And here it must be said that the opening sermon by the Bishop of Winchester in the cathedral was a noble and fearless call for that deep and fruitful
change of mind which would enable the church to face its responsibilities in the world.
A repentance which leaves ends uncriticized and which is motivated by the desire to escape judgment in history or beyond history is a far cry away from
that change of mind which the gospels present.
The fact that the society in Medina, which had been divided and eaten by hatred and civil war for dozens of years, became overnight a united group of intimate friends — a sudden
change of mind which could not have been accomplished by earthly forces (Surah III, 103; VIII, 63).
Not exact matches
Al Gore, the world's most prominent environmentalist, last year
changed his
mind about biofuels, the environmental benefits
of which are looking increasingly doubtful
And that's because what you have done with the above approach is displayed an empathy towards the other party,
which, according to Kevin Du, author
of Split - Second Persuasion: The Ancient Art & New Science
of Changing Minds, is key to properly managing differences.
It was with these subjects in
mind that he cleverly and deliberately had the book formatted to be the same size and shape
of an iPad Air,
which changed how he wrote and presented the text and page layout.
Had the Oracle
of Omaha
changed his
mind on private equity,
which he once compared to a porn shop?
Xi then gave Trump a quick recap
of the complex history
of Chinese - Korean relations —
which promptly
changed the president's
mind.
The biggest problem with making public predictions -
of which there are plenty to choose from - is that the more times you say something the less likely you are to
change your
mind.
If anything, people like me don't come here to try to convince you to
change your
mind, we come here to revel in the well written rebuttals to the comments like yours
which are full
of close -
minded rhetoric.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women
changed the natural use into that
which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use
of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense
of their error
which was due.28 And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate
mind, to do those things
which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full
of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors
of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant - breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance
of God, that they that practise such things are worthy
of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
That,
of course, means that the eternal god must have
changed its
mind,
which it never does, or all the time, depending on who you ask.
I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden
of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind
of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman
which will somehow
change God's
mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any
of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack
of an affirmative answer.
However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid
changes and shaken by questions
of deep relevance for the life
of faith, in order to govern the bark
of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength
of mind and body are necessary, strength
which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.
People have rejected theism because they held untenable the idea
of a
mind not subject to
change or to interaction with other beings, or a
mind omnipotent in the sense that its power was all the power in existence, or a
mind having precise knowledge
of details
of the future (or
of all times from the standpoint
of eternity), or a
mind creating a first state
of the cosmos at a finite time in the past, or knowing all suffering although it did not itself suffer, or an all - embracing
mind which in no sense could be identified with the universe, or one
which could in every sense be identified with it.
From the decision at the Jerusalem Council to free new converts from Jewish Law, to the debates
of the third
of fourth century that led to the biblical cannon the Apostle's Creed, to the Protestant Reformation
which resulted in increased availability
of Scripture, to the Galilean controversy
which opened and
changed minds, the story
of the Church is a story
of constant adaptation and
change.
The promise
of God's grace made manifest through the symbol
of baptism is that we will always belong to the body and no matter
of works (
which, in my
mind, includes the work
of attending a local congregation) can
change that.
Yes, this double -
minded man becomes as unsteady in all his ways as the one who willed the Good for the sake
of the reward, because he is continually intent upon what is in flux, upon what is always
changing, and he fears continually that
which no man should fear.
Not only is the mutable world separated from its divine principle — the One — by intervals
of emanation that descend in ever greater alienation from their source, but because the highest truth is the secret identity between the human
mind and the One, the labor
of philosophy is one
of escape: all multiplicity,
change, particularity, every feature
of the living world, is not only accidental to this formless identity, but a kind
of falsehood, and to recover the truth that dwells within, one must detach oneself from what lies without, including the sundry incidentals
of one's individual existence; truth is oblivion
of the flesh, a pure nothingness, to attain
which one must sacrifice the world.
There is also, clearly, a variety
of churches in
which project members are trying to
change minds and inculcate more faithful practices.
Instinctively we know that our best preaching comes about when we have discovered the ways in
which the biblical writers sought to
change minds, hearts, and lives and then have taken those «available means
of persuasion» with us into the pulpit.
The first area about
which I've
changed my
mind is the nature
of the church.
The word translated as «repent» is the Greek metanoia,
which is not simply the determination to avoid sin but a soul -
changing conversion
of mind and heart.
Do we have in
mind one in
which the outer structure is
changed by legislation and the realignments
of social institutions?
He told Premier: «I'm more
of a
mind that, if we're going to make
changes, those
changes be comprehensive
changes which take in the opinion
of the citizens
of Northern Ireland and also their elected representatives; we've got to do that in a very careful way.»
The Ninevites, however, did
change their
minds,
which is what repentance literally means, a
change of mind.
The deterioration
of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline
of elemental safety — never
mind education — in many
of our schools, the burgeoning
of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage
of incarcerated citizens
of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening
of discipline,
which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer
of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent
of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these
changes signal a community at risk.
In the recent book, Why I
Changed My
Mind about Women in Leadership,
which is a collection
of essays from prominent scholars, theologians and pastors, more than one writer concluded that the same logic used to defend the «separate but equal» status
of slaves, is still in use today.
Which brings to
mind the question
of: Paul talked about having been sent a delusion that we believe a lie and be damned and the question is what if it is the religious and traditional that have seen the truth and
changed the truth
of God into a lie and have bought into that lie?
Yet so prone are we to care most about what is near at hand, the fear
of atomic destruction is probably less keen in most
minds than is the energy crisis
which means less oil and gasoline available, less fuel for heating, and an abrupt
change in American life - styles.
However, in a section appended to his lecture on «Relativity,» Whitehead
changed his
mind.7 On this atomic theory
of events, there was a lowest threshold for actual events, below
which it can not be subdivided into smaller actual events.
To argue by inference from effect to Cause, from the passive object to the active Subject
of change, from transitory, contingent being to a Being who is necessary and eternal, from nature's striving after perfection to a Perfection
which is ultimate, from the order observable in creation to a creative
Mind - all that (I shall be told) is to approach the great Riddle from one side, and that the most difficult.
new testament rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they
which are written in the Lamb's book
of life» GOD apparently hadn't
changed his
mind since.
no one can die for you behaviors and save you... we are not «relgion» Religion is at set
of beliefs by man
which describe a personal god Judaism is a set
of laws by G - d
which describes what man should be... (R.Hirsch) G - d does not make mistakes and
change his
mind....
After experiencing the crushing humiliation
of the ten plagues
which culminated in the anguishing loss
of his firstborn son, Pharaoh damages the economy and productivity
of Egypt by finally allowing the Israelites to leave Egypt, only to
change his
mind and chase after them in hot pursuit,
which leads to the decimation
of his army in the Red Sea.
There is no question, then, that my
mind has
changed as I have tried to come to terms with the theologies for
which I am prepared to offer such a defense — whether black theologies or women's theologies or the theologies emerging from Latin America and other sectors
of the Third World.
There must also be an appeal to the
mind - one
which can take in the necessity
of advancing in wisdom and knowledge and
which at times demands the capacity for growth and
change.
To return to the theme
of this series, let me conclude with three points, the clarification
of which will help define how my
mind has
changed in the past decade.
Adequately to comprehend the
changed present - day situation and especially the necessity
of a new conception
of nature for science, we must have clearly in
mind the scheme
of concepts in terms
of which nature had been understood.
The keepers
of those myths that you probably have the most issue with, somewhat successfully
changed the meaning
of the word myth to the word lie... to make their own myths (
which they called parables and
which were presented more in allegorical than historical form), to in their
minds be perceived more as truth... and in God's own poetic justice, now have their cherished tales
of perceived morality thrown into the same category by those who make the same efforts at understnding the meanings.
11:8,
which he translates as «My heart transforms itself upon me / My
change of mind grows fervent,» God's love can overwhelm and transform such wrath, although preserving and including it within a greater integration: «Metaphor and Reality in Hosea 11,» Society
of Biblical Literature 1976 Seminar Papers, ed.
I guess it's not so much the book itself that has inspired me, but the way the author's continually refer to Jesus» teachings on the Sermon on the Mount, teachings
which no one in their right
mind can truly contemplate without trembling at the sort
of life
changes it demands.
So we are all damaged and we are NOT to remain as damaged beings but need to have a
change of mind from our current manner
of life and receive His life
which can
change anyone to become one who truly express the One who made us.
Fox's biography emphasizes the frequency with
which Niebuhr
changed his
mind on issues
of the day.
As you and Semety have correctly pointed out folks can quit without a spiritual experience but they absolutely can not be «recovered» outside
of a spiritual experience
which includes repentance (
change of mind / heart - usually brought on by crisis) and restitution for wrongs.
Though this information
which was gathered in advance by Joan's enemies appear insubstantial to Rouen legal expert's
minds but they were so adamant to put her to death that the flimsy accusation
of witchcraft was
changed to heresy.
' [I] n today's world, subject to so many rapid
changes and shaken by questions
of deep relevance for the life
of faith, in order to govern the barque
of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength
of mind and body are necessary, strength
which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me,» he continued in his statement.
An increasing urban population,
changing food consumption pattern and trade globalization have rendered food supply chains extremely complex and lengthy,
which calls for a
change of mind - set from the traditional way
of addressing the causes
of food loss at each stage
of the food supply chain to an integrated approach.
After losing Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC in the first wave
of realignment, West Virginia defected to the Big 12 and TCU,
which was slated to join the Big East next football season,
changed its
mind and became another Texas team in the Big 12.
While OM are unlikely to
change their
mind about renewing his current deal -
which expires at the end
of June - Fanni would be a valuable asset for another top - half Ligue 1 side.