This suggests, once again, that
faith is the depth of reason, and that verification involves reason in both its depth and surface dimensions.
Not exact matches
The very evening before that I had an in
depth discussion with my girlfriend who
is struggling with this issue so much so that she
is losing her
faith.
I don't feel that my relationship with God or the
depth of my
faith is questioned because of my orientation.
'' For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth
is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to
be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith; that you,
being rooted and grounded in love, may
be able to comprehend with all the saints what
is the width and length and
depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may
be filled with all the fullness of God.
To paraphrase him, I'd say: «That if I
was ever sick in the hospital, if I
was ever dying, that the last person I would ever want to see
is some Harvard Divinity School professor wanting to talk to me about
faith or the
depth of his spiritual life.»
Instead of entering hell in triumphant splendor so as to rescue the Israelites of old whose
faith was awaiting completion, Balthasar envisions the crucified Son of God as a
depth charge of divine life tossed into the abyss of dissolution.
Some people's criticism of the Mormon
faith is directly related to the
depth of their sinful ways and refusal to repent.
It
is a convincing testimony to the power of Grace when someone
is able to take criticism as you have; but fear of such criticism can also have the affect of making those just learning of the
depth of Divine Love after years of
being taught to worship a Cosmic Bully fearful of sharing their own experiences and expressions of
faith.
The grace given to us in confirmation enables us to grow to Christian maturity»... so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith; and that you,
being rooted and grounded in love, may
be able to comprehend with all the saints what
is the breadth and length and height and
depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may
be filled up to all the fullness of God.»
Transformism as well as, if not better than, the theory of «fixed types» can give to the universe that grandeur and
depth and unity which
are the natural atmosphere for Christian
faith.
His ability to combine a breadth of enthusiasm and a
depth of
faith with gentle good humour
is irreplaceable.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth
is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may
be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith; to the end that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love, may
be strong to apprehend with all the saints what
is the breadth and length and height and
depth, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may
be filled unto all the fulness of God.
If someone says they
are christian and
is seeking office (especially the presidency) I question the
depth of their
faith and wonder if they
are simply ignorant or if they
are lying to me.
In terms of real
depth, Biblical insight, Christian apologetics, and
faith, it
's one of the very best blogs out there.
Dude, I really do respect the
depth of your
faith, but claiming that there will
be a reduction in crime if we all repent
is just ludicrous.
Given that the show's producers seem so keenly aware of the historical context around it (the first storyline
is catalysed by the sinking of the Titanic, while women's suffrage and the social issues around the Great War
are explored in
depth), it seems strange that writer Julian Fellowes should ignore the historical accuracy of the place of
faith.
seems to me like those who research religions in -
depth are usually those who
are searching for facts, or
faith, or something that feels right.
(Didaché, x. 6) but «to
be strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith; that ye
being rooted and grounded in love, may
be strong to apprehend with all saints what
is the breadth and length and
depth and height, and to know the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, that ye may
be filled unto all the fullness of God» (Eph.
Even more important than this
is the subjectivizing of the act of
faith itself, for this latter has penetrated to the innermost
depth of the religious life.
We shall propose that when our consciousness
is shaped by
faith in the divine promise, as well as by a trust in the gift of God's self - limiting love, we will
be able to see in the cosmos a
depth and breadth otherwise obscured.
I have argued in a forthcoming work, The Realities of
Faith and The Revolution in Cultural Forms, that the dimension of
depth which has appeared in contemporary theology under the discussion of eschatology, has affinities with this new vision of science, if in fact it
is not of apiece with it.
«49 Meland
is convinced that intellectual and emotional sensitivity to culture, to its
depth significance, to its transcendent qualities and felt reality can bring one to the realities of
faith, to the meaning of realities which can not
be contained within merely rational structures, to realities which have not so much to
be defined as to
be acknowledged.
Weigel
is a well - informed, witty and thoughtful writer, whose Catholic
faith gives
depth to his work.
First, the significance and
depth of the New Testament writings
were «evidently deeply determined by the
faith or life - orientation that produced them.»
Needed
is a foundation for uniting a radical understanding of God's action in history with radical individual and corporate discipleship in the world — namely, reflection which results from
depth experience, the spiritual life, the interiorization of
faith through meditation, prayer and corporate worship.
Their need, their hope, their search for healing at the
depth of their humanity
is something with which we must, as we say in English, «keep
faith.»
It still may well
be the most comprehensive expression, because
faith alone has sounded the full
depth of the experience.
There have
been times in the history of Christianity when congregations
were a learning environment where Christian
faith was transmitted from one generation to the next through the
depth of commitment of adults in the congregation.
When Pope Benedict XVI
was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he said on several much - quoted occasions that further major ecumenical progress depended on a new «
depth of
faith» worked by a new initiative of the Spirit.
We must stress that this life of
faith is a real possibility for us,
is in fact the only possibility that yields meaning and wholeness and
depth of character and right relation to God.
They
are unusually sensitive to the shallowness of adults who lack
depth of commitment or ability to articulate their own
faith persuasively.
We
are all individuals in the body of Christ and the
depth of our
faith is not equal nor ever will
be.
Most of these lectures aim at bringing the insights of Hinduism and Buddhism closer to Indian and Western Christians as well as philosophers, to deepen their understanding of
faith and expand it to other forms of belief.43 His anthology «The Vedic Experience» which has
been accepted and respected by many Hindus, tries to present texts from the Veda and the Upanishads in such a way that they become open towards other beliefs and transparent for the
depth of
faith.44 An important aspect of his literary production, already central at the beginning, but gaining prominence again lately, has
been to address a Western public that faces the challenge of having to seek its religious identity and not
being able to take it for granted.
Especially the theme of God's word and promise, but also those of exodus, redemption, covenant, justice, wisdom, of the Logos made flesh, of the Spirit poured out on the face of creation, of the compassion, paternity and maternity of God, and especially the Trinitarian character of God — all of the indispensable elements in a Christian theology — communicate their
depth only when they
are united with the theme of divine self - abnegation which, at least to Christian
faith, comes to its most explicit expression in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus?
When Abraham answers, «Here I
am,» God understands the
depth of his
faith, and Isaac
is spared.
This shift might
be explained in biographical terms as a reaction to the SPU debacle — Cairns responding to his fundamentalist doubters with plentiful evidence of the
depth of his
faith and commitment.
Above all, we listen because she can articulate the
depth of her joy for the gift of
Faith's life, even at 2
AM.:
David and Shimei, Scene I: the stature of David, the man, portrayed under the despicable Shimei's abuse (16:5 - 14) The
depth of David's
faith is again evident (16:12); and the gentleness of David
is all the more remarkable when we remember that these
are his most miserable hours.
At this point I have not done in
depth research, but with the public knowledge that the last two Fed Chairmen
are Jewish
faith, it seems reasonable that our Fed
is essentially controlled in accordance with Jewish religious belief.
Our Gospel text addresses another pastoral issue regarding
faith that
is still very much with us: whether the degree and
depth of our
faith are adequate to life's circumstances.
Despite what the prince in Dostoevsky's Idiot says about the crucified Christ constituting a sight that could cause one to lose
faith, it
is precisely upon the Pierced One that the believer must gaze — for in contemplating the length and breadth and
depth of a God whose love recoils not from his enemies (nor even from death), even the least faithful believer
is offered the greatest proof of the reliability of the Word into which they entrusted their destiny.
My thesis
is that the many visions of perfection
are more or less the same or at least analogical, and therefore if each
Faith keeps its ethics of law dynamic within the framework of and in tension with its own transcendent vision of perfection, the different religious and secular
Faiths can have a fruitful dialogue at
depth on the nature of human alienation which makes love impossible and for updating our various approaches to personal and public law with greater realism with insights from each other.
There
's no question that the
depth and integrity of his
faith arrests many.
It
is difficult for the non-Jew to grasp the
depth and breadth of this hope and
faith.
Such a love of humanity
is no enemy of science or knowledge, but it can add a quality and a
depth to living which
are impossible without a true religious
faith.
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