Sentences with phrase «capacities for faith»

There is no such thing as the Christian faith, but there have been countless people through the ages who have found that their capacity for faith has been nourished and strengthened by drawing on various elements of the now extensive Christian cumulative tradition.

In Ephesians 2:1, where Paul says that as non-Christians, we were «dead in trespasses and sins,» he is not saying that we are unable to believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life, or that the capacity for faith is non-existent.

A Catholic School teacher role is to develop children's capacity for faith and understanding of catholic teachings and values.

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The ending, which I won't ruin here, beautifully captures this faith in quotidian things and mankind's inexhaustible capacity for wonder.

But we know ourselves as mixtures of faith and fear, of capacity for love and the refusal of it, and in this uncertain light we have to move.

Because you have faith in something does not mean you loose all capacity for reason.

They ask congregations to develop teens» capacities for «serious, articulate, confident, personal and congregational faith» in contrast to the neutral discourse about religion of the pluralistic public sphere or the strident religious speech of those who cause offense.

For example, if we take confirmation or declaration of faith as in some degree requiring the capacity to understand, to acknowledge, to decide, and to make a commitment, we need to reconsider the age at which this can occur in the light of the findings of developmental psychology.

Henry never lost faith in man's enduring capacity for greatness — even as long experience compelled him to acknowledge, which was not quite the same thing as excusing, man's enduring capacity for folly.

The principle may be stated thus: Growth in Christian maturity is growth in love for all the goods of mortal life, and at the same time it is growth in the capacity for detachment of our ultimate faith and hope from dependence upon our particular plans and interests.

«Faith is a knowing which is conditioned by the relationship of dependence for fulfilment between us and God -LSB-...] This knowledge, which implies an inbuilt dependence in us towards some outside principle which perfects and fulfils us beyond our own personal capacity, can be a very dim knowledge in the beginning.

She serves the Jewish and broader religious communities in a number of capacities including as a member of the Global Initiative for Faith, Health and Development of the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, as a member of the Summit on Religious Leadership in Response to HIV and as a board member of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.

But to lose faith in it for this specious reason (as if a high incidence of adultery casts doubt on the validity of marriage) is to lose faith not only in literature but in the mind's capacity to make those nonlinear leaps beyond present certainties that give Einstein an occupation and Hawking precedent for his dream of grand unification.

He calls for «everyone to reflect on our capacity to «otherize» people of a different faith, race, nationality or sexuality — and turn that otherness into a threat.»

Shepherding involves an attitude which takes seriously man's responsibility for his own choices, yet maintains faith in man's capacity to grow and change.

«The spontaneous positive reaction of Nigerians was a clear indication of the love for, and faith in the President's capacity and political will to build a new Nigeria».

With browsing the net for Christian singles dating, before you decide to even begin seeing a person, you've the capacity to browse by way of their profile to ensure they've exactly the same faith and beliefs which you have.

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Draw on the rich Catholic intellectual tradition and other faith traditions to inform our students» capacity for self - reflection and social justice;

Secretary Duncan didn't believe that they should be reluctant, expressing his faith in the capacity of value - added models to compensate for bias in student assignment.

He had little faith in their ability and even less in their capacity for improvement.

The government sponsored enterprise (GSE), which has been under government conservatorship since 2008, announced that strategic defaulters «who walk - away and had the capacity to pay or did not complete a workout alternative in good faith will be ineligible for a new Fannie Mae - backed mortgage loan for a period of seven years from the date of foreclosure.

«Connected by their troubled pasts, the dogs learn to have faith in people again while the inmates are reminded of their own humanity and capacity for love and empathy,» the filmmakers say.

In the video, Wallinger opens a debate about the real capacity of the viewer's vision, addressing the question of the search for empirical truth and religious faith.

But that is a responsibility as much as a right, «a splendid universal communion» that entails an obligation of care: «We do not understand our superiority as a reason for personal glory or irresponsible dominion, but rather as a different capacity which, in its turn, entails a serious responsibility stemming from our faith.»

Maine Employee Rights Group convinced the Workers» Compensation Board to award total incapacity benefits, even though our client retained some work capacity, because he had looked for work in good faith, but his restrictions prevented him from getting hired.

It has a tremendous capacity for forgiveness, for hope and renewed faith and joy.

There is a continuing lack of faith in the NNTT's capacity to mediate claims effectively and in the Tribunal's and the Court's ability to work together for the benefit of the system.