The matter in which there might be spiritual progress in time on a time span extending over many
generations of life on earth is... the opportunity open to souls by way of the learning that comes through suffering, for getting into closer communication with God during their brief passage through this world.
Not exact matches
Soon, in order to satisfy this
generation's desire for
on - demand entertainment, Pheed will begin streaming
live broadcasts
of concerts.
One
generation on, Estonia is a time warp
of another kind: a fast - forward example
of extreme digital
living.
The study by Qualtrics and Accel sheds new light
on how tech plays a role in the daily
lives of those 18 to 32 as opposed to older
generations.
A fourth -
generation Singaporean, son
of a retired oil - company employee who now clerks in a jewelry store, Lee has thrived
on struggle all his
life.
This
generation hates having ads pop up
on their phones — in large part because they view phones as an extension
of themselves, and it's an invasion
of their private
lives.
The Gundam series, which has been
on Japanese TV since the 1970s, captured the imagination
of a whole
generation and continues to be popular to this day, with a «real -
life size» 20 meter (65 feet) high Gundam robot mechanical statue even becoming the latest tourist attraction in Tokyo.
Investing
on advertising
on live - streaming platforms could win you more impressions with the new
generation of digital media consumers, but the rise
of ad - blocking software is still a consideration that needs to be made.
A
generation that's been stereotyped as urban, single and aghast at the idea
of a car - based
life in the suburbs is starting to age, prompting fund managers to bet
on companies that should benefit if the U.S. birth rate reverses a six - year slump.
«By taking charge
of their earning power, rather than waiting for governments, financial institutions and employers to «right themselves,» the baby boomer
generation now has the power and access to put their skills and abilities
on the global market regardless
of where they
live or work now,» he says.
College loans may be swapped for home loans and
life insurance as this new
generation takes
on the responsibility
of economic growth.
Generation X: Among Gen Xers, the younger part
of this cohort (ages 35 to 44) is focused more
on living healthier in 2016 than any other resolution, while older Gen Xers (45 to 54) are the least concerned with this goal
of any age group.
Having
lived through the corporate crisis
of 2002 - 03 and the financial system meltdown
of 2008 - 09, the next
generation of leaders has learned the pitfalls
of charismatic, ego - driven leaders who focus
on their self - interest, and is prepared to lead entirely
on behalf
of their organizations and the impact they can have.
At Space Angels, it is our strongly - held belief that, in our
generation, the people who carry the mantle
of this «answerable courage» are not only the young men and women who are risking their
lives to go into space, but also the entrepreneurs who are putting everything they have
on the line to build a future in space for all humanity.
Richard: Great insight as always, and last time we talked about the commercial real estate bubble and we thought today we'd do a special focus
on the millennial
generation and how financial repression through repressed interest rates and quantitative easing has resulted in asset bubbles that ultimately have affected the millennial
generation in terms
of their values, how they look at the economy and
life and the way they're conducting themselves in the economy: what they're facing in terms
of the housing market and the job situation.
Last time we talked about the commercial real estate bubble and we thought today we'd do a special focus
on the millennial
generation and how financial repression through repressed interest rates and quantitative easing has resulted in asset bubbles that ultimately have affected the millennial
generation in terms
of their values, how they look at the economy and
life and the way they're conducting themselves in the economy: what they're facing in terms
of the housing market and the job situation.
If ultimate meaning in
life were nonexistent, then you would have no purpose in
living other than to try to do some measure
of good and perhaps pass
on your genetic traits to the next
generation.
We both have the ability to leave permanent eternal impressions
on future
generations of any number
of living things
on this planet.
And as a young
generation with a good chunk
of life ahead
of us, we can fix not only what's «out there» but also what's «in here» and travel slowly but urgently, towards that idea
of home that is imprinted so deeply
on our hearts.
These questions define the subject matter
of the study
of divinity, and Christians have believed through the ages that these questions can be adequately answered only as each
generation appropriates the teaching passed
on by the original witnesses
of God's self - revelation in the
life, death, and resurrection
of Christ.
«I know I'm biased because I'm their friend, but I think it'll be something that will
live on for
generations because it's done with excellence, not knocking anything else, it's just this is production 50 years past where some
of the other films were made,» he said.
It is unliveable at the level
of society: hence, in Britain we have a government that lauds the freedom
of the individual (and it should be noted in passing, but noted very well, that our present
generation of politicians rarely talk
of the «human person» or just
of the «person», but usually
of the «individual») but which has brought in some
of the most draconian legislation in Europe designed to control what people say and do
on certain issues so that society can proceed in its
life as a unity and not just as a mere collection
of individuals.
Their
lived experience
of the effects
of contraception, abortion, divorce, and infidelity
on their
generation has made them passionate about the need for our entire culture - not only Catholics - to embrace the challenge andauthentic freedom embodied in the fullness
of the Church's teaching
on marriage, family, and sexuality.
The number
of people below the poverty line, measured in terms
of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are
on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity
of the youngest
generation to withstand the strains
of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»
121:8.14 — While I, with the collaboration
of my eleven associate fellow midwayers and under the supervision
of the Melchizedek
of record, have portrayed this narrative in accordance with my concept
of its effective arrangement and in response to my choice
of immediate expression, nevertheless, the majority
of the ideas and even some
of the effective expressions which I have thus utilized had their origin in the minds
of the men
of many races who have
lived on earth during the intervening
generations, right
on down to those who are still alive at the time
of this undertaking.
The historic fact remains, and we in the twentieth century, with a conception
of God infinitely greater than that
of any previous
generation, may have to short - circuit the centuries and let the startling truth break over us afresh — that we
live on a visited planet.
That question is being answered in many different ways in this
generation, but the final judgment
on sexual action is what it means for the fulfilment
of persons now and throughout
life.
When Jesus said that to the disciples
of his day
of this
generation he was talking figuratively i believe
of born again believers born
of the spirit not a physical
generation.Because the holy spirit was prophetic
of the spirit coming upon the nation or nations as spoken in Joel that occured at pentecost and that established the kingdom
of God
on the earth through believers so we have always been the last
generation because we never know when the Lord will return but we
live as if it was tomorrow.brentnz
Though it is the child who bears the mark, the obligation falls rather
on the parents; it is a perfect symbol
of the relation among the
generations, for the deeds
of parents are always inscribed, often heritably, into the
lives of their children.
However, without a doubt, we can affirm that much wisdom about healthy family
life, based
on the experience
of generations, has been taught by the churches.
While their more orthodox brethren seemed to be taking
on new
life, the liberals watched succeeding
generations of their own youth rise up and pass away into religious indifference or into forms
of religiosity so private as to defy any sustained connection with Christian institutions.
The bible clearly demarks
generations, along with the number
of years people
lived, to a good enough degree that a pretty clear timeline
of creation is readily derivable), The biblical account
of events is clearly off
on time scales.
My own impression was that we were not only below the level
of past
generations, but were in many respects only
living on their achievements... and that not a little
of this heritage was beginning to melt away in our hands.
It is clear that Mbiti does not really mean «immortality» because he goes
on to tell us that the «
living dead» do eventually die insofar as sooner or later, perhaps
generations later, the surviving community will forget the contributions and even the name
of the deceased person at which time s / he becomes «completely dead» / dead - dead.
There have been many other theories
of atonement, each picking out what a given
generation took to be the worst possible human situation and going
on to affirm that in the action
of God in Jesus, God met us precisely at that point: slavery to demonic powers, from which we have been delivered; actual slavery to human masters, with manumission accomplished in Christ; guilt for wrongdoing, with Christ as the advocate who pleads for, and secures, our release; corruptibility and mortal death, met in Christ with healing and eternal
life....
It is this which gives Jesus his central place and role, and it is from this centrality, or particular «importance,» in our understanding and in our
living, that the evaluation
of Jesus himself, his significance in the total scheme
of things, his continuing impact
on successive
generations of men and women, takes its rise.
And if all the
generations that have
lived on earth rose up and united into one crowd in order to charge against eternity and to coerce it also with their enormous majority, eternity splits them up as easily as the imperturbability
of the cliff that, without moving from the spot, disperses the foaming surf, as easily as a storm wind in its advance scatters the chaff.»
This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly,
of our way
of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography
of «making it;» our addictive dependence
on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom
of choice, especially with the constraints
of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third - rate educational system; our third - rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality
on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs
of future
generations, as evidence by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal
of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much
of the propaganda for unlimited abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.
For millennia every human culture has recognized the bond linking sex, marriage, and the
generation of human
life, and frowned
on begetting children out
of wedlock.
If the formal teaching
of Humanae Vitae is indeed
of Christ (as it itself claims, cf. para.s 4 & 6) and that, as we might expect,
living in accord with it deepens the quality
of married love, strengthens fidelity, brings male sexuality under control, significantly lessens the likelihood
of marital breakdown and fosters a generally pro-life attitude then we have done a great disservice to
generations of Catholics by failing to break the silence
on it.
I think most
of the Americans are in lost... as most
of them do not know who their father is and it is very unfortunate... even if they know who their father is, the mom has children from diff men outside
of marriage... and while a child is being raised, watching what his / her parents do to enjoy their
life... so things become normal when they grow up... like if you go back early nineteen century, women were not allowed to go to beach without being covered... and now it totally opposite... if you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend before 15, the parents worries that their teenage has some problem... and lot more can be listed... And then you go to Church, what our children learn from there... they see in front
of the Church an old man's statue with long beard standing with extending
of both hand... some
of the status are blank, white, Spanish and so
on... so they are being taught God as an old dude... then you learn from Catholic that you pray to Jesus, Mother Marry, Saints, Death spirit and all these... the poll shows a huge number
of young American turns to Atheism or believing there is no God and so
on... Its hard to assume where these nations are going with the name
of modernization... nothing wrong having scientists discovered the cure
of aids or the pics from mars but... we should all think and learn from our previous
generations and correct ourselves... also ppl are becoming so much slave
of material things...
See Edwin H. Friedman,
Generation to
Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue (New York: Guilford, 1985) for an extended discussion
of the effect
of family experience and roles
on the
life of a congregation and its leaders.
Even now the older expectation
lives on in the minds
of many
of the older
generation who have not been able to revise their earlier hopes with consistency.
By the help
of a sense deception, a
living generation often believes itself able to pass judgment
on a past
generation, because it misunderstood the Good.
Only that which has proven its worth to countless hosts
of succeeding
generations can
live on through the centuries; the weak and the Sectarian and the ill - founded fall by the way.
12 Even
on the assumption
of a Vitalism
of essentially higher principles
of that kind, which raise the organic, as an intrinsically higher level
of reality, above merely inorganic matter, and constitute biology as an independent science, and even if we regard the entelechy factor as simple and indivisible, there would only be an eductio e potentia materiae when a new
living being came into existence, if we excluded creation in this case in the way it is exemplified in the human soul, though that is not very easy to prove, and at the same time rejected the not at all absurd supposition that in the
generation of new
life below the human level what happens is only the extension
of the entelechial function
of one and the same vital principle to a new position in space and time within inorganic matter.
It is quite otherwise, however, with Elijah, the ninth century prophet, who, according to the Biblical tradition, had been carried up to heaven in a whirlwind riding in a chariot
of fire, drawn by horses
of fire.13 Elijah had made such an impression
on the men
of his own
generation as a man
of vitality and divine power that he continued to be a
living legend.
Thus it is for each
generation to allow that tradition to come alive in its own time and place, to see that it is purified and given contemporary significance, with such modifications as may be required; and then to hand it
on to the next age, for the enrichment
of the Christian faith, worship, and
life of those who follow.
At this point it must be recognized that the interdependence
of all
life in relationship to the planetary environment places special obligations and limitations
on the present
generation.
ok typo «EVOLVED» into one a gay gene, and it is inevitable, along with all the other mayhem
of this society today; with all that is going
on in this world, and is why we have such suffering
on earth, from disobeying the law
of life from YHWH to do right by ourselves, for
generations.