Sentences with phrase «from real faith»

This is such a heresy that the Spirit has abandoned these churches and they mock God by infant baptism (warning: nevertheless every infant baptism is valid, because God is the invisible Baptist; even the Catholic infant baptism is valid, although the RCC has completely turned apostate from the real faith).

To claim that the Bible is perfect and infallible is to substitute it for God, to engage in idolatry, and to close ourselves off from real faith in God.

Your inability to differentiate cults and religions from real Faith and Trust in God and in Jesus Christ God's Only Son is a clear indication of your absence and complete lack of Faith and Trust in God and in Jesus Christ God's Only Son.

Not exact matches

The real faith is beyond reason, and enables us to overcome our degenerated nature which we have inherited from the fallen Adam.

«Christianity» spread at the tip of a sword is no true conversion, nor can real faith result from coercion.

I rather suspect that the real danger for faith lurks in its estrangement from rationality.

We talk about culture and real - life issues that other faith - based magazines might shy away from, because we believe it's important to address the gritty stuff of life — even when it makes us uncomfortable.

You went from art to faith and moral aspirations real quick there buddy, lets slow «er down.

... A new understanding of religion is re-emerging... one that emerges from the intrinsic coherence of the logos - which is exactly the real faith in the gospel that the gospel itself sought and proclaimed»

The drama of divine incarnation and atonement ought not to be — as it has easily been — abstracted from the teaching of Jesus, his proclamation of God's kingdom made into an incidental preamble to the «deep» and «real» mystery of faith.

When we love our neighbour independent from his faith (or colour, nationality, social status, etc.), we preach the gospel without words and most effective, whereby it is God's work to cause the real faith in someone.

Jesus Christ is the «Elect One,» not by some effort of human nature alone, for that would not be real election, but by God's eternal purpose which «from the beginning of the world» — and long before it, too, if we may so speak — has determined that «in the fullness of the times» there shall be just such an actualization of the potential God - Man relationship as Christian faith discerns in Christ our Lord.

Real research shows that faith is rather resilient from one generation to the next — but that does not sell the books, I know!

If we allow Blake's apocalyptic vision to stand witness to a radical Christian faith, there are at least seven points from within this perspective at which we can discern the uniqueness of Christianity: (1) a realization of the centrality of the fall and of the totality of fallenness throughout the cosmos; (2) the fall in this sense can not be known as a negative or finally illusory reality, for it is a process or movement that is absolutely real while yet being paradoxically identical with the process of redemption; and this because (3) faith, in its Christian expression, must finally know the cosmos as a kenotic and historical process of the Godhead's becoming incarnate in the concrete contingency of time and space; (4) insofar as this kenotic process becomes consummated in death, Christianity must celebrate death as the path to regeneration; (5) so likewise the ultimate salvation that will be effected by the triumph of the Kingdom of God can take place only through a final cosmic reversal; (6) nevertheless, the future Eschaton that is promised by Christianity is not a repetition of the primordial beginning, but is a new and final paradise in which God will have become all in all; and (7) faith, in this apocalyptic sense, knows that God's Kingdom is already dawning, that it is present in the words and person of Jesus, and that only Jesus is the «Universal Humanity,» the final coming together of God and man.

Nobody ever proved that any god wasn't real, but that hasn't stopped people from losing their faith in almost all of them.

his mom brought him from church to church for an excorcism while passing up the hospitals and look what happened... these people need REAL medical help, not crazy faith - heads who compound the problem with their unjustified beliefs in invisible monsters.

By this he meant that for a great many people the whole function of their faith is to provide them either with a keen awareness of what God does for them and in them or with a way of escape from the real facts of life.

actually, if you past the line from not believing to believing, you now have to determine what faith is real.

Paragraph 2: We donâ $ ™ t agree, or at least I donâ $ ™ t agree that â $ œto be a real Christian is to believe that all other faiths are in error and profoundly so.â $ Having said that, I can also understand how a person would get that impression from the Christianity they see on TV.

But the author maintains the tension, and he has us turning the pages to the very end - not without a couple of unexpected twists and cameo appearances from two real life heroes of the Faith.

He remembers that there have been plenty of theologians down to the present day who by subtle doctrines and distinctions have not wanted to admit the meaning of that text from the Letter to Timothy, or who tried to evacuate its clear sense and force by saying that such non-Christians could not believe because they have not got the historical revelation of God's word and so could not be saved, because without real faith salvation is impossible.

It is not enough to stop at an announcement «that is merely theoretic and has nothing to do with people's real problems», since «it must not be forgotten that the crisis of faith has led to a crisis in matrimony and the family and, as a result, the transmission of faith from parents to children has been interrupted».

This work of fiction charts the devastating consequences on the lives of real people of the decoupling of society from orthodox faith and morals.

Any seeming benefit derived from mental manipulation is proportional to one's faith in magic... The process, either unconsciously or consciously, of thought manipulation has no scientific foundation, for God is uninfluenced and always conscious — always consciously governing all that is real, harmonious, and eternal.

Once we believe in the Holy Spirit (assuming they are real, we could only have had such experience of this Jesus by means of such a Spirit), this allows for faith that God works in humanity and can preserve messages to us, which could include the Bible as an infallible Word from God, thus admitting the Bible as «evidence».

Of course it is a real leap from sex scandals and bureaucratic mismanagement to the argument that the Catholic Church will go to murderous lengths to stifle evidence that contradicts its teaching, and that the church's highest officials do this cynically, knowing that the faith is a fraud.

Drawing from Hopkins to Waugh, Mackay Brown to Kierkegaard, as well as the Fathers of the Church, faith is strengthened, understanding deepened and a real, living relationship with Christ becomes a truly achievable ambition.

But when I looked at the Gospel for the day (John 20:19 - 31), it became very clear to me that here is a story, a story of Jesus» appearance to the disciples when they were in hiding after the Resurrection... this was a real opportunity to say something about that story and about the faith which is built around people who were fearful, were skeptical, and into the midst of them, somehow, in a way that was ultimately moving, comes the presence of Jesus through locked doors and barriers of skepticism, cynicism, and doubt, all of these things that prevent ourselves from being God's people.

The Young Pope is just too far from reality to draw any real lines to modern faith journeys.

Toward the end of Ut Unum Sint, John Paul cites some of the questions that must be addressed in conversation with the communities issuing from the tragic divisions of the sixteenth century: (1) The relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matters of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God; (2) The Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, an offering of praise to the Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit; (3) Ordination, as a Sacrament, to the threefold ministry of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate; (4) The Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith; (5) The Virgin Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual Mother who intercedes for Christ's disciples and for all humanity.

not sure i said this before or not, i have been on cnn.com for over a year — anyway — i have been going to random churches, temples, really place that worships any form of the of abraham and others — i have yet to get anywhere but where i started from — which is what i am, what i am meant to be, and what i was... only this has been gained — gained is a gift of a word for i knew all of this before i started and so i view my time as wasted only for this the reason of getting somewhere — i did meet many great people with great views but all required the very real existence of god which was something lacking and why they had a constant failure yet what they called «keeping the faith» att itude type results... something was missing or missunderstood — your take?

If faith is separated from every psychic occurrence, if it is beyond the consciousness, is it still anything real at all?

It would be more realistic if we would practice our «faith» by getting out of the «holy temple» and stoping crimes, injustice, death, famine, hunger, child molestation, etc, that we are all witness to but because there is no promise for individual reward of a eternal paradise accompanied with the beautiful scenery with candles and dim lights with magnificent ceilings and mosaics, we turn away from the real cruelty of our world and our specie.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

She's a product of Zionism (Eastern European converts from the great Exodus of 1947) which actually mocks the real Hebrew faith.

For real - life examples of how we live out our faith in our work in Bolivia, you can read the cover story from our president Rich Stearns in the latest World Vision magazine, out this week.

Most probably the presentation of real Berlitz type languages and a flesh - and - bones, hungry and lunching risen Christ were both directed against the temptation to equate the life of faith with esoteric experiences in withdrawal from the real world.

We will be free from contending to be more of something (faith - filled), free from contending to be better and therefore deserving of reward — and we can practice loving - kindness and make Christ real in this day and time.

But the real inwardness of the thing Faith was feeling: all that is gone from us now.

game you speak of, but as someone who also found most church going unprofitable some years ago, that's not an argument that holds any real credit (I now know plenty of people who are likewise displaced from regular church - going, who still have a faith, so you are correct).

When we say that faith alone, the faith which is aware of the divine encounter, can speak of God, and that therefore when the believer speaks of an act of God he is ipso facto speaking of himself as well, it by no means follows that God has no real existence apart from the believer or the act of believing.

The only real thing that separates «Christianity» from any other religion or spiritual belief, is not whether we incorporate Easter Bunnies, goblins, ghouls, monsters, Santa, or tiny elves into our celebrations, but rather, that our faith is not found in our ability to «save» ourselves but in Christ who died for all, so that all could enter into unbroken friendship with Him.

Alpha helps people distinguish real, living faith from dry religion.»

Amidst all the hype and debate surrounding this year's flood of faith - related films — Noah, God is Not Dead, and Heaven is For Real — a quiet Oscar winner from 2013, recently released to DVD, provides the most compelling story of faith I've seen on the big screen in years.

I wonder if we could do a better job in the formation of Catholic thinkers — perhaps with Youth Education classes, perhaps in the Newman Centers — in preventing the assumption that the life of faith has to be compartmentalized away from all other mental activity, where it can have no real effect.

There's a sense of elitism that can creep iin, like we're the real, hardcore Christians who don't need lightshows or multimillion - dollar buildings to worship Jesus, so go take your pleasure - seeking self down the road and away from our «authentic» community, O ye of little faith.

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Hector Bellerin has recovered from that heavy knock that he sustained early on at Stamford Bridge, but Wenger has run a real risk with his line - up as he has kept his faith in the same players that let him down last weekend.

And I think that is directly due to the confidence and belief that he has gained from having the Arsenal boss show real faith in him, including giving him chances to play in his favoured centre forward role.

After all the negativity aimed at Ozil in England and Germany in the last couple of years, that show of faith from Joachim Low must have been a real boost to our record signing and will surely have meant a lot to him.