Sentences with phrase «concrete problems of living»

Brunner has recently published a monumental work on ethics which takes full recognition of the concrete problems of living.

Not exact matches

In the last analysis the test of a method is whether it illuminates concrete problems in life.

Extend this dilemma to problems of family life and business dealings, to the moot problems of school integration and the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs in war, and it becomes evident that there is no unanimity among Christians as to the will of God in concrete matters of ethical decision.

Second, while many people may desire a religious option that offers concrete answers to life's problems, there will be a minority of well - educated people who will find new - paradigm Christianity to be simplistic in its affirmation of Jesus as the exclusive path to truth.

The problem with bisexuality in my life (and I can speak only for myself) is that it has been grounded too much in my utopic fantasy of the way things «ought» to be and too little in the more modest recognition of myself as a participant in this society at this time in this world, in which I have both a concrete desire for personal intimacy with someone else and a responsibility to participate in, even witness to, the destruction of unjust social structures — specifically, the heterosexual box.

The job of a Christian preacher, he said, is to «proclaim the given gospel to the given world,» The given gospel — that is to say, the gospel which has come to him from the Christian tradition which he represents and for which in his preaching function he speaks; the given world — that is to say, men and women in their actual concrete situation, with their interests and worries, their concerns and their problems, And the two are to go together, so that the gospel will be heard and (one hopes) accepted by those who hear its proclamation as directly relevant to their own lives.

Is it not true that Paul's «purely» theological insights are, on closer inspection, responses to the cultural crises and life situations of young churches facing concrete problems, and that his «purely» practical advice has within it a theological dimension?

In fact, if we agree with him that human experiences of as brief a duration as one - tenth of a second may be distinguished in consciousness, and if we disregard the problem of whether a sleeping person also experiences at about the same rate of ten occasions per second, then simple arithmetic enables us to conclude that the concrete reality of a human being that lives seventy years is well over two billion individual «selves»!

«A Breakout Role for Teachers» describes how some teachers break free of the routines, rules, and habits that exhaust teachers» time and energy to identify important problems, offer concrete solutions, and bring those solutions to life.

A very concrete problem concerns the movement rights of UK citizens living in the EU.

By focusing on solutions instead of problems, it asks clients to set concrete goals and to draw upon strengths in their lives that can help bring

The book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework together with practical strategies for combining play, developmental guidance, trauma - focused interventions, and concrete assistance with problems of living.