Sentences with phrase «central reality»

In the language of the New Testament itself, it was to «bear witness» to certain central realities that the New Testament writings were first composed, and subsequently compiled into a Canon of Scripture.

Undoubtedly the greatest barrier to in - churching stems from difficulties in forming Eucharistic community, which should be the central reality of Orthodox life.

The central reality is that they matter and need to be studied, debated, and assessed.

Greater for us than this «phenomenon of the brink,» writes Buber, is «the central reality of the everyday hour on earth, with a streak of sun on a maple twig and the glimpse of the eternal Thou.»

On occasion I need a fillet - o - faith to help me cut the condiments and focus back on the central realities of what it means to follow Jesus in this world.

From a more traditional Protestant perspective, the sole purpose of spiritual discipline is to heighten awareness of the presence of God's grace as the central reality of life.

Now with the world becoming one, if it remains, and with our leading Western universities importing religious teachers from the East to teach students the religions that brought forward views like reincarnation, not to mention the success of missionaries in our midst from non-Christian religions, we Christians had better think long and deep concerning these religions, not only to be honest with ourselves, but to do justice to the central realities of our faith.

This analysis of the biblical doctrine of love and of the Christian claim that we know love decisively through the history which has Jesus of Nazareth at its centre, is dependent upon the view that time, freedom, and historical existence are the central realities of our self - understanding.

The Pope says that the passage contains a great mystery which is to be understood «as God's salvific plan in regard to humanity, it contains the «central theme of the whole of revelation, its central reality.

But its broader point supports a central reality that has long been recognized by the National Animal Interest Alliance: whether lawmakers target pet owners or gun owners, ill - conceived «feel - good» laws usually just make things worse.