Sentences with phrase «gift of the human spirit»

The creation of the union of two hearts for marriage is a great gift of the human spirit.

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The author, professor of systematic theology at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, does a splendid job of introducing the series, addressing such topics as natural law, principles of human action, the determination of the moral good, and the connection between virtues, gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the Beatitudes.

-- Those that need «power» (reaffirmation of their personal self - worth among billions of humans) go to a preacher that preaches the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, special «gifts of the spirit» just for the unique you, a purpose - driven life, or a progressive gospel that is «the answer for our times&rSpirit, special «gifts of the spirit» just for the unique you, a purpose - driven life, or a progressive gospel that is «the answer for our times&rspirit» just for the unique you, a purpose - driven life, or a progressive gospel that is «the answer for our times».

It requires a spirit of receptiveness, an openness to «the idea of gift» as a fundamental principle of human existence»

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

The gift of the Spirit is the presence of divine life in humans, inspiring us to be more arid more god - like, loving one another and motivated towards love and social justice.

I have suggested elsewhere that value - free technology, the military - industrial complex, and narrow nationalism might be modern examples of such principalities and powers.9 Hendrikus Berkhof suggests that human traditions, astrology, fixed religious rules, clans, public opinion, race, class, state, and Volk are among the powers.10 Walter Wink sees the powers as the inner aspects of institutions, their «spirituality,» the inner spirit or driving force that animates, legitimates, and regulates their outward manifestations.11 They are «the invisible forces that determine human existence «12 When such things dehumanize human life, thwart and distort the human spirit, block God's gift of shalom, the followers of Jesus are rallied for a new kind of holy war.

Perhaps tongue speech (or any of the other gifts of the Spirit) is a kind of sacrament through which the transcendence of God is both pointed to and mediated (albeit in this case, through the human body).

These divine gifts of Son and Spirit call for a human response.

He goes on to exhort us in these words: «Let us renew each day our trust in the working of the Holy Spirit, open our hearts to his inspiration and gifts, and strive to be signs of unity and communion with God in the midst of our human family.»

Thus, any human attempt to claim that the Spirit has chosen to give only men the «gift of leadership» and women the «gift of nurturing» is a human construct that seeks to bind the work of the Spirit in the world for the benefit of those who establish such strict categories and try to enforce them through claiming some biblical authority to do so — as men have for millennia now.

What do the following authors all have in common — Jean Paul Sartre, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Victor Hugo, Jean - Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, René Descartes, Francis Bacon, John Milton, John Locke, and Blaise Pascal: (a) They are among the most gifted writers the World has known; (b) They concentrated on opposing dogma and opening the human mind and spirit to the wonders of free thought and intellectual freedom; (c) They were intimidated by the Catholic Church and put on the Church's list of prohibited authors; or (d) All of the above.

«Thus, also in our century, the Lord, the Holy Spirit, has given us new initiatives with new aspects of Christian life: On being lived by human persons with th ``... If the movements are really gifts of the Holy Spirit, they integrate and serve the Church, and in the patient dialogue between pastors and movements a fruitful form is born, in which these elements become edifying elements for the Church of today and tomorrow

Except this: 1) we know our kids need to be challenged at the right pace and experience failing — just like yours, 2) we know they need healthy social experiences (and guidance) to grow into healthy adults — just like yours, 3) we know being «gifted» is absolutely no guarantee in life for anything despite what everyone else seems to think otherwise, 4) we know being «gifted» can sometimes actually be a pretty heavy thing, and 5) we keep believing in the power of the human spirit.

Where The Hangover is funny in a mean - spirited, rude - boy way, Bridesmaids taps into Apatow's gift for producing comedies with human characters Read the rest of this entry»

The son of painter Auguste Renoir, Jean Renoir had a gift for easy access to humanity, for films that celebrated the human spirit without resorting to sentimentality.

«Human virtues perfect man insofar as man is naturally moved by reason in the things that he does within or without,» wrote Aquinas on the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

The knowledge that comes from the Holy Spirit, however, is not limited to human knowledge: it is a special gift, which allows us to grasp, through Creation, the greatness and love of God and His profound relationship with every creature....