Sentences with phrase «called faith and practice»

I came out of a denomination with a book of discipline, but it was called Faith and Practice.

Not exact matches

The mainline Reformers of the sixteenth century posited what is called the «formal principle,» which holds that the Scriptures are (in the words of the 2000 Amsterdam Declaration) «the inspired revelation of God... totally true and trustworthy, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice.»

He sought first of all to purge the faith in Allah of what he called polytheism, typified by the practice of venerating the tombs of prophets and saints in ways indistinguishable from worship.

Paul manages to both remind modern viewers of the incredible safety in which most of them can practice their faith, and call them to respond to any challenge with love.

manages to both remind modern viewers of the incredible safety in which most of them can practice their faith, and call them to respond to any challenge with love.

This moving back and forth between faith and practice, between spirit and reality, between kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world, is precisely the calling of all who today consider themselves religious.

Because all people do not respond to the preaching of the gospel and its concomitant call to discipleship, however, the gospel itself demands that Christians both encourage society to» «make serious and positive use of the social theories» of Jesus Christ and the Scriptures,» and help society to heal social injustices by loving our neighbors as ourselves.21 Toward this end, the church must first of all proclaim to the world the Bible's perfect rule not only for faith but also for practice.

This is because such prayer would call down graces of conversion that would lead to lapsed Catholics returning to the practice of their faith, and to a general revitalization of the Church.

Today many voices call for organizational Church union at the expense of doctrine and practice (faith and order).

This moving back and forth between faith and practice, between spirit and reality, between the realm of God and the realms of this world, is precisely the calling of all who today consider themselves religious.

The most profound declaration of faith I can make is practicing the Catholic teachings about human dignity and about what my faith calls the «preferential option for the poor» in my everyday life.

The adaptation of the gospel to television is no different: there needs to be a clear and impartial analysis of the message and practices of those programs and organizations that call themselves Christian in order to determine how they stand in relation to the historic tenets of the Christian faith.

In the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itself.

With that in mind, the NESB called for a new «NPS / Charter / Faith - based Working Group» that would formalize district - charter communication routines and create a forum for addressing a host of issues, such as developing a «set of shared values and indicators of success» for the entire city and advocating for «innovations in policy and practice.»

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.