Teaching kids is
a form of love in my eyes and to be around them is exciting and lots of joy.
«Missional believers must teach and model for new Christians that death is the new
form of love in our lives» (Stetzer / Nation, 110).
If her companion is already married, perhaps the confessor will invite her to face the problem with him, explaining to him that she loves him, but believes that God is calling them to a particularly difficult
form of love in which there is no room for sexual relations.
If God is love the image of God in man defines
the forms of love in human existence.
Although the New Testament has answers for these difficulties, its own answers do not completely resolve the issues, which are then taken up in the subsequent history of
the forms of love in the Christian tradition (SFL 39).
My fixation on being in a relationship often left a blind spot for all the other wonderful
forms of love in the world.
I had the impression the author wanted to address the many
forms of love in order to show the variances from the parental to the sisterly, as well as the lust that can so quickly morph into control and obsession - not to mention Lucy's transformation... - melindah Cruel Beautiful World I agree with alycet.
In short, having a partner that helps you grow as a person may be an important marker of
these forms of love in long - term relationships.
Not exact matches
Some people have a
love of coffee that goes so deep they need to shout it to the world
in tote bag
form (we're not judging, we're all like that about something).
While today's ultra-wealthy may not be commissioning timeless monuments to show how much they
love their spouses, they are producing extravagant epics
in the
form of over-the-top, hyper - personalized vacations.
While the images (and entire site) contribute to creating a feeling
of love, the specific language used
in the call - to - action
form contributes to the feeling that, just by signing up, you're starting your journey to find your next soul mate.
Love it or hate it, more and more customers are providing feedback
in the
form of online reviews.
I am doing this because I have a passion for doing it and I
love being
of service to other people
in whatever
form I can be.»
Let them know
in various ways that you notice their hard work and show them a little
love with some
form of recognition.
Neither death or life, not angels or principalities or powers, not things present or things to come shall be able to seperate us
form the
love of God which is
in Christ our Lord.
Do you know the mathematical impossibility that even one
of these could randomly come into existance?Let alone all
of the building blocks required for just a single simple cell to come together to
form any type
of living thing?There sure should be some blobs
of fossilized transitions if evolution could happen.You people are real smart why don't you quit bashing Christians and quit believing the garbage you have been fed, and look up the evidence put forth by the Creation Research people.They have
in fact proven creation down to a cellular level.Unlike evolution scientists who have no answers, but cleverly devised fables.Evolution is not even a very good fairy tale.Even if I didn't believe
in God, Evolution is such a fools explanation
of the origin
of man that it takes just that to even consider it true.I understand though that you athiests will believe anything that allows you to
love your sin and hatred
of the one true God.
Have you ever 2Timothy3: 1 - 5 It speak about
in the last day critical time hard to deal with will be here.2 men will be lovers
of themselves, lovers
of money,self - assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self control, fierce, without
love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers
of pleasures rather than lovers
of god, 5 having a
form of godly devotion but proving false to its power, and from these turn away.God speak
of these thing occurring
in our day.
I see Him as a
loving God who sent His one and only Son to go through the most horrible
form of execution that the world has ever known
in order to save my soul.
Why should a
loving god punish anyone for not believing
in the existence
of an invisible being that never bothers to show itself
in any way, shape, or
form?
Long concludes, «To see this
form does not resolve all the dilemmas
of our secular age, but it offers a different «itinerary,» one where those who articulate the conversion to
love can be heard, and who
in turn constitute yet another social imaginary.
By caritas, the Pope means a distinctive
form of the
love that humans experience — not eros, nor amor, nor affection, nor commitment
in choice (dilectio), nor friendship, nor all those other
forms of love that humans know and cherish, each
in its own way.
I am reminded
of what Jesus said about the purest
form of religion being taking care
of the most vulnerable
of society with widows and orphans and to keep from being polluted by evil,
in this case the
love of money over meeting the needs
of the poor.
Most
of their reflections
in life have been not how successful they were
in the job market, how much money they made, it was usually about the relationships that were
formed in life, especially their
loved ones.
Think
of a woman who has
formed with a man who is not her husband an affective and emotional bond
of love and
of reciprocal support
in which children grow and flourish.
-- but takes us away from the even more countercultural questions it raised earlier, about the
forms of love we ignore
in our laser focus on romance.
Christians
in this country need to totally abandon the two corrupt parties we have, because those who are seated
in the seats
of making decisions will NEVER abandon their practices, for their
love of power and the
love of BRIBE that comes abundantly to them from those who have means to give it,
in order to receive favors
in form of making our country's laws and policies to further allow them to do their self serving practice, disregarding those which they hurt by them.
Neither can we feel the intense emotions
of love and faith a believer
in some
form of spirituality has.
They are found to be a very Rich & Powerful Groups and Mother
of Groups that control lives
of Millions... Now Finding Peace means that we should think on how to get those Master Keys or Super Master Keys
of Super Powerful Groups that are to be gathered all
in one Ring lock that works to getting them to work towards One Purpose only and that is on how to make Human Life better Globally and that by investing
in them human populations worldwide not minding their Race or Faith or Political interests such will work towards Building Bridges between all Nations holding and calling one Message
of Love and Sharing
in some
form of Brotherhood that works towards a Greener Planet Earth!?
For example,
in the aftermath
of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, hundreds
of churches quickly
formed the China Christian Action
Love volunteer association to provide relief, which many disaster victims praised as besting government efforts
in both speed and constancy.
While I would personally
love to see mutual edification
in the
form of Bible Study and encouraging one another dominate all gatherings, this is a personal preference and not something -LSB-...]
Through this attitude, according to Schweitzer, humanity seeks to become united with the Cosmic Will, and thus strives to overcome the estrangement (Selbstentzweiung) which mysteriously and painfully exists between the blind, groping, truculent
forms of energy
in the world at large and the purposive, morally concerned
form, or will - to -
love, which humanity discovers
in itself.
Man - made hypothesis
of where we came from, such as from evolution (saying that proteins
formed in a «prebiotic soup» and then «joining hands» with DNA, so that eventually a living cell is born), is not satisfying nor does it provide logical answers as to how the quality
of love came about nor a conscience, that literally means «co-knowledge»
in Greek.
Yes, it is true that looking at the trees, we don't see God, but when we look to our fellow human beings and doing things for them, we acknowledge God's existence
in the universe
in the
form of love.
While I would personally
love to see mutual edification
in the
form of Bible Study and encouraging one another dominate all gatherings, this is a personal preference and not something I find commands for
in Scripture.
But my husband and I both grew up
in homes where we were welcomed, sheltered, nourished,
loved and where we experienced the outflowing
of that
love toward strangers and near - strangers
in the
form of Christian hospitality.»
We drink his wine and give our hearts away
in the breathtaking risk
of believing — a
form of falling
in love, really.
(n. 29) «Therefore, the priest's life ought to radiate this spousal character which demands that he be a witness to Christ's spousal
love, and thus be capable
of loving people with a heart which is new, generous and pure, with genuine self - detachment, with full, constant and faithful dedication and at the same time with a kind
of «divine jealousy» (cf. 2 Cor 11:2)-- and even with a kind
of maternal tenderness, capable
of bearing the «pangs
of birth» until «Christ be
formed»
in thefaithful (cf. Gal 4:19).
But
in truth, this autonomy is mistaken and entry into God's will is not opposition to the self, it is not a
form of slavery that violates my will, but rather means entering into truth and
love, into goodness.
be a witness to Christ's spousal
love, and thus be capable
of loving people with a heart which is new, generous and pure, with genuine self - detachment, with full, constant and faithful dedication and at the same time with a kind
of «divine jealousy» (cf. 2 Cor 11:2)-- and even with a kind
of maternal tenderness, capable
of bearing the «pangs
of birth» until «Christ be
formed»
in the faithful (cf. Gal 4:19).
I
love Sarah Bessey and true to
form,
in Out
of Sorts she is transparent, vulnerable, thought provoking and gracious as she wrestles with things we have all wrestled with or one day will.
Without God, we are torn
in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still
form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but our news programmes are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations
of everything, and equally obsessed with the sentimental
love expressed
in pop songs; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful
of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age
of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonise over our local sports club; we own many things, and still feel we don't have enough; we believe
in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» at the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.
I attended First Baptist Reidsville for ten years before I was ordained; I was
loved and
formed by this community
in ways I could have never imagined (see Chapter Four
of Saffron Cross).
I have learned that forgiveness and
love along with setting things right
in the
form of direct action results
in an abuser feeling discomfort, even pain, as long as abuses continue.
We desperately need
love, and think to find it
in the
form of acceptance into whatever
in - crowd beckons to us.
But I must mention especially a work by the late Daniel Day Williams called The Spirit and the
Forms of Love (Nisbet, 1968); this is a full - length presentation
of a process - theology systematic, soundly argued, eminently readable, and deeply Christian
in tone.
Tillich goes on to say that the proper relation between
love and justice is not manifest
in this legalistic
form of the doctrine.
Every other
form of revelation would be a deception
in the eyes
of love; for either the learner would first have to be changed, and the fact concealed from him that this was necessary (but
love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself); or there would be permitted to prevail a frivolous ignorance
of the fact that the entire relationship was a delusion.
One can still find this emphasis on divine immanence
in writers
formed by Pentecostalism like James Baldwin, who equated it with the outworking
of love in human life.
In the second place, this love certainly has in Christianity a strength which is not found elsewhere: otherwise, despite all the virtues and all the attraction of the tenderness which characterizes the gospel, the doctrine of the beatitudes and of the Cross would long since have given place to some other, more winning, creed — and more particularly to some form of humanism or belief in purely earthly value
In the second place, this
love certainly has
in Christianity a strength which is not found elsewhere: otherwise, despite all the virtues and all the attraction of the tenderness which characterizes the gospel, the doctrine of the beatitudes and of the Cross would long since have given place to some other, more winning, creed — and more particularly to some form of humanism or belief in purely earthly value
in Christianity a strength which is not found elsewhere: otherwise, despite all the virtues and all the attraction
of the tenderness which characterizes the gospel, the doctrine
of the beatitudes and
of the Cross would long since have given place to some other, more winning, creed — and more particularly to some
form of humanism or belief
in purely earthly value
in purely earthly values.
Our souls must be anchored
in a
love analogous to the Platonist's
love of the
Form before we have an interior basis for action.