Sentences with phrase «by lack of faith»

Hurt by their lack of faith in her, she pursues a literary career by stalking her favorite living poet, Rat Billings (John Cusack), and takes a job at an adult video store managed by a cute, affable twentysomething male (Evan Peters) with the words «love interest» practically tattooed to his forehead.

This is all compounded by the lack of faith in the bigger, friendlier megachurch, Abundant Life, whose young parishioners see First Reformed as nothing more than a «souvenir shop.»

But do you really believe that problems are CAUSED by lack of faith?

Hitler never denied his faith and nothing Stalin ever did was motivated by his lack of faith.

The answers usually proffered for what we see as basic logical flaws in Christianity — «you have been blinded by your lack of faith» «God moves in mysterious ways» «God is outside the Universe» or «our minds are too small to understand the greatness of God» are never satisfying to us.

The distrust that Trump voters feel for the media is matched by their lack of faith in government, according to the Edelman poll.

Not exact matches

Due in part to a growing lack of faith in traditional financial advising brought about by this trend, more and more investors are switching to low - cost passive online advisors (often called robo - advisors) who exclusively or almost exclusively invest clients» capital into index - tracking funds, the thought being that if they can not beat the market they may as well join it.

Christians rationalize the lack of any mechanism for objective testing by saying if such a test existed people wouldn't need faith.

His understanding was blurred and clouded by his lack of knowledge, real belief and True Faith.

Mr Bolton, who was only elected in September 2017, was sacked after party members voted by 867 to 500 to express their lack of faith in his ability to lead the party after the scandal over his lover.

Some would interpret that statement by making assumptions about my «lack of faith,» but it's not that.

Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence... Faith is not allowed to justify itself by argument.

In this time of waiting, in this age marked only by the absence of faith in Christ, it is well that the modern soul should lack repose, piety, peace, or nobility, and should find the world outside the Church barren of spiritual rapture or mystery, and should discover no beautiful or terrible or merciful gods upon which to cast itself.

Hebrew 3:12 12 Beware, brothers, for fear there should ever develop in any one of YOU a wicked heart lacking faith by drawing away from the living God;

This humility will get interpreted by some as a lack of faith or as a lack of conviction and certainty.

- Ben Franklin «In the affairs of the world, men are saved not by faith, but by the lack of it.»

The lesson of history is that those lacking such a faith are no match for those inspired by such a faith, whatever its object.

Questions that made leaders uncomfortable were always glazed over by «lack of faith» or similar laoded language.

May all Christians be encouraged by his example, and the Muslims who see his faith and peace (and hopefully love) and be influenced to question their religion's lack of forgiveness and grace, and turn to the Lord for salvation.

Perhaps the clarification Neuhaus needs is provided by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in its declaration, Dominus Iesus (2000): «The lack of unity among Christians is certainly a wound for the Church; not in the sense that she is deprived of her unity, but «in that it hinders the complete fulfillment of her universality in history.

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.

Jennifer Michael Hecht laments the fact that so few current public officeholders --- by one count, only five --- have professed their lack of faith.

The fact that atheists might be right and all the excuses you made for the «imperfect» priests and pastors, the money you gave, the countless Sunday mornings you sacraficed, the stress you accepted by trying to meet a deities excpectation but always falling short and the people you discriminated against due to their lack of faith in your deity is what scares the crepe out of Christians.

It is one of the greatest weaknesses of our time that we lack the patience and faith to build up voluntary organizations for purposes which we value highly, and immediately ask the government to bring about by coercion (or with means raised by coercion) anything that appears as desirable to large numbers.

I do not by any means think that people are generally not healed because of a lack of faith.

And guess what, atheism isn't based on faith because by definition, atheism is LACK OF FAITH in a dfaith because by definition, atheism is LACK OF FAITH in a dFAITH in a deity.

By attempting to promote your lack of belief to others, are you not trying to tell them how they should live (without faith)?

2) while many uninformed pundits like Blue — again by their own choosing and lack of initiative — get confused by the thousands of religious faiths, understand the following: don't get bogged down by the thousands of off - shoots, of the three major (by followers) religions in the world, being Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, all three subcribe to the same core Abrahamic (Old Testament) beliefs.

He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.

Me: To be sure I understand, you are telling me that any sickness, injury, disability, or other bodily imperfection offends God; that God desires to instantly, by the Holy Spirit, heal us of every infirmity and does so; and that any bodily imperfection is positive proof of a total lack of faith?

You are blinded by your faith and lack of education if you seriously believe that.

As noted above, Whitehead's doctrines imply that a narrowing pessimistic attitude, a lack of faith in the possibility of creative advance, is evil, particularly by its obvious tendency to become a self - fulfilling prophecy.

No I and no other human can do that but you can do that to yourself by your actions and lack of faith its like if someone calls you ugly and you kill yourself did they condemn you to death no your just a moron and you couldn't take the heat

As with most religions fear and intimidation is used because of lack of faith by the respective church.

Any change in belief at all is seen by many in the Christian community as weakness and a lack of faith.

PROVISIONALITY OF SCIENCE Dear Father Editor In the July / August edition of Faith magazine dealing largely with science and the lack of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a ChurcOF SCIENCE Dear Father Editor In the July / August edition of Faith magazine dealing largely with science and the lack of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a Churcof Faith magazine dealing largely with science and the lack of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a Churcof it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a Churcof young and virile minds of such a Churcof such a Church.

Considering the vast array of geopolitical issues with which a Supreme Pontiff is burdened in his solicitude for the whole of the universal Church, that Benedict should choose to close his pontificate (or Francis to open his own) with anencyclical on the theological virtue of faith indicates a very pointed discernment of the signs of the times made by the papacy in our age; namely, that what is most lacking in the century in which we live — what is most crucial to today's society and what this era of history most requires, therefore, from the Church — appears to be faith.

In a culture which reveals -LSB-...] a lack of thinking capable of formulating a guiding synthesis Catholic universities, faithful to an identity which makes a specific point of Christian inspiration, are called to promote a «new humanistic synthesis», knowledge that is «wisdom capable of directing man in the light of his first beginnings and his final ends», knowledge illuminated by faith.

This behavior is reinforced by the broadcasters» general lack of emphasis on the centrality of the local church to Christian faith and their apparent unwillingness to channel persons who contact them toward involvement in a local church or to encourage local church members to establish contact with the respondent.

Atheists lack faith because they choose to reject the «proof» provided by various religions supporting the existence of a «God.»

Criticism of the Church by its members is not always a sign of lack of faith on the part of discontented Christians.

Your boy - really smacks of alot of reverence?Franklin Graham has done many great things, such as head up a ministry called Samaritans Purse, which has done incredible work towards disaster relief.What have you done?He simply speaks the truth which is that this President has done more to distance himself against evangelical Christians by supporting liberal causes, using the world's largest stage to promote gay rights, and too many issues to mention that Mr.Obama's faith, or lack of, is obvious to everyone.Not to mention that he is the son of Billy Graham.

They are judged both in terms of their faith in Christ or lack of it and by their behavior.

Our family was devastated by the sequence of events, by being told «only have faith,» followed by the lack of intervention by God.

Buying someone inferior to coquelin wud mean only adding a squad player, buying someone superior to him wud mean showing lack of faith in coquelin, and it wud b hard to convince vidal by saying dat u will b competing wid an improved 24 year old instead of being d first choice directly.

The problem with walcott playing a centre forward is not hold up play, Its the lack of faith in him by other team mates.

there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying at the club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan... by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative... by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans, when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight in salt would stay at a club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic, in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind

Djukic's lack of faith in his strikers is best indicated by his use of 6 different players in the lone forward role across 16 games.

Mowatt's greatest weakness had always been his lack of pace but his move to the number 10 role allowed him a lot of freedom and he repaid Redfearn's faith by bagging nine goals.

Is your child feeling hurt by your criticism and lack of faith in her and trying to hurt back by choosing friends you don't like?