions as to its manifest reality among believers.

It is not surprising that James moves from a discussion of wisdom to an examination of the sources of conflicts and disputes among believers.

So in this BB forum (named more for the alliteration than anything, I bet), we atheists can mingle among the believers in equal numbers and speak to a somewhat captive audience.

... How shall I banish this Demon - of - the - Lie from us hence... and deliver him into the two hands of Thine Order to cast her down to death... and send mighty destruction among her believers, to keep those deceitful and harsh oppressors from reaching their (fell) aims?

The profusion of gifts among believers led them to draw what Paul S. Minear called «invidious distinctions among themselves, claim [ing] for one gift pre-eminence over others.

I have decided to use one of the letters of St. Paul that addresses the most serious blight that presently exists among believers in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior: divisions within the powerful river of faith that are dividing us into swirling eddies and meandering tributaries.

Furthermore, even among believers there is debate.

Teaching was done among believers.

Amanda Bee with «A Lesson Learned From The Office» «But if we all just remember what Paul said about Jesus being the one foundation among all us believers.

Problems abounded: some were getting drunk over the Lord's supper, there were lawsuits among believers, and internal scandals about sex (including incest, promiscuity, prostitution and more!)

While there is some mystery as to how the Last Supper — which was a Passover meal — transitioned into a weekly (or possibly daily) Lord's Supper observance as part of a fellowship meal among believers, there is no mystery whatsoever around the fact that the Lord's Supper was full supper.

Satan delights in this debate, as it creates conflict and confusion among believers, devalues the majesty of God, and detracts from God's Grace and His plan of redemption through faith in Christ.

James outlines both the sources and motives of strife among believers.

There does seem to be a lot of cherry - picking among the believers... I think the bottom line is you can make the rules up as you go along BUT the one rule: God does good, the devil does bad... that apparently is not ever up for debate.

@shadowpcandy: how can there be such disagreement among believers when «the word of god» is so clear and absolute?

The last thing you could claim is that there is concensus among BELIEVERS.

In 1837, the first editor of Washington's Collected Works wrote: «If a man who spoke, wrote, and acted as a Christian through a long life, who gave numerous proofs of his believing himself to be such, and who was never known to say, write, or do a thing contrary to his professions, if such a man is not to be ranked among the believers of Christianity, it would be impossible to establish the point by any train of reasoning.»

In a nuanced way, I'm not qualified to say who is a Christian among believers and those who have accepted Christ.

The survey statistics indicating Christians» negative attitudes towards Muslims have played out in his experience among believers.

Yet even this situation contains a wonderful possibility: we are privileged to speak of God's deeds in Jesus Christ, confident that this truth can spark responses not only among believers but even among unbelievers.

Christian apologetics and missionary theology has been succeeded by detached study of the history of religions and by dialogue among believers in various faiths.

What I think has caused the disunity among believers in Christ are the added doctrines that both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches have added and demand assent to.

This is not equivalent to the scenario that you and Nelson describe where all religion is evidently fantasy and every belief about God is highly contested among believers.

Too much hypocrisy among the believers to consider joining them in the way they follow «The Word.»