Sentences with phrase «by faith in simple»

I am a preacher and blogger striving to encourage those who are tired of religious confusion and division to walk by faith in simple and pure devotion to Christ.

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@ Catholic Mom succession of Popes lol... can we say brainwashed... look it's simple you go by the word not man... NEVER PUT YOUR FAITH IN MAN...

John Montague came by his mature faith honestly: Sent back to his family's Ireland from the Brooklyn of his birth, enduring separation and a simple life in the complex North, he married in his works the intimately human and the broadly historical with a seamlessness that few have achieved.

With a firm and simple belief in God which could be understood by the humblest and least educated, with a fiery confidence in Mohammed as the supreme prophet of God, with reverence for Jesus but declaring that Christians had misrepresented him, that he was not the unique Son of God, and that to Mohammed had been given a later revelation, with the type of fatalism and belief in heaven which reinforced ardor in battle, Islam proved the faith of warriors.

And none is more real than that which comes to light in Cary's explanation of what Luther actually means by «faith alone,» namely, a simple, firm belief that our sins are absolved when we hear the divine words to that effect pronounced in the sacraments of Baptism and Penance.

Although we have proceeded with this discussion in a structure much simpler than that of Professor Paul Tillich, we shall attempt what he calls a «method of correlation,» whereby man's existential questions are met by the answers of our Christian faith.

In faith and love he called men to faith and love, teaching the conditions of entrance into the Kingdom by simple but vivid parables and healing the souls and bodies of people wherever he went.

In other words, the choice which Life requires of our considered action is a great deal less complex than at first seemed to be the case; for it is reduced to a simple choice between the first and last stages of the successive alternatives which we have been able to define: the rejection of Being, which returns us to dust, or the acceptance of Being, which leads us, by way of socialization, to faith in a Supreme Unity — opposite directions along a single roaIn other words, the choice which Life requires of our considered action is a great deal less complex than at first seemed to be the case; for it is reduced to a simple choice between the first and last stages of the successive alternatives which we have been able to define: the rejection of Being, which returns us to dust, or the acceptance of Being, which leads us, by way of socialization, to faith in a Supreme Unity — opposite directions along a single roain a Supreme Unity — opposite directions along a single road.

The statistical reality, so far as I can tell, is that Judaism in the contemporary world is far more threatened by a simple lack of interest by Jews in Judaism, and hence an inability to pass on (as a religious faith) beliefs that are not broadly held.

The foundation will exist as an entity in its own right within Church law, and Fr Trafny explains: «This is an important step, because we are moving from being a simple project to merge learning between the pontifical universities in Rome to being a new entity recognised by the Holy Father as a reference point for all dialogue involving science and faith.»

They give expression to a very contemporary and vibrant faith that is both simpler and much more complex than the complexifications cherished by those who know only that we live in a secular society.

Faith, Fiction and Force in Medieval Baptismal Debates by marcia colish cua, 384 pages, $ 69.95 B aptism seems so simple: water and the formula «In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.&raquin Medieval Baptismal Debates by marcia colish cua, 384 pages, $ 69.95 B aptism seems so simple: water and the formula «In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.&raquIn the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.»

In the same way a simple vision, however real and vivid, of Jesus subsequent to his death would not have led to the Easter faith unless it had been preceded or accompanied by the Easter message that God had vindicated the crucified one and made him Lord.

I find it interesting how many times simple lay people, taking hold of a promise in their translation without regard to the original language or even, sometimes, the context of the passage have been blessed tremendously by God for their faith.

The congregation finds it simpler and less troublesome to believe the things God did as recorded by those few writers who survived the babel of conflicting proclamations of God's Word and achieved canonicity than to venture some faith - decision amid differing announcements of what God is doing in our time.

It is possible to expound simple moralism; it is another matter to communicate that kind of moral gravity which has no faith in morals but, being justified by faith, has a dynamics for moral responsibility that is forever confusing to the moralist!

For I would add, «I have no faith at all, I am by nature a shrewd pate, and every such person always has great difficulty in making the movements of faith — not that I attach, however, in and for itself, any value to this difficulty which through the overcoming of it brought the clever head further than the point which the simplest and most ordinary man reaches more easily.»

He starts the book by saying our faith in God should be as simple as the prayer «Now I lay me down to sleep.»

Muslims — who do not like to be called Muhammadans because they think it implies a misunderstanding of the place of the Prophet in their faith — have themselves tended to encourage oversimplification by claiming that Islam may be quickly grasped by accepting the Fundamentals and following the simple list of Consequences they imply.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

This paradox might be explained by the simple fact that as he deepened in his faith he acquired an irenic confidence in God's unfolding plan for humanity.

«By increasing the knowledge and awareness among the different faith sectors, they can put some very simple safeguards in place - and also if they have any concerns that they understand what to do with those concerns so that action can be taken very quickly.»

In this Biffi depicted Anselm's perspective as, contrary to much modern emphasis, grasping that «reality as a whole is much greater than we grasp through simple natural understanding, substantiated solely by sensory experience, inductive and deductive reasoning, mathematical calculation -LSB-...] faith not only is not separable from reason, and does not harm it, but is even the greatest and highest exercise of our intellectual faculty.»

However, it's sad that there are those who are too blinded by their faith to understand how much good there is in simple humanity.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

Four decades ago, when Arnie Frankel lost his swing, he found it again by putting his faith in the surprisingly simple teachings of Ernest Jones.

Maybe after they have retired some of those who left Arsenal will come out and write a book with comments such as «no faith in Wenger to win an EPL title», «too many simple mistakes by Wenger», «too slow in the transfer market», «Wenger's desire to win is non-existent», «too busy experimenting with player's positions...» etc..

«Desire, ambition, faith: without them life is so simple,» one of the humans taken over, played by Leonard Nimoy (Spock of Star Trek) in a bit of ironic casting, remarks during the film.

Given the initial skepticism, I learned to trust my gut, be patient, and have faith in elegantly simple solutions to human problems that people might suppose would be better solved by sophisticated technology.

After all, every statement in that document can validated by plain common sense — or by simple engineering calculations — or by faith — or by science.

While it is a far cry from the simple one - page form promised by CFPB when it began what it called its «Know Before You Owe» campaign, it does seem to do a reasonable job aligning the RESPA Good Faith Estimate (GFE) and the TILA disclosure (TIL) in the document they refer to as the «loan estimate.»