Sentences with phrase «because of a tradition»

YOU have made the word of God invalid because of YOUR tradition.

Perhaps because of this tradition, many believers are removed from the struggles of orthodox leadership.

In extracting «insights from sources as varied as Greek mythology, Catholic mysticism and fairy tales like Cinderella», Mr Rohr has followed in the steps of the religious leaders of Jesus day, who «made the word of God invalid because of your tradition».

I think why you didn't see people move from the church because they are «Presbyterians» People who go to the main line churches are often there because of tradition within their families.

I find that most of my Christian friends who talk about homosexuality are either determined to not think about the issue because of tradition and fear or are on the other end and choose not to think about the issue because the pressure of contemporary culture (in our part of the world) is to equate my sexuality with the colour of my skin which is, in light of history, a silly equation but we should just adjust our understanding to accomodate.

Many evangelicals tend to think Catholics believe this because of tradition only, but Catholics make a biblical argument for this view.

Yet, even academics make a special case for Jesus because of tradition and mass belief.

Because of tradition Christian Scholars could not influence the Catholic church to change the celebration dates of Jesus Christ.

But because of my tradition, because of my family, because of my own sensibilities, it seems that music played a bigger role in my faith than I had ever realised before writing that book.

Today the church primarily meets on Sunday because of tradition, not the NT.

The story placed the discovery of the empty tomb on the first day of the week almost certainly because of the tradition that Jesus «was raised to life on the third day».10 In Chapter 2 it has been argued that the phrase arose from theological traditions and not from an historical dating.

We have to open our minds to what inspiration actually means, and not be afraid to expand on it because of tradition.

I love the Easter holiday, especially the meaning behind it of course, but also because of the tradition we've been doing with our kids since Emma was a baby.

I don't support my stance because of tradition, instead because i have seen video refs get it wrong many times.

The books were started because of a tradition at their Montessori school where the child does a Walk around the Sun on their birthday and the teacher shows photos and tells stories about their life, separated by years as they take one walk around the sun for each year of their life.

«Because of our tradition of innovation via science,» Chowdhry says, «we have successfully transformed our science into successful products for our customers.»

Paintings, sculpture, music and poems have meaning for us because of a tradition of interpretations within which a person makes his or her own limited and different interpretation.

«Because of that tradition, people are more used to milk tea than butter tea here,» Yi says.

You can go to the track itself to watch any of the day's ten races, but in between you see people of all ages picnicking, meeting the race horses and ponies, making new friends, sharing their beers... it's the kind of place families go for generations, special because of the tradition.

One thing my husband and I knew when going into the process was that we didn't want to do things just because you're «supposed to» or because of a tradition.

Because of their traditions, they find maximum happiness in the happiness of their family.

«Like a ball team that continues to win because of a tradition, we have an academic tradition.»

This truck has earned a solid reputation in the truck community because of its tradition of combining power and style.

The current car, although not the same light performance car as original SLs were, retains the SL designation primarily because of tradition.

The Dawn is covered by a fabric (chosen because of tradition) convertible top that rolls up and down in 22 seconds and is, by all accounts, completely silent.

It's not a story that gets told so well very often, and it makes you think about the real places in our world where a story like Aloy's — being an outcast solely because of tradition, superstition, or caste — might not be fiction.»

And he liked it not because of its traditions of gilding and hand - ground pigments, but because it dries fast, so that painting became sketching on the spot.

Certainly, they use mobile devices and apps in their personal life just like everybody else, but because of tradition and habit, many have been hesitant to adopt these things as part of their working lives.

Arguing in favor of unclear, hard - to - understand writing is difficult, but whether because of tradition, willfulness, or laziness, clarity in legal writing is far from the norm.

Because of tradition, we wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate... argh!

Not exact matches

A weak attempt at repeating the truce was made in 1915, but a tradition would not take hold due to «the high numbers of dead and hardened attitudes on both sides but also because of actions of senior commanders.»

«This is really a power grab and it's a phony bill because the whole intention is to take it up to our state supreme court to overturn the constitutionality of the no income tax that has been the tradition of our state, as well as state laws,» Hutchison told CNBC.

Because of this, the suit says that Coors Light marketing statements such as «Proudly brewed in the Rocky Mountain tradition,» «When the Mountains Turn Blue It's as Cold as the Rockies,» «What would we be without our mountains?

So because these ideas and traditions had a lengthy history, Nazi propagandists were able to easily cast Christmas as a celebration of pagan German nationalism.

Because it suggests that our tradition of making new things is over.

Moreover, they're unlikely to any time soon because of long legacies and historical traditions that will be difficult if not impossible to overcome.

And in keeping with a tradition of perfection, Blue Bottle will send out their online orders of whole bean products within 24 hours of roasting, and 48 hours for the rest — because that's when the coffee is at its peak flavor.

Because so much of our year is spent in the workplace, it is important to extend this tradition into our professional lives.

«I bet that the Republicans follow the short - term tradition of forgoing debate and simply voting to disapprove the rule, dumping years of work down the drain because an industry lobbyist asked them to.»

These media already give the news that the public needs and are much better about screening out lies, whether because of regulations (in the case of radio and newspapers) or traditions of responsibility (in the case of most print media).

«Indigenous peoples are being forced into long and costly court battles to defend their traditions and ways of life because governments in Canada still refuse to accept the need to work collaboratively with Indigenous peoples on important decisions about environmental protection and resource development,» said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.

«Hong Kong is ready to work with the major European FinTech hubs such as London and Berlin because we have a strong tradition of working with the British and European partners.»

Souter is not one of them, in part because he is steeped in Episcopal tradition, which has historically resisted the «proof text» method of fundamentalists in the name of reading the Bible as a whole.

The coalition holds together informally for the most part because of the perceived threat to the integrity and continuity of the Methodist tradition.

Theological tradition speaks in this connection about a «quasi-sacramental character» in matrimony, because a person is permitted to contract a new marriage after the death of the spouse, but not while the spouse is alive.

Yet you do not see the narrow path you have been led down by simple dint of «tradition» and other long - standing violations of the Constltution merely because most Christians support this sort of thing.

Because those of us who see these things for what they are (unconst.itutional, unethical, sometimes immoral) are too «respectful» of these traditions.

Attempts to compare evangelical liturgical practices to those of more high church traditions are often doomed from the start because of the fundamentally different assumptions that undergird both.

Evangelicals lack this clear tradition because, in part, they lack much of a tradition overall, being mostly a modern American movement that emerged out of several Protestant traditions.

The article is vintage Neuhaus, the kind of theological bridge building that offers hope, because it reflects a listening across traditions that enriches all of us.