Sentences with phrase «heavenly reward»

Luther asks Latomus to imagine standing before the judgment throne of God, claiming to have profited so much from divine grace as to merit heavenly reward and be secure against all condemnation.

• Why was liberation theology, which seeks to awaken the dignity and hope of the poor, considered subversive and dangerous by low - intensity - conflict planners while religious philosophies that tolerated earthly misery and promised heavenly rewards received broad support?

With God reduced to a shadow of the human other, and no longer seen as the source of compensating heavenly rewards, the ultimate religious and ethical imperative of pure sacrifice is therefore fulfilled within a secular and symbolically drained sphere, harboring no illusions.

the most basic Biblical answer is: «Because you will lose heavenly reward.

A couple of examples: The self still centered on itself might consider confession as a useful means to an assuaged conscience, to divine blessings here, and to heavenly reward hereafter.

Most religions like Christianity are based on fear and the «faith» in a heavenly reward for believing, and punishment, sometimes including even the killing of non-believers.

This could only be for a person's good if otherwise they either would have suffered unspeakably or would have turned evil and missed out on a heavenly reward.

But have you ever thought about the unfairness of shackling an unbeliever to heavenly goals, when they may not be able to one day reap the heavenly rewards?

Yet Christ nowhere suggests that we should be «good,» unselfish and loving merely because we shall thereby win a heavenly reward.

Evangelism efforts were fueled by the promise of a heavenly reward both for the newly converted and for the one who brought the message of salvation.

Pass me one of those Heavenly Rewards.

I'm not just talking about the afterlife or heavenly reward or punishment or the benefits of being a good Christian.

You seem to think that you can be as big of an azz to people, and because you write a few lengthy, blowhard pists, you're assured of a heavenly reward.

They have a Heavenly reward awaiting them.

«Laurie and I have just watched the transition of our precious mother from this world to the next; watched her step into the presence of Jesus and into her heavenly reward,» wrote Crouch's son Matt.

It is not sufficient to regard this world as a «vale of soul - making» nor to assume that a heavenly reward can compensate for the appalling suffering some people have endured.

All I know is that the heavenly reward of the Pilgrims was far greater than their earthly toils to pay back their financiers.