Sentences with phrase «devout faith»

Ultimately, too, the film does deliver an interesting twist on Texan culture and it becomes quite a deep piece about being different (or rather the smartest person in the room) and also about being able to have have devout faith in something.

It tries to encompass many points of view as it travels across the minefield between devout faith and the desire for free will.»

Nadarkhani «has done nothing more than maintain his devout faith, which is a universal right for people,» a White House spokesman said in a statement.

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani «has done nothing more than maintain his devout faith, which is a universal right for people,» a White House spokesman said in a statement.

In one way or another they ask: How can we think about the devout faith of our Muslim or Hindu neighbor?

What gives the novel its gripping moral power, quite apart from the mechanics of the chase, is the fact that Brossard is not a simple hypocrite: a man who consciously pretends to repentance and devout faith merely to win the support of the churchmen who shield him.

Yet, your devout faith transcends the arbitrary commands of the «leaders» of the Catholic Church, who believe they are the only «chosen» ones with a direct line to God.

Not exact matches

Although he often expressed this vision obliquely, he was relentless in his criticism of those who despised faith as an anachronism: «I am not afraid to say that a devout and God - fearing man is superior as a human specimen to a restless mocker who is glad to style himself an «intellectual,» proud of his cleverness in using ideas which he claims as his own though he acquired them in a pawnshop in exchange for simplicity of heart....

«Rasputin was a man of peace, a man with an innate antipathy to bloodshed whose devout Christian faith taught him that war was a sin.»

When my time comes, I hope to find a clergyman devout and strong enough in his faith to challenge me to a duel and slay me in battle so that I might enter Odin's hall in Valhalla.

It is far past the time that modernists such as yourself exit the doors and go find a good protestant Church to hang out with your girlfriends at, and leave the pious and devout followers of the faith to represent it.

So I believe the President and his devout to our Faith.

I also have a copy of Jewish religious texts, Islamic texts and a few other faiths texts and can speak intelligently with the devout of any of them and have done so.

His father was reported to be lukewarm in his faith, but his mother was very devout.

Many devout Christians still doubt the scientific evidence for evolution, yet material evolution is part of the unfolding of what might be termed God's script written within Nature, something of key importance to the philosophy and theology of the Faith movement.

Tebow, who has become a religious figure because of his late game heroics and devout Christian faith, led the Broncos to the playoffs this year.

Devout Christians believe they must choose between their faith and job security, and they commonly conceal their faith in the workplace to avert discrimination.

But those who know Cain describe him as a devout Christian who leans on his faith in times of hardship.

ES: What does it look like to have Senator Rubio as president, who's obviously a devout man of faith, leading a nation that's moving in a secular direction?

The disciples were devout Jews, trained not only in the ritual of their faith but in the more mystical fellowship that could say, «The nearness of God is my good,» (Psalm 73:28 as translated by J. M. Powis Smith in The Religion of the Psalms, p. 152) and

Funny how those folks were «devout» in either the Christian, Muslim and Hebrew faith and feel they are right to do so for their «real» god.

Copernicus, Bacon (who developed the scientific method), Kepler, Galilei, Newton, Faraday, Mendel, Kelvin, Pasteur, Leeuwenhoek, Carver — all of whom were devout believers of one faith or another.

We discussed the whys and whens of my loss of faith in the first place (I was raised a devout Catholic, at one point considered holy orders as my life's work).

On the other hand, Watanabe, devout Christian that he is, has received a host of Buddhist feelings as his birthright by virtue of his Japanese heritage — just as a feeling for Christian values is an Americans birthright whether one chooses to accept the Christian faith or not.

While I in fact acknowledge that there is no way that a devout Jew can really understand Edith's willingness to embrace the Cross of Christ just as Edith's mother could not understand her child's Christian faith, all of us people of good will, be we Jewish or Christian, can acknowledge our common tie to the mystery of God's redemption that began with the covenant with Abraham, continued and was solidified in the exodus, and is with us today, whether we are still awaiting the promised messiah or believe that he has already come and is among us now.

«This is a sacred space, set apart place for only those who are devout followers of the faith,» Walker said.

Some, like Newton, were devout Christians and may have been impelled by their faith to the achievements for which they are best remembered.

The faith of Islam, and the consequences of that faith, are described in this book by devout Muslim scholars.

Before and especially during his presidency, Obama has been extraordinarily open on matters of faith, providing ample evidence for his repeated claim to be a devout Christian.

Historically and theologically we are dealing here with devout yet aberrant forms of faith that are unable to illuminate the more profound problems of human existence, suffering, guilt and destiny or to answer questions about human history in its wholeness.

The Christian Post had a little more on Gomes» faith life, calling him a «devout Christian,» in a article earlier this year.

Many people are unaware of his devout Catholic faith — he was a daily communicant — and even fewer are aware of the fundamental importance of his faith on his creative work.

And that is where the conflict exists between the Baha'i faith and the religiously devout Islamic Republic of Iran.

Generally speaking, the theologians in each of these faith groups are sincere, intelligent, devout, thoughtful and careful in their interpretation of the Bible.

The belief that Jesus was God Incarnate, which is the linchpin of the Christian faith, is to a devout Jew pure blasphemy.

I see them as sincere, honest, devout young men who usually haven't seen an equal treatment of these two faiths.

The socially prominent couple lived on Wall Street and attended Trinity Episcopal Church, where Elizabeth's faith increased, thanks to her spiritual director, the Rev. John Hobart, and her devout sister - in - law, Rebecca Seton, whom she regarded as her «soul - friend» and confidante.

The Bible remains our chief collection of extant records describing the origin and early development of the Judeo - Christian path of faith, but it no longer prescribes, as it was once thought to do, what devout people of all later ages should believe and do.

I am a devout non-believer and I will put my humanity above the FAITH of any religious zealot.

Some of each faith are undoubtedly more devout than some of the other faiths.

«Settling» is the wrong word, perhaps, for my parents continued to be deeply devout, and we prayed together about everything; however, our lack of a faith community affected all of us.

He damns the religious structure in which the fervent hymns of praise and the devout symbols of dedication were matched by a fervent immorality and a devout pursuit of vanity; in which Yahwism was enthusiastically endorsed at the sanctuaries but — as Amos saw the Yahweh faith — blatantly violated in business, domestic, and personal relationships.

This is true even of many devout Catholics: they have a strong faith in Christ but just don't know the theology behind the Church's teachings.

Yes, it is a scandal when supposedly devout Catholics try to twist the Faith into something to suit their personal goals in life.

Whatever political compromise is negotiated, Yerushalayim / Al - Quds has to be a heterogeneous community witnessing to a pluralistic monotheism — the greatest challenge to any devout believer of any faith, but the only healing path for Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land.

i was a devout believer once... i have read the bible many times from an unbiased point of view — the issues came when i asked questions and people kept sayin you HAVE TO TAKE IT ON FAITH... if faith is all thats needed, why the book, why the 10 commanments????? i have seen horrors in life, and in my lifetime — stuff that if god existed then i find him no more worth worshiping then the pipe that helps me sleep at nFAITH... if faith is all thats needed, why the book, why the 10 commanments????? i have seen horrors in life, and in my lifetime — stuff that if god existed then i find him no more worth worshiping then the pipe that helps me sleep at nfaith is all thats needed, why the book, why the 10 commanments????? i have seen horrors in life, and in my lifetime — stuff that if god existed then i find him no more worth worshiping then the pipe that helps me sleep at night.

It is an article of faith with every devout Communist that the working out of the class struggle will eventually bring the Communist Party to power in every part of the world.

Saul was a devout man and ardent in his faith.

The miraculous catch of fish and the stilling of the storm are devout legends exalting Christ and encouraging faith.

I was raised in the church, considered myself a devout Christian until I was 15 and realized the Bible made no sense, nor did the faith.