Sentences with phrase «as a fellow believer»

It's a tradition that I'm proud to uphold not only as a fellow believer but as an elected leader whose entry into public service was actually through the church.

This month, I felt my stomach turn again as my fellow believers defended Bill O'Reilly, who has now been fired from Fox News for allegations of sexual and racist harassment.

The Yes - Group was still willing to accept the No - Group as fellow believers.

It is also true that it tells masters to treat their slaves kindly and as fellow believers

Though we didn't see eye - to - eye on theology, we were arm - in - arm as fellow believers.

He moved from being primarily apologetical and antithetical — but never merely negative and antagonistic — to recognizing Catholics as fellow believers, in the common cause of the Gospel, especially striving to realize the visible unity of the Church.

Not exact matches

A woman who worked with me at the restaurant I worked at talked to me often because she saw me as a fellow spirit - filled believer and she felt somewhat like an outcast because she always wore skirts below her knees, her hair in a bun, and no makeup.

As I don't carry enough theological weight to help my fellow believers in this debate with evidence or valuable dialog, and I was never able to cement myself in mt attempt to be an atheist, I can only say that when I tried to de-construct my belief system and embrace the scientific angle, it fell flat.

You, personally, may not force your beliefs on other people, but your fellow - believers have never been shy about imposing their opinions on others who do not believe as they do, very often my violence.

Are you so pitiful as to use the «any excuse will do» explanation that most of your fellow believers use?

I see believers as fellow human beings who still believe what I no longer believe.

That's changing, says Jenny Yang, vice president of advocacy and policy at World Relief, as more churches only want to help their fellow believers.

I also complement myself for having served my country as an enlisted and officer... and I complement myself for having «served» the fellow believers many years ago.

I do nt usually argue with fellow believers, but in this case I would point out that there is no scriptural evidence that Adam changed physically as a result of the fall (by adding genitalia)

An appeal to «what history has given» suggests the same reverence with which my fellow Jewish believers, for example, praise God as «the Giver of the Torah.»

What if... as a Christian believer you choose to do random acts of kindness, good deeds, for fellow believers, neighbors, complete strangers.

McConnell's fondness for the UN and adherence to pacifism probably limited his influence among his fellow believers, as Pentecostalism grew increasingly nationalistic and militaristic during his lifetime.

As Robert Wright (an agnostic, with connections to the JTF) pointed it out very clear: «New Atheists» main short - term goal wasn't to turn believers into atheists, it was to turn atheists into New Atheists — fellow fire - breathing preachers of the anti-gospel.

Unless they are to write exclusively for fellow believers, the Catholic author must now offer his readers an alternative explanation for what he might see as an act of God.

Also modern is the combination of an intense individualism» Jesus is accepted as «personal lord and savior»» supported by a strong community of fellow believers.

Frankly, I often disagree with fellow believers on how they try to legislate their interpretation of scripture, but the governance of a civil society is never going to be uninfluenced by people of faith as long as it is a democracy.

Since it is God's gift food should not be used as a weapon either by Christians to destroy the weaker consciences of their fellow believers or by the state to compel Christians to engage in certain cultural activities deemed to be necessary for citizenship.

From the parable of the Good Samritan, to the several quotations attributed to the Teacher wherein he emphasizes that it is our treatment of our fellow man, and especially the poor, needy, downtrodden, sick, young, old, sinner & believer alike that will serve as the primary basis for our individual judgment come the Day we face our God.

If what you interpret Paul as saying is that before creating all the myriad galaxies and star systems God decided that They would put some humans on the third planet from an insignificant star on a little arm of a middling galaxy and that the first hominids chosen role would be to perform pretty much to spec and do something silly and rebellious (arguably without sufficient information as to consequences for themselves and their off spring, oh, and for serpents) and cause affront to the tripartite godhead warranting separation of Gods grace from all their offspring; then we are left with people being chosen from way back before the Big Bang to do some terrible things like killing babies or betraying Jesus who was chosen on the same non date (time didn't exist before creation) to die in a fairly nasty fashion and thereby appease the righteous wrath of himself and his fellow Trinitarians by paying a penalty as a substitute for all future sins (of believers?)

I believe in Heaven and Hell Unfortunately, some people think that in order to «really» be a believer in Heaven and Hell you have to judge your fellow man as to where you think they are destined to go.

And as my fellow billions of believers have done for eons before that.

«Perhaps one of the main challenges of living faithfully before God as a gay Christian is to believe, really believe, that God in Christ can make up for our sacrifice of homosexual partnership not simply with his own desire and yearning for us but with his desire and yearning mediated to us through the human faces and arms of those who are our fellow believers.»

This saying seems a bit hard for me to fathom, but I venture to think that Paul is saying to the church that «correct» knowledge of literal versus figurative is nowhere near as important love for our fellow believers.

Why do some Christians think that their fellow believers actions or motives (as long as they do it in the name of the Lord), are out of bounds when it comes to criticism?

By this recreation the believer is constituted as a free person with responsibility in relation to Christ and fellow human beings.

Not an issue when we recognize Christ as our only Rabbi, teacher and leader and our fellow believers as simply cherished equal brothers and sisters.

If you do go off somewhere to live life as your God intends please encourage at least some of your fellow believers to make really excellent cheeses.

: An Evangelical Engagement with Contemporary Questions, he does his fellow evangelicals a vital service by identifying and discussing six areas where critics like Ehrman have sown deep seeds of doubt in the minds of believers and seekers as to the reliability of the Bible.

We know how important it is to be equally yoked as Christians and we maintain a safe and Biblical environment for fellow believers.

I haven't been following The Lettered Cottage very long but as fellow «Believers» I feel that I have known you for eternity!

Its great to meet another believer as well as fellow blogger!