Sentences with phrase «convinced of»

Like your three wise men story, I am convinced of something, but not of the point the verse thrower thinks they're proving.

I've never been more convinced of my calling and yet scared to walk it out.

, evangelistic for my opinions and convinced of my own wisdom.

I mourn for the ones that will never know the magic of playing mermaids by an old lake shore, drawing out elaborate sagas of the life aquatic on the rocky beach, slipping in and out of water, convinced of a glittery tail.

Not only have such men long since become convinced of the essential incoherence of this theism in its efforts to combine the religious insights of Christianity with the philosophical wisdom of the Greeks, but they are also deeply repelled by the central claim of Greek wisdom, that this world of time and change is somehow inferior or not fully real.

Even if one of them becomes convinced of the Church's teaching, what if their spouse isn't?

Of course we realize that each side is convinced of its rightness, or there would be no argument.

The magicians, sorcerers, and exorcists of the region were so frightened by Paul's powers, and yet convinced of the validity of his message, that they collected their books of magic and burned them publicly as they embraced the Christian faith.

This freedom accepts the risks inherent in it convinced of truth's own strength and not afraid that such expression of opinion might lead to chaos.

The magicians, sorcerers, and exorcists at Ephesus were frightened of Paul's power, but were so convinced of his message that they accepted the Christian faith.

Dominic's missionary zeal flowed directly out of cloistered contemplation, but it convinced him of the need for a new evangelistic order.

you've obviously been convinced of Lucifer's existence — I guess that's something to be said about your religion.

In their examination of the written records, not only were they not of a mind to «insist on proving this tradition legendary», 3 but because of their Christian commitment they were ready to be convinced of the traditional view if only that were the conclusion to which their study of the New Testament records led them.

The eyewitnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus — those who ate, drank, spoke with, and listened to the Lord Jesus Christ after His Resurrection — were so convinced of the Good News of God's Love, Forgiveness, Peace, and Healing Power for all humanity revealed by the Risen Jesus Christ that these eyewitnesses were willing to die as martyrs for their belief in the Risen Christ as fully God and fully man when it was illegal to do so under Roman authority (where Cesar was considered a deity in the state cult religion).

Our legal elites are presently convinced of a «right to marry,» which suggests nothing if not creativity.

One other thing I have become convinced of in using Greek and Hebrew is that a pastor must almost never use Greek and Hebrew in his public teaching.

Also, I am not convinced of the theological dichotomy between the «local church» and the «universal church.»

It seems that the only people in America who aren't convinced of the president's status as our elected king are four, maybe five, justices on the Supreme Court.

For once I'd like to hear from the pulpit truth that someone who has spent time with God has come to understand, and is now convinced of.

One thing I am becoming more and more convinced of is that before you go blast someones life, theology, or practice, you should not go read a book about them, but instead endeavor to become friends with someone of that group.

Young people are often less convinced of the need to develop abilities in other crucial areas, such as in relationships and in parenting.

That you aren't as convinced of your own faith or lack of faith as much as you think.

Half - a-dozen or so years ago I came to the conclusion that the older I get the more I am convinced of the authority of the Word of God (i.e. Bible); however the older I get the less confident I am in my understanding of the Bible.

He has always been more convinced of my calling and my vocation than I could be.

I'm less certain about things, less convinced of my previously held assumptions.

Though we believe and are convinced of some things, we doubt and do not believe others.

Great faith is fully convinced of the difficult promises and the hard to understand truths of Scripture.

Cobb believes that Whitehead's philosophy is modern in its acceptance of relativism and post-modern in its avoidance of nihilism.121 In addition he is convinced of its internal coherence and its faithfulness to experience.

A philosopher, theologian, scholar of patristics and mythology, and frequent contributor to First Things, Hart maintains that his dissatisfaction with the standard renderings of the Bible — each the product of committees and therefore of numberless harmful compromises — convinced him of the value of starting from scratch and making a one - man job of it.

And if one is convinced of the validity of one's beliefs one should be free to commend them to others, and correct the positions of others if necessary.

There is no way to become convinced of that without taking a leap of faith; knowing that, yes, there may be dire temporal consequences.

Convinced of their righteousness and confident in their role as God's messengers, they sought to impose their will on a new land and it's peoples under the guise of bringing elightenment.

What convinced you of that?

Certainly you are familiar with Albert Schweitzer's contribution to the search for the historical Jesus... that he was a man convinced of the imminent parousia (not necessarily his physical return).

And, although, I'm not convinced of yours, or the article's, position, I would point out that the US is a free market and unlike national defense the government does not dictate which doctors are hired or from where.

But whether the conflict is actual or only apparent, Mollenkott is convinced of it.

But as much as you seem convinced of your position, so are the non-believers.

Otherwise we come across as religious zealots, convinced of our particular version of God, and determined to force him upon anyone who will listen.

As I listened to the debate, it was obvious that truth versus falsehood was not the issue here, even though both speakers were convinced of the objectivity of their thoughts.

Convinced of the Torah's Divine origin and aware that, to be decipherable, the Pentateuch must have been given with an oral explanation, I sought the Jewish movement in possession of that ancient Mesorah.

I am convinced of this.

I am not convinced of that.

I'm skeptical of evolution (the belief that all creatures evolved from a single organism) though I am quite convinced of natural selection and adaptation.

I was meditating on Calvinism today because a friend at church Is convinced of this theology and he is willing to discuss it with me... but he knows the bible so much better than I do, I have thus been reluctant.

«Our specializations include: Social Media We are convinced of the incredible power that social media has to connect people to one another and to churches, ministries, and organizations.

Previously, when American paramilitary groups became convinced of the inevitability of official persecution, their most militant adherents shifted from a defensive to an offensive mind - set, unleashing terrorist violence.

But, when on the first Easter morning and thereafter he began to appear to them, individually and in groups, as a living Presence, those closest to him were convinced of it.

If I may be allowed to speak personally for a moment, I find the presence and being of God bearing upon my experience and thought so powerfully that I can not but be convinced of His overwhelming reality and rationality.

I am an atheist because I am not convinced of the claim... but I don't claim to know, because you are right, I don't have proof.

I wrote this section about four years ago, and to be honest, I am not thoroughly convinced of my conclusion any longer.