Instead of providing the program of the week or year, the church needs to
develop practices of faith for a lifetime.
Not exact matches
For me I figured that if there is a God out there who does who does actually have a plan for us and if part
of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us
develop faith, and if the reason for why we need to have
faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead
of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all
of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to
practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myself.
Without exposure to
practices that help people
develop a solid biblical and theological foundation and which encourage them to
develop their capacities to think ethically and theologically, the unschooled mind
of the child will pull Christian communities and individuals toward simplistic understandings
of the
faith.
For it is necessary that the
faith of the Church, as this has been articulated during the two thousand years
of Christian history in the form
of theological statements, should be made known to the people; it is equally necessary that the
developed principles
of Christian life, in respect to devotional
practice and in terms
of daily conduct, should be taught.
With that in mind, the NESB called for a new «NPS / Charter /
Faith - based Working Group» that would formalize district - charter communication routines and create a forum for addressing a host
of issues, such as
developing a «set
of shared values and indicators
of success» for the entire city and advocating for «innovations in policy and
practice.»
However, employers would be well - advised to
develop policies around this
practice (adherence to internal policies may stave off allegations
of discrimination or bad
faith).