Sentences with phrase «clearer understanding of the faith»

However, parents need a clearer understanding of the faith journey that Christian parenting is designed to serve.

Not exact matches

The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

I think there is a clear lead in this blog it is leading towards genuine truth, towards humility, towards love, towards an ever deeper understanding of theology, towards a dynamic faith.

When our conclusions regarding regarding troubling passages in the NT contradict the clear, positive statements out of the mouth of Jesus in John 3:16, 18, 5:24, and elsewhere, regarding eternal life being a simple matter of faith we need to keep seeking until our understanding of those passages agrees with that He said.

What we have seen in the form and spirit of the biblical faith makes it clear how sharply different understandings of the meaning and requirements of love could arise.

Clive, you point out how others often don't understand what Jesus was saying; but while Jesus often labors to try and make things clear to the unbeliever («Oh, you of little faith) or at the very least the author tries to make it clear for us in retrospect (At the time they didn't understand that he spoke of this...), in this case Jesus switches from something that might be figurative to essentially say «no, I seriously mean this» and it concludes not with Jesus saying «don't go away, this is what I actually mean» but confirming that people would refuse to accept that God intended for them to actually fill themselves with the life that He offered so they stopped following him.

It was clear that the understanding of God as objective force or philosophic idea was not an aspect of Christian theology; furthermore, faith in the unmoved mover was personally inadequate.

Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?

He does not... destroy my faith, but he forces me to re-examine my faith and to re-discover its power in the contemporary scene which he seems to understand in clearer terms than I do... The real significance of the sermon lies in the fact that Bishop Pike is aiming to revive the new generation's lagging interest in religion and to have religion speak in terms modern man can understand.»

«Faith», «hope» and «charity» are words that belong to the vocabulary of English, and it is clear that they are not understood in exactly the same way even by all English speakers.

It's not a matter of interpretation... the foundational tenets of the faith are clear, concise and easily understood.

Although a clear scientific understanding on these matters will be long in coming, it is ignorance to say that religion is founded only on lies and its principles of faith have no adaptive or psychological value.

The centrality for the Christian faith of being possessed by the Spirit that is Holy — the completely nonrivalrous desire from God, which is to say Another who doesn't displace us but makes us alive — becomes much clearer with this understanding.

Faith, then, can be understood as a total valuational response to the qualitative structure of another actuality prior to any clear specification about what is in fact good or bad, trustworthy or untrustworthy about the other actuality.

Because of them, I have a clearer understanding of why Atheists have such strong arguments against «faith» in God's existence.

In open conversation, the emphases and insights of both faiths can help us come to a clearer understanding of the truth.

and I know that through my faith in the God of the Bible, I have a clearer understanding of my own failings and as a result I desire to be a better person who loves people with the same love which He has shown to us.

The Catholic Bishop's Conference Religious Education Curriculum Directory — the authoritative document that outlines the teaching of RE in Catholic schools — is clear that a broad understanding of the world's major religions is crucial to a child's understanding of his or her own faith.

To be valuable and worthwhile, faith must be based on a clear understanding of reality; reality as it is, not as you believe or wish it to be.

Because the goal is for the candidate to live the faith (not merely have an intellectual understanding of it) and is more likely to achieve this praxis when the candidate becomes self motivated as a consequence of the relationship with the sponsor... i.e. «I can do this because my sponsor has made it clear to me that he / she is enough like me that I now know I can also live the (faith) tradition as effectively as he / she does.

Deposits that are given by Buyers in a Real Estate Transaction in the Province of Ontario are generally given in good faith with the clear understanding that such deposit would be returned in the event any of the conditions were not met.