Sentences with phrase «faith in a world where»

This in your face I'm better than you because I'm a Christian who uses the term The Lord Jesus Christ blah blah blah and so on are killing our faith in a world where people are more laid back and want nothing to do with some snake oil religious sales person.

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Corecco added that in today's globalized, multicultural, and secularized world, where the faith is something that can not simply be taken for granted, it becomes necessary to require a more explicit faith of the contracting parties, if we really want to save Christian marriage.

He added: «If you feel called to plant, we need you on the outer estates, we need you in our northern towns, we need you in areas where a majority of people come from other world faiths, we need you in those areas where the trendy coffee shops and artisanal bakers are hard to find.

Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.

So in a world where politicians are already liars, Romney actually has a faith - based obligation to lie (if it benefits the Mormon church).

Like it or not your nose is being rubbed in the sands of faith where the world can not shake the absolute truth that man needs God.

In today's world, where miracles are not so obvious, we can understand why faith is difficult to achieve.

Moreover, as William Beardslee insists, the story form tells the individual «where he has come from and where he is going,» since «by creating its own ordered world, wherein through struggle and action an end is achieved, the story expresses faith in the ultimate reality of order and life.

So that's why religion; it's very difficult to compete, you know, in a world where there are new discoveries and they ask you as a man of faith, «Where's your new discovery?&rwhere there are new discoveries and they ask you as a man of faith, «Where's your new discovery?&rWhere's your new discovery?»

The development in our souls of supernatural life (based on the natural spiritualization of the world through the efforts of mankind): this in the last resort is the field where the operative power of faith is positively and without any known limits exercized.

And yet I wonder, what faith would there be in a world where the Creator intruded so powerfully that we would have no choice but to believe?

And, as Pope Benedict again has said, this fundamental question, which isa question we have to answer with our intelligence sustained by the light of faith, is that if we discern reason in the world, in nature - if nature is understandable - the question arises; where does this come from?

In fact, to suggest that good works are of central importance to the Christian faith is often considered heretical in the world of conservative evangelicalism, where advocating any form of «works - based salvation» is looked upon with suspicioIn fact, to suggest that good works are of central importance to the Christian faith is often considered heretical in the world of conservative evangelicalism, where advocating any form of «works - based salvation» is looked upon with suspicioin the world of conservative evangelicalism, where advocating any form of «works - based salvation» is looked upon with suspicion.

Once again, if you live in an area of the world where that's not likely to happen, your still saved by grace through faith.

What an awful world it must be to live in where you have no element of what defines our humanity — the ability to know that we don't know everything, the ability to have faith.

In a post — Cold War, post-9 / 11 world strewn with conflicts involving competing religious postures and contradictory global views, where supposed divisions on lines of race, culture, and faith are loudly promoted and violently exploited, the example of past wars fought in pursuit of religious idealism has proved seductive for some seeking false assurance from continuity with historIn a post — Cold War, post-9 / 11 world strewn with conflicts involving competing religious postures and contradictory global views, where supposed divisions on lines of race, culture, and faith are loudly promoted and violently exploited, the example of past wars fought in pursuit of religious idealism has proved seductive for some seeking false assurance from continuity with historin pursuit of religious idealism has proved seductive for some seeking false assurance from continuity with history.

What these rising communities really signal, Jenkins believes, is a deep spiritual hunger in the developing world and the wide appeal of the Christian God and the Christian story even where local religious faith is strong — perhaps especially there.

Western Europe is thought to be the only part of the world where Christianity is in decline, and Christians within its borders face pressure to hide their faith to degrees not felt in even nominally Christian countries elsewhere.

It is worse in other parts of the world where more Christians are currently being killed for their faith than members of any other religion.

Now let us have a cloose look at modern man or say Politics Today where you drop all that behind and do as Personal Interests with out any commitment verbal or written Just Buy and Sell at Sale they Trade with the Fate, Faith and destiny of World and New Worlds Nations and that is why no conflict ever settled among nations but getting even worse and Modern Prophets of Inspiration and Knowldge Remind and Warn of World Food and Waters about Famine in the world and the need for working agianst that otherwise nations would become as Live Zombies eating each other fWorld and New Worlds Nations and that is why no conflict ever settled among nations but getting even worse and Modern Prophets of Inspiration and Knowldge Remind and Warn of World Food and Waters about Famine in the world and the need for working agianst that otherwise nations would become as Live Zombies eating each other fWorld Food and Waters about Famine in the world and the need for working agianst that otherwise nations would become as Live Zombies eating each other fworld and the need for working agianst that otherwise nations would become as Live Zombies eating each other flesh.

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

In this final chapter we will consider the nature of spirituality, the sacred, the role of worship, different forms of prayer, the integration of our work world into our faith, the nature and purpose of the Church, and where we go from here.

In a world where other nations constructed the machinery of war in an attempt to achieve their own security, it was Israel's trust in Yahweh as warrior that freed the community of faith from taking part in arms races and saber - rattlinIn a world where other nations constructed the machinery of war in an attempt to achieve their own security, it was Israel's trust in Yahweh as warrior that freed the community of faith from taking part in arms races and saber - rattlinin an attempt to achieve their own security, it was Israel's trust in Yahweh as warrior that freed the community of faith from taking part in arms races and saber - rattlinin Yahweh as warrior that freed the community of faith from taking part in arms races and saber - rattlinin arms races and saber - rattling.

Pope John Paul II also embraces this close connection, writing in his letter to artists (1999), «True art has a close affinity with the world of faith, so that, even in situations where culture and the Church are far apart, art remains a kind of bridge to religious experience.»

The reason that more people, especially younger people, drift from organized religion but retain a faith in a god is because we finally live in a world where it is okay to question religious «authority».

I believe the only way the Western world will return to a vintage form of Christianity, is when it repents from a consumeristic, individualistic, and self - centered mindset, and instead turn to a more communal, selfless, people where faith in Christ is more conducive.

But if we are tired of living in a world where one is either dominating others or dominated by others we have no choice but step out in faith towards another way of living and relating to other people and communities.

His blog Faith in the World identifies stories of hope from around the world and places where religion intersects everyday World identifies stories of hope from around the world and places where religion intersects everyday world and places where religion intersects everyday life.

«In the Bible, the heart is the core of the human person, where all his or her different dimensions intersect: body and spirit, interiority and openness to the world and to others, intellect, will and affectivity... Faith transforms the whole person precisely to the extent that he or she becomes open to love.»

To hear this call, and in this call to hear where God will lead us, to have insight into God's plan for the world — that is faith.

In a world where people feel as if no one cares for them... Faith in something good is what fuels our existencIn a world where people feel as if no one cares for them... Faith in something good is what fuels our existencin something good is what fuels our existence.

But I would rather be here in this imperfect place than outside where I see Grace disappearing, where most have lost faith in the world that pushes it's children into employment where money, power and influence is the only road to happiness, where dog eat dog is the Tag Line which tries to conceal avarice by saying The Wealth creators help the poor as it eventually trickles down.

The author quotes apologist Lee Strobel as saying, «It wasn't too many years ago that scholars were writing off apologetics because we live in a postmodern world where young people are not supposed to be interested in things like the historical Jesus... The biggest shock is that among people who communicated to me that they had found faith in Christ through apologetics, the single biggest group was 16 - to -24-year-olds.»

Some in the Catholic Church believe the world is facing a rising tide of demonic activity, particularly in America, where millions are moving away from traditional faiths and looking for alternatives.

In 1982, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, following a long and arduous journey, published the document entitled «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry,» following a meeting in Lima, Peru, where representatives of «virtually all major church traditions,» including «Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United, Disciples, Baptist, Adventist and Pentecostal,» [7] reached theological convergence on various issues regarding baptism, eucharist and ministrIn 1982, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, following a long and arduous journey, published the document entitled «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry,» following a meeting in Lima, Peru, where representatives of «virtually all major church traditions,» including «Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United, Disciples, Baptist, Adventist and Pentecostal,» [7] reached theological convergence on various issues regarding baptism, eucharist and ministrin Lima, Peru, where representatives of «virtually all major church traditions,» including «Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United, Disciples, Baptist, Adventist and Pentecostal,» [7] reached theological convergence on various issues regarding baptism, eucharist and ministry.

[27] See for example Hans - Georg Link, ed., Apostolic Faith Today: A Handbook for Study, Faith and Order Paper No. 124 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1985), where it is pointed out that «this apostolic faith study is profoundly related to the convergence document on «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry» and its reception process in the churFaith Today: A Handbook for Study, Faith and Order Paper No. 124 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1985), where it is pointed out that «this apostolic faith study is profoundly related to the convergence document on «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry» and its reception process in the churFaith and Order Paper No. 124 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1985), where it is pointed out that «this apostolic faith study is profoundly related to the convergence document on «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry» and its reception process in the churfaith study is profoundly related to the convergence document on «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry» and its reception process in the churches.

«it is sometimes better to admit we don't know certain things in this world,» = > there is much I don't know yet I have faith that God has it all under control and works things out where we are not able.

In a world where there are agnostics, athesists, satanists, catholics, muslims,... ad nauseum... then to take each of their monies in the form of taxes and then only display one of those religious symbol in a place where all children of all faiths are educated is a slap to face of any fair minded individuaIn a world where there are agnostics, athesists, satanists, catholics, muslims,... ad nauseum... then to take each of their monies in the form of taxes and then only display one of those religious symbol in a place where all children of all faiths are educated is a slap to face of any fair minded individuain the form of taxes and then only display one of those religious symbol in a place where all children of all faiths are educated is a slap to face of any fair minded individuain a place where all children of all faiths are educated is a slap to face of any fair minded individual.

«With the world's attention on the plight of those in Iraq, we must not forget that this is part of an evil pattern around the world where Christians and other minorities are being killed and persecuted for their faith.

Growing this new family was so central to the faith of the early Christians it no doubt raised questions about how to operate in a world where hierarchal boundaries were such a big part of the culture's sociopolitical dynamic.

How do we live in a world where neither our faith nor our visions control the things that go on?

In any case I doubt if a sense of the world's general aim toward value can be deeply felt by those who have not experienced the urge to participate in a community of faith, where faith is understood as an adventurous openness and exploratory hopIn any case I doubt if a sense of the world's general aim toward value can be deeply felt by those who have not experienced the urge to participate in a community of faith, where faith is understood as an adventurous openness and exploratory hopin a community of faith, where faith is understood as an adventurous openness and exploratory hope.

ISTM that the Church has abandoned its mission to the world and set up an ecclesiastic subculture of priests and levites, where it is all about serving in the temple / church while the world is left to its own fate without the leavening / seasoning of faith.

Contextual Spirituality: In Bolivia, where over 99 % percent of the population identifies themselves as either «Christian» or «Catholic» World Vision staff is free to partner with local churches (of various denominations) to help host Bible schools and faith - related activities.

Small wonder that America's movies and music and television shows make us enemies in traditional societies around the world — and small wonder, too, that many cultural conservatives, despairing of their country's future, embrace withdrawal from the world into a narrow, well - defended Christendom, where their families and their faith can be protected from the lowest - common - denominator swill that washes against the walls outside.

Recap: Back in the summer I pegged Nainggolan as my breakout candidate, and he repaid my faith in him tenfold, to the point where he's drawing the eyes of the world's largest clubs.

And I mean the baby doesn't know what's going on and you can kind of empathize with them, especially for those of us in the twin world, where, you know, we had to go to the NICU and there was uncertainty and you just have to rely on the doctors and really put your faith in them and... So, what an awesome outcome in this situation.

His faith in biotech remains and he feels that a start - up firm offers a unique and dynamic environment where, as he puts it frankly, «you learn about the real world.»

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In a world where meeting one's life partner online is no longer a disgrace, there is always a room for quality Christian dating sites that do not only let us meet our soulmates but stay assured that they share our faith too.