Sentences with phrase «deep human yearnings»

The text can be an act of good faith, because both transformation and stabilization are faithful acts of God and both meet deep human yearnings, but the mediation of either comes through the vested interest of the preacher.

While the desire for dignity is one of the deepest human yearnings, knowing how to treat oneself and others in a way that honors it does not come naturally.

Not exact matches

For only God can really satisfy our deepest and most human yearnings, for absolute truth and absolute love.

So when they experience this universal, timeless yearning, they are likely to envision the therapeutic ideals of deep consolation and genuine human flourishing — two worthy goals that the forces of this world and the conflicts in our hearts do not seem to allow.

At the same time, it is no less sensitive to the desire of human beings not to sicken and die, to be relieved of social strife and injustice, to be forever in the company of their loved ones, to have their deepest yearnings satisfied, and to have an infinitely long life, one that is infinitely and interestingly worth having.

Nevertheless, Kass is right, I believe, to think that none of the secular versions of immortality, the kind science might give us, can satisfy our deeper yearnings, assuming we have them as part of our human nature.

If it is removed from the social fabric the coming of God is likely to be interpreted in a purely historical rather than sacramental manner, frustrating the reach of God into our human, social world, undermining the human hope that God can answer our deepest yearning.

Freedom for excellence is the freedom that will satisfy the deepest yearnings of the human heart to be free.

He answers the deepest yearnings of the prophets for justice and righteousness before God by his own life and teaching, and he makes ever present in himself the future longings of Psalmist and Wisdom writer for human wholeness and integrity of life.

We humans all truly yearn in our deepest being for world peace and all that goes together with this; an end to hunger, trauma, and poverty.

This effect of continual repetition calls out to the human senses, and, in return, deep inside of our hearts, we yearn for true amazement.»

Barbara Diener's photographic project depicts human deep - seated need to find a home, the yearning to belong and our attachment to memories of familiar domesticity.

DEEP within human nature there are certain types of people who yearn for catastrophe, they yearn to have significance in their lives believing that theirs is the time when the chickens are coming home to roost and everything is going to go tits up.

We all have a deep desire to love and be loved and we yearn for meaningful human connection.