Sentences with phrase «following ways of thinking»

As you consider the following ways of thinking about the Bible, pick which one you most prefer and which one you least prefer.

For Christians who follow this way of thinking, the formation of Israel in 1948 — and the subsequent 750,000 Arabs who either left their homes or were expelled — was a result of divine prophecy, a rebooting of the prophetic time clock, triggering a series of events that will culminate in the return of Christ.

Only scared sheep follow this way of thinking.

So, if we follow your way of thinking, Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3 did not help Nintendo to reach 61.91 million sales of NES systems back then?

Brian thinks anyone not following his way of thinking, or everyone else but him is pond scum or a criminal.

Not exact matches

And never follow your apology with a disclaimer like «But I was really mad, because...» or «But I did think you were...» or any statement that in any way places even the smallest amount of blame back on the other person.

Still, while those with less gold - plated resumes need to think more carefully, Kalt's piece is a refreshing reminder that talent generally shows through — and generally the best way to develop your talent is to follow you interests instead of trying to stick to a narrow, pre-described career path.

In this way, a sense of gratitude inspires you to think bigger, take risks, push through fear and follow through on the actions needed to hit stretch goals.

Think of it as another way to follow Ernest Hemingway's famous dictum on writing: «The best way is always to stop when you are going good.»

While silence may feel awkward, follow it with a thoughtful response and no one will think twice about how you sat for a few seconds, clearly thinking of not how to respond but the best way to respond.

The headset already can be used to control most ordinary functions in common software, such as word processing and spreadsheet programs, by taking the place of a mouse — the cursor simply follows your gaze, and you can think your way into triggering the equivalent of a left or right mouse click.

If our wishful thinking is followed by an acute assessment of the obstacles that stand in the way of our dreams, achievement is far more likely, she contends.

Never follow an apology with a disclaimer like «But I was really mad, because...» or «But I did think you were...» or any statement that in any way places even the smallest amount of blame back on the other person.

Way too many 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 year olds who follow me on Instagram think that their first job during college, or out of college, or as they're coming up, is to learn how to raise capital.

These biases can be cognitive, illustrated by a tendency to think and act in a certain way or follow a rule of thumb.

So I am not suggesting «buy and hold forever» is the approach that must be followed, but I do think that imagining each investment decision as if it were only 1 of 20 that you could make is a great way to think.

Following this rapid growth period, we anticipate that GFI will slow their expansion over the next year.9 They are planning to increase their fundraising capability primarily through strengthening their relationships with existing donors as well as identifying new potential groups of donors.10 They hope this will allow them to maintain sustained growth beyond the startup phase.11 Given additional funding, we do think that GFI is structured in such a way that they could continue to expand their organizational capacity across all departments; however, we think that it's possible they will continue to encounter some hiring issues (although not to the same extent as those seen in 2017).

I also think in North America, Christianity has become polarised and it can make it very hard for some to just follow Jesus without being made to feel that they MUST conform to some denomination, way of thinking or being in order to be accepted.

So relieved to read the comments (a lot of sensible people here in America are voicing out their thoughts re: this article) following this plastic fantastic comparison of chairs used in the east and the west - a chair is just a chair - like Dionne Warwick sang... people in America know their minds now and hand manipulation of religion in every way possible is out the door.

The problem, mique, is that the Christians (and some other religions) believe that your actions or lack of action (e.g., not properly worshiping their deity) can anger their god and bring his collective punishment upon everyone, so they think it's their civic duty to help you see the light and to legislate their ideas so that all must follow their ways (of course, history shows they can't even agree among themselves what those ways are).

... switch from using a mac to using a pc and expect the same thing... or go back to religion and get the same shunning from the atheists that you got from whatever church that was that you blindly followed... now you get to be the poster child for atheists the same way a repentant drugged up rock star gets to be the poster child for church... except from the atheists» arrogant point of view, you went from uneducated, ignorant, bigoted, intolerant and stupid to being sophisticated, intellectual, open minded and free thinking... in their opinion you were formerly a stupid a s s...

That some of us spoke of this new way of thinking as post-modern followed easily.

One final point that follows from this line of thought, which is also common to both Holloway and Pope Benedict, is that just as the Incarnation has already unified the family of man in a new way, society needs structures of government that reflect its increasingly globalised unity.

For example, there are persons to whom it is wholly self - evident that sense data are the ultimate givens in terms of which all thought develops and who are equally convinced that the only acceptable explanation of the way things happen follows mechanical models.

Wayne's book Finding Church is one of the best books I know of which answers some of these questions, and, more importantly, provides direction, encouragement, and guidance for those who think that Jesus may be inviting them to leave the four walls of institutional Christianity and follow Jesus into a deeper, more adventuresome, intimate, and real way of living.

I've known people of little education or sophistication to follow Jesus in a most saintly manner, and I think The Way is simpler than you describe.

In fact, for people like me, no longer attending «church» has allowed me to follow Jesus in ways I had only dreamed of when I did attend «church» and experience the love of Jesus in ways I never thought possible.

Looked at that way, the essential content of revelation, or perhaps the very nature of God (whatever is the ultimate «subject matter» or «object» of the inquiry) dictates certain methods and movements of thought which, if followed, denominate the inquiry as «theology.»

This idea follows the train of thought that God gave the world Jesus and the Bible as ways to know and have access to Him.

I think our way of following Jesus is growing, but we can still feel pretty isolated sometimes.

And thinking and acting more justly will come as we follow in the Way of Jesus, sacrificing ourselves on behalf of a world in need.

That horrible person WAS NOT a Christian... # 1 way to tell if a person is a Christian... IS THAT WHAT JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE DONE?????? The answer to that question is «HECK NO»!!!!!!! If you want to know what a true Christian is then look to the person we follow... those of us who are following in his footsteps and doing what he said to do «Love your neighbor» (that includes all neighbors even if they don't look, act, or think like you).

You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz

In order to grasp more vividly the way in which the fallacy of mistaking abstractions for concrete realities has inclined thought in this direction, observe the following «rough» breakdown of nature's hierarchical structure: 16 i.e.

But on the other hand, when in talking about sin one talks only of such sins, it is so easily forgotten that in a way it may be all right, humanly speaking, with respect to all such things up to a certain point, and yet the whole life may be sin, the well - known kind of sin: glittering vices, willfulness, which either spiritlessly or impudently continues to be or wills to be unaware in what an infinitely deeper sense a human self is morally under obligation to God with respect to every most secret wish and thought, with respect to quickness in comprehending and readiness to follow every hint of God as to what His will is for this self.

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?

Through the Scripture is one way that the Holy Spirit will begin to allow you to hear His voice and follow His leading, and He will also begin to filter your minds from some of these negative thoughts.

Can we lose that salvation i believe so if we totally turn away from him by rejecting the conviction of the holy spirit in our lives.I say that because as a new christian i accepted Christ into my life and the holy spirit was convicting me to surrender my heart to him as Lord and i was resisting him i would not surrender to him fully and so he gave me a choice to either accept him or reject him.I believe he gives everyone the chance to make that commitment as Lord of there life.When we make that deeper commitment and follow him he will continue to perfect us through his holy spirit so that we conform to his image.By the way i knew that if i rejected him at that point that was it he would never bother me again i would have been eternally lost the thought was terrifying at the time.There was definitely a spiritual battle being fought over me i was very aware i needed to decide which side i was on.Thankfully i chose the winning one.brentnz

I thought this young man was very inspiring, because he reflected the only authentic way to get over childhood traumas and betrayals, whatever they may be, is by following the Way of Christ., which is always about repentance, forgiveness, and living in His Loway to get over childhood traumas and betrayals, whatever they may be, is by following the Way of Christ., which is always about repentance, forgiveness, and living in His LoWay of Christ., which is always about repentance, forgiveness, and living in His Love.

What if your son or daughter told you they were gay?Would you follow your narrow - minded, religious bigotry, and curse them to hell?Or, could you find a way to change your mind and continue to love them?Would you slap your kid in the face and kick them out of the house and ask your god why he is so cruel to little - old you?Do yourself a favour and spend a moment thinking on this subject before you spout your hate - fulll nonsense again... and for crying out loud, LAY OFF THE KFC!!

I think Paul might have been writing about the reality of trying to follow Jesus in this world, but not the ideal way of following Jesus.

OK.Thanks for the unfounded generalizations.Please don't pick on us for refusing to follow the great MAFIA - BOSS in the sky.Why do you insist upon insulting people who think differently than you.Does it make sense when Muslims insult and threaten you and your way of life?..

Well, FAITH, there's the problem... that gibberish in the bible was just made up by «some guy» to keep the peasants behaving in a manner that whomever wrote it thought was a good way to behave... some of those guys were wise, yes, and there are benefits to following some of the «guidelines» set forth in the Bible... but it's a circular argument to use the Bible as a reason to have faith, because you have to first BELIEVE in the deity, THEN believe that the deity inspired the writings, THEN you can take the writings as «truth»... I'm two steps back, not believing in the deity at all (Yay, Atheists!

i am undergoing such a change in the way i think about God and religion and reading some of your articles has been very refreshing — right now i am part of a very fundamental church and i need to get out - i am tired of the judgement and looking at people as «saved» and «unsaved» (we recently had a church event where if you brought an «unsaved» friend they got to rollerskate for free - i wanted to vomit)- i just want to follow Jesus - do nt know where to go but i do want to stay part of a church (for the sake of my children)- i saw somewhere on your blog that you too are in the hudson valley — are there any churches you can recommend that fall in line with your way of thinking?

In this same chapter, Simon (the sorcerer) believed and followed Phillip and was baptized by water... yet he was rebuked by Peter, in much the same way that Jesus rebukes the church in Laodicia, for thinking he could buy the gifts of the Spirit with money.

So if you are a radical Christian, following Jesus in the way of voluntary poverty, what are you to think of the biblical boob - tube fan?

Most all of it is man empowering himself to have a following, or at the very least his / her way of thinking.

Another preacher preaching what ever goes is ok with Christianity... If your going to preach Christianity based on the Bible, then you might as well forget gay marriages are ok... If you want to twist it around then thats up to you... Paul said, «The Berens were of noble charachter because they didn't believe what they heard, but they took what they heard and confirmed it with the Bible... So its like the Yen or Yang... Its either Gods church or Satans Church... Can't be any other way... Do I hate gays, no... I have some very close friends that I have had for over 30 years that are gay, but I think they will be accountable for their life styles... Thats the thing about Christianity, we are held accountable, its not an everything goes belief... Its rules we have to follow... And rules we will be held accountable... So maybe this preacher needs to start a dfferent faith or religion... One where there are no rules and where its people are not accountable for their actions...

They are all addressed to readers already Christian, and they deal with theological and ethical problems arising out of the attempt to follow the Christian way of life and thought in a non-Christian world.

Instead, I think Jesus was simply pointing out that the religious leaders were not following the law at all, but were instead misusing the law in a way that allowed them to dishonor their parents, which was the exact opposite intention of the law (see 7:13).