Sentences with phrase «great statement of faith»

If you do it is a great statement of faith (for some) but there are many ways to show your faith.

Not exact matches

If you ask a conservative for a statement of his political convictions, he may well say that he has none, and that it is the greatest heresy of modernity is precisely to see politics as a matter of conviction: as though one could recuperate, at the level of political purpose, the consoling certainty which once was granted by religious faith.

In a statement issued by the White House, the president said, «Times like this remind us of the lesson of all great faiths, including Islam — that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.»

(I am aware of the irony of this statement coming from a regular contributor to this blog) The great problem with religious faith is that any proposition predicated on dogmatic acceptance of unprovable supernatural postulates can and will be manipulated by the unscrupulous for their own gain.

It is naturally less personal than those written to people he knew, and it is his greatest theological statement — an exposition of his faith, its foundations, its bearing on suffering, sin, and problems of moral decision.

The statement that non-believers have greater knowledge of religious matters than believers is an oxy - moron since non-believers have denied religious knowledge and faith in the first place.

Since the Reformation was great in stating its faith, there are many Protestants who think we are most Protestant when we issue new statements of faith in order to manifest what Christianity is all about.

By this person's statement it makes me think of them choosing the oppisite of what Moses chose as we see in Hebrews 11:24 - 26 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

It is a drama that unfolds in several contexts at once: within the historical context of a «great cloud of witnesses», that is, in relationship to all of those who speak (and have spoken) as «Christian preachers»; within the context of the speaker's own human existence in relation to other statements of faith collected as «Christian theology» within the time and space set aside for the performance of Christian liturgy.

His statement that the brain is just a computer is quite frankly, a great leap of faith in which there is absolutely no evidence.

There is a story out of Iowa - a story about a faith community that has matured beyond voting for the «most evangelical» candidate as a «statement» and takes seriously the responsibility of electing someone to occupy the Oval Office at a time of great national testing.

The spirit of Oxford was expressed in the statement, «The first duty of the Church, and its greatest service to the world, is that it be in very deed the Church — confessing the true faith, committed to the fulfillment of the will of Christ, its only Lord, and united to him in the fellowship of service and love.»

«21 Faith, he says, for the Hindu does not mean dogmatism, implying that for the Christian it does.22 But a Christian would have no difficulty in subscribing to the statement that «it is not historically true that in the knowledge of truth there is of necessity great intolerance.

Lost in and separated from all this is Mel Gibson's powerful statement of faith, the potential cruelty of man, and the human drive to survive physical and psychological torture in the name of a greater good.

But few faith - based statements on the environment have demonstrated the moral force — or sweeping vision — of Pope Francis» environmental encyclical, Laudato Si» (or, Praise Be to You) Released in June, Francis» 184 - page message laid out a stinging condemnation of industrial society's reckless destruction of natural systems and articulated a radical ideal of our ethical responsibilities toward the rest of life on Earth... Francis» impassioned message makes clear that the effort to protect our shared planet — and to ensure that all people have the same basic access to clean air, clean water and a livable environment — is among the greatest moral tests of our time.

We have great faith both in New York and in the tremendous value of this superb iconic property,» said Rob Speyer, senior managing director and son of founder / CEO Jerry Speyer, in a statement.