Sentences with word «christianity»

That the term has become somewhat anachronistic is a sign of both the success and failure of Pentecostalism, that segment of Christianity of which the Assemblies of God is the most successful organization, at least among predominantly white groups.

There was nothing of Christianity in what they did.

The fruit of false action today in Christianity as in civilization will be reaction, not a true revolution.

As for christianity not being true you obviously have never studied the evidences for it, get back to me when you have (google is a good start).

Toward the end of the book, she recounts the reaction of the churchmen associated with the Christian Century to the emergence of Billy Graham — in particular, his founding of Christianity Today in 1956 and New York crusade in 1957.

By clearing the clutter away from Christianity with humor, we're able to see the beauty of Christ.

The history of Christianity does not dictate what Jesus is or is not.

Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity By Robin M Jensen, Baker Academic, xviii + 238pp, available through Amazon

Trier is Germany's oldest city and known as «Rome of the North», it was one of the seats of power of the Holy Roman Empire and one of the great centres of Early Christianity as well as a dynamic medieval town.

To say there is no evidence for the real existence of the most discussed figure in history denies the unique manner in which Christianity came about (a claim that God came in the flesh conveyed with real life details, etc).

Rambabu's hate for Christianity at this point in his life was so strong that he threw stones at people during the service.

The Democratization of American Christianity by nathan hatch yale university press, 312 pages, $ 25 In 1802 a flamboyant Baptist preacher named John Leland presented a twelve - hundred pound «mammoth cheese» to Thomas Jefferson at a White House ceremony.

On TV, Facebook, magazines and newspapers, Christians rallied to «stand with Phil,» sometimes hailing him as a sort of unofficial spokesperson for evangelical Christianity with little regard to the message this might send to the black people and gay people who were the targets of his remarks.

I was freed from the burden of feeling responsible for Tom's lack of conversion, of believing that it was my job to make Christianity make sense to him.

Many don't like christianity because it holds man accountable for their actions.

If Christianity today has degenerated in some quarters into a dull and spiritless moral code, that must not blind us to the tremendous fact upon which all Christian churches are founded.

Maybe because the religious right is about as far from true Christianity as you can get.

I trust I have made it clear that this is not a question of differences between Christianity in general and Buddhism in general.

On the contrary, when Christianity spread into the Gentile world of Greece and Rome, and later into the Teutonic world of Europe, there was a strong tendency for mythology to be baptized into the faith along with the new converts and to flourish under a Christian guise.

and tell yourselves that it's okay, cause in heaven, everything is fine, even though ardent believers in other religions and even certain sects within Christianity think lots of self - designated Christians will be sent to hell by the «all - loving» god they choose to worship.

There were, of course, numerous Christian voices that sounded the alarm about all the ideas and practices being adopted into Christianity by the ignorant masses.

Also, notice that all religions in the world, including western religions like Christianity did not tell us anything about the universe.

Due to the nature of our printing schedule, I always write this editorial page for Premier Christianity at least two weeks ahead of this magazine actually landing on your doormat.

At the height of his efficiency the arm of the Roman Empire halted his career and changed the history of western Christianity before it was begun.

If Catholic Christianity does not offer a vision of existence that transcends the election cycle, if our redemption is social and our resurrection economic, then it's time to render everything up to Caesar.

My first reaction was that, indeed, the overcoming of theological anthropocentrism required a very sharp break with traditional Christianity including its Biblical grounding.

Indeed, given what Christianity teaches about charity, human sinfulness, and God's grace, being a Christian may make Benedict or any other Christian far less likely to be fanatical than the atheist.

I don't think Christianity even really demands the actuality of Jesus.

When you look at how Christianity became popular, it wasn't just one thing, but rather many things working together at the same time.

Baldovin describes how in medieval Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople, and many other cities where Christianity formed the symbolic basis for social life, worship was not confined to the neighborhood church.

And so when Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century AD, the church rulers and political rulers joined forces to accomplish God's will «on earth, as it is in heaven.»

It certainly gets tiresome seeing bigoted and ignorant people constantly trying to equate modern Christianity with modern Islam.

I ask you this question, how come the gods of virtually all religions in the world including christianity in their creation stories, only created things that people at that time knew existed (such as the earth, stars, sun, moon) and not about the other planets, solar system, and other galaxies etc...?

I, personally, believe that what we call Christianity today is simply churchianity and has little to do with anything resembling a spiritual path.

Those of you who have read Mere Christianity know what I am talking about.

They are so blinded by their disfunctional, literal belief in a 2000 + year old mythology (the basics of which, by the way, were refined by several religions centuries before Christianity came on the scene, religions who were then summarily and viciously erradicated by those professing the Christian faith) that they think they magically possess a divine right to judgementally verblize hatred for others who simply do not agree with them or look like them.

See, we have to start with understanding the cultural forces that have made orthodox Christianity so abhorrent to so many people, including the children of believers.

Obviously only Christianity believes in Jesus, MAJOR detail.

Instantly people who haven't really given Christianity much thought or counted its costs find themselves on the inside.

Studies of Pentecostal influence within world Christianity for the past hundred years are hardly complete, scholars say, without tracing the second stage that began in 1960 with the mainline Protestants and in 1967 with the Catholic charismatic renewal.

He said: «We ask God to help them, to give them strength, to keep their faith in their heart and we pray that this difficult situation will not affect their faith to be thinking about leaving Christianity just because it's difficult...»

In fact, Paul rejects using Christianity as a springboard for changing one's status in society (I Corinthians 7:17 - 24).