Sentences with phrase «by accepting that teaching»

Are we guilty of simply maintaining the status quo by accepting that teaching and art practice are two separate and distinct activities?

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After being rejected by Harvard Business School, he was only accepted to Columbia after he discovered two of his financial idols, Ben Graham and David Dodd, taught there and wrote them a letter.

On the juridical level, it was now recognized by many Jewish thinkers that Christianity had explicitly accepted the moral teaching of the Hebrew Bible as normative.

Teachings are accepted by the authorities of your particular religion and handed down over time.

People who live by faith and personlaly accept that teachings of God and Jesus are a metaphor of the verb and not noun, these people are the happiest I have known through life.

It was the period when the teachings of the prophets, accepted in their time by a mere handful, seeped into the blood and bones of the people.

For the faithful in Christ can not accept this view, which holds either that after Adam there existed men on this earth who did not receive their origin by natural generation from him, the first parent of all, or that Adam signifies some kind of multiple first parents; for it is by no means apparent how such an opinion can be reconciled with what the sources of revealed truth and the acts of the magisterium of the Church teach about original sin, which proceeds from a sin truly committed by one Adam, and which is transmitted to all by generation, and exists in each one as his own» -LCB- Humani Generis 37).

Rabbi Neuberger asserted that «it's really important that one accepts that... new scientific research has taught us... that the human embryo is not as unique as we thought before... We do have to think differently about the «unique quality of human embryos» in the way that Peter Saunders is saying... The miracle of creation... may have to be explained somewhat differently... Our human brains are given to us by God... to better the life of other human beings... and if this technology can do it..., and I don't believe that anybody is going to research beyond fourteen days, then so be it, lets do it.»

Teachings about the Trinity, the Incarnation, and so forth that have not only been grounded in large portions of Scripture but have also been accepted by the vast majority of Christians in history — those we can pretty much give our lives to.

But the Scriptures teach us that at the same time it will be rent by a profound schism between those who wish to break out of themselves that they may become still more masters of the world, and those who, accepting Christ's word, passionately await the death of the world that they may be absorbed with it into God.

In the end, if the Bible teaches us anything, it is that each one of us is loved by God not because of how right we are but because God graciously and mercifully accepts us, sometimes despite the positions we adopt.

For example, if a denomination declared in their doctrinal statement that the Bible teaches that all good Christians must wear pink hats and only those people who wear pink hats can indeed be true followers of Jesus, we would conclude upon reading this statement that we would never be accepted by those folks because we don't agree with this bit of ridiculous theology.

An «intelligent design» curriculum based on the very premise that «intelligent design» is logic - based and not entirely «faith - based could never be accepted by those who want to teach «intelligent design» in our schools because logic compels:

These are pseudo-virtues, which you try to shame us into accepting, by directing a polemic against the Church, whose moral force is due simply to its use of certain radical chic cliches that we were all taught to grovel before back in the 1960s.

Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,

A council was the only authority that all Christians — including, by his own admission, Martin Luther — would accept as determining whether Luther's teachings were true or false.

For centuries his theological teaching was accepted as official dogma by most Catholics.

Parents and teachers can teach the democratic principle of the limitation of powers by carefully defining the areas of adult responsibility for the young and by making plain the widening dimensions of liberty for those who learn to accept the disciplines of responsible freedom.

«Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints?»

They were to teach and indoctrinate «those articles in the creed of republicanism, which are accepted by all, believed in by all, and which form the common basis of our political faith.»

In one aspect they are addressed to all and sundry, laying down the lines of an absolute ethic determined by the coming of the kingdom of God; but insofar as individuals accept them as such, and commit themselves, the new Israel is being formed, and the ethical teaching of Jesus becomes the new law by which it is to be governed.

Therefore, one could conclude that those two verses are not talking about the capability of man's will to accept / believe, but about the fact that it is God that chooses, grants, teaches, calls and draws; and that is what God was doing through Christ speaking to this crowd of people — giving all of them in the crowd (Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 2:2; Jn 6:40) the opportunity to be taught by God (by Christ) to believe in Christ for salvation.

Pope Benedict's decision to lift the excommunications, in hopes of healing the divide, provided certain Catholic teachings are finally accepted by the Society, is well - intentioned, and we can only pray it bears good fruit, in light of continuing concerns.

If Church teaching were to be wholeheartedly accepted by the Church as something that should be promoted with enthusiasm, if Humanae Vitae becomes seen as teaching that will make people's lives holier and happier, several consequences follow for education concerning sex and relationships.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

He says that if the Bible teaches us anything about God, it is that we learn about God and develop a relationship with Him, not by simply accepting everything the Bible says, but by actually engaging with God in a spirited (both senses of the word are intended there) discussion about the Bible.

Genuine progress exists even in theology, and it is recognized and accepted by the teaching Church.

The ecumenical councils later achieved the only true form of Christian teaching only by declaring to be heretical all who failed to accept their definitions.

He is willing to accept what Christians have received from barbarians as long as Christians are willing to subject their teaching to «Greek proof,» i.e., to measure it by Celsus» standards as to what is reasonable.

In Sufism dhikr includes the commonly accepted worship of Islam and also means to recite orally or in silence the names of Allah, certain prayers and invocations recommended by the Shaikh, and also extra prayers, voluntarily performed, according to the method taught by the Shaikh.

No need to take my word, warning comes before destruction and it Jesus Christ who shall give you the very evidence that you refused to accept while being alive and by then, it will be too late for the unbeliever and the religious people who has taught false doctrines.

As a Buddhist, Kukai also accepted the doctrine of «interdependent co-origination» (Skt., pratityasamutpada), but he interpreted this teaching according to his notion that reality is constituted by the Six Great Elements in ceaselessly interdependent and interpenetrating interaction: earth, water, fire.

This theoretical turn was widely accepted by the leading figures of the mainline's teaching ministry — academics, denominational leaders and curriculum writers alike.

We have become accustomed to the idea that what God asks of us, the great basic teachings of our lives, and the great responses required by God are somehow accessories» as if we can take them or leave them» as if they are just trinkets for those who choose to accept them.

The tragic isolation of the Copts began in 451, when a majority of Egyptian bishops, led by Patriarch Dioscoros of Alexandria, refused to accept the teaching of the Council of Chalcedon, which decreed that in the person of Christ there are two natures, one human and the other divine.

In Buddhism, the Buddha teaches that followers of the Dhamma, that is the teachings of the Buddha, should not merely accept his words blindly, without first investigating them, the following quotes by the Buddha, translated,

The liberal party, represented later by the Pharisees, accepted the new teaching and won to its credence and support the more religious Jews.

It's immaterial whether they are taught / accepted by many.

Accepting God's actions without question... move on with your life in Light and Love as taught by God's Only Begotten Son.

Comparing the teaching of one of the best scrutinized and accepted (and best supported by evidence) scientific theories to selling a product known to cause cancer is actually quite funny.

You honestly believe that you have scientific proof that the most widely accepted explanation for biological diversity in the World, which is supported by overwhelming evidence in the Worldwide fossil record, completely independently verified and validated by genetic mapping and taught in every college and University in the World — is wrong.

The trinity is simply not taught in the bible and is only taught by Christian groups that accepted some very bad interpretations of a handful of scriptures that just happen to mention the father, the son and the holy spirit in the same sentence.

Jewish values won't accept sodomite couples raising children as parents, Jewish values will always keep what God has taught to be done; Jewish values go hand by hand with moral, with integrity, dignity, and solid principles, all of them given by God.

It's a little hard to accept a man made god (s) or any of the teachings that were done by hand me down rumors.

If indeed there were significant new findings, broadly accepted by leading New Testament scholars, concerning the historical facts about what Jesus taught, such findings would indeed be newsworthy.

I ended up becoming a nonbeliever, which he accepted as my friend, and he eventually became a believer that everyone will go to heaven, that those who don't believe in Jesus during their earthly life will be taught by believers during the millennium reign and will accept him then.

I also firmly accept and hold each and every thing (omnia et singula) that is proposed by that same church definitively (definitive) with regard to teaching concerning faith and morals.

A corresponding conception of objectivity in the classroom required professors to present what they taught as if shared standards of rationality were accepted by everyone.

The creed is accepted by most major Christian denominations (Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Eastern rites) but it is not often taught (because it is not understood).

After inspired by the teachings of Christ he became ready to accept the words of Christ.