Sentences with phrase «if real faith»

If one says he believes in God because he believes the Bible is a monolith of infallible truth, we may wonder if his real faith is a God or in a statement about the Bible.

What if real faith has doubt in the mix, as a coin has two sides?

Not exact matches

And if tomorrow's job report shows no signs of real wage growth (which is what economists predict it won't), the Fed's case for a rate hike will start to look more faith - based than empirically driven.

Let's see... believe in our God or you will be tortured for eternity... Believe in our God even if science and the fossil record refute our conclusions... Believe in our God who can do anything, it doesn't matter what you come up with, he can do it and don't you dare call it magic or fantasy... but don't test him either, he's not a performing monkey who does tricks to convince us he's real, we just have to have faith, but he could do anything if chose to...

Recently, I've come to understand to a greater degree how «a theology» can replace «a faith» and mask itself as the real thing.I'm not anti-theological, in fact, I'm very theological - the difference in my approach now is a realization that if one has some degree of traditional, but contemporary faith in God (as I do), then a theology is inevitable....

Having real faith and real kindness and real love gives one's soul a place to go — even if one is not Christian.

Too bad you practice your god faith in any ole way and it doesn't matter, but there's only one right way to do chemistry and math and real world practice lets you know if you got the chemistry or math correct.

If you want the method to make your church grow or give you the five keys to a victorious life then you'll go away disappointed but if you're hungry for a faith that can deal with real life, joy and pain, triumph and disaster, laughter and sorrow then join Rob in a journey to follow the rabbIf you want the method to make your church grow or give you the five keys to a victorious life then you'll go away disappointed but if you're hungry for a faith that can deal with real life, joy and pain, triumph and disaster, laughter and sorrow then join Rob in a journey to follow the rabbif you're hungry for a faith that can deal with real life, joy and pain, triumph and disaster, laughter and sorrow then join Rob in a journey to follow the rabbi.

Will he choose to deal with the situation based solely upon doing what is best for the nation, based upon real world evidence - even if that evidence conflicts with his faith?

Therefore, if your faith can not determine the truth and you only have faith that your religion is real, your religion can not be known to be true.

Moreover, in keeping with the Church's teachings on subsidiarity, free will and real love, it seems most if not all the issues raised in the letter questioning Speaker Boehner's faith would be more efficient, effective, just and respectful of human dignity if they were left to the individual, family, community or state level.

(http://outcampaign.org/) If it ever comes to fruition, real life being what it is, I'd like to try and show that people with no faith can still have a normal positive impact on local society.

Austin Would you allow the Holy Spirit, if He was real, to give you a real faith?

I wonder if it's possible to lose your religion and find faith — real faith, not a jargon - filled, judgmental, institutional faith.

To the best of my understanding, the deposit of faith clearly affirms the following: that God desires the salvation of all and offers the real possibility of salvation to all; the offer can be accepted or rejected and, if accepted by faith, such faith is recognized as the gift of God; if the offer is knowingly, freely, and definitively rejected, even at the very last moment of life, one goes to hell, which is eternal; but the deposit of faith does not tell us clearly that anyone is in fact eternally damned.

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.

Faith based beliefs would be like if the flood was real, Adam and Eve were real, is Jesus in the Trinity, or is predestination true?

Christians fear God, and if his faith is real, than he knows disobedience to God's orders is destructive in Christianity.

If this principle is applied also to those who do not practice their faith, hence have no real relation to the community Church of faith, then the actual number of priests must, indeed, give the impression of a shortage, for there are not even enough priests for all the established parishes and Mass centres.

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.

If you are a person of faith, at some point you are going to hit a knowledge barrier, something we haven't found a real answer to yet, and your answer is going to be «God knows».

If the Faith is in fact true, that's where the real action is.

If one really believes in justification by faith alone, differences over other matters — the real presence in the Eucharist, apostolic ministry, the indissolubility of marriage, the ordination of women, and on and on — make no difference.

You say she has no proof that she has seen angels but do you have proof that she has not see angels and if you have proof that she has not I would love for you to point it out and we believe GOD is real for we walk by faith and not by sight but you say no one has proof that GOD existed but think about this what would lose believing in GOD if he doesn't exist?

So, if a person has a deeply held and honest faith that pixies exist, does that (i) make them real; or (ii) make the belief in them any less childish and baseless?

If you want to know a politicians REAL faith, just ignore what they say and pay attention to what they do.

Then we die, and well there is no way to assess if ones belief in faith had any real meaning.

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

Third, ask God with a sincere heart, real intent, having faith in Christ if it is true.

«If we want to have real meaning and fulfillment, as you want and you deserve... put on faith.»

If you don't believe God is real, then why do you feel it necessary put this much effort into attempting to tell others of faith that they're wrong and you don't believe?

The question we are putting is a real one only if it is possible, at least in the individual case, for there to be an inculpable apostasy of that kind, at least supposed or taken to be apostasy, for, of course, the man in question would remain a believer, because in possession of the «infused habitus of faith», but he would be a believer who was mistaken in thinking himself not to be one.

All of the faith in the world that you won't fall off of a cliff if you step off, will not provide you with the evidence that your faith is real.

In the Book of Mormon, God gave the following promise to every one who will read the Book of Mormon with si ncerity and faith:» 4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sin cere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.»

The real faith or belief must lead to the righteousness of the sinner (you are no sinner, if you keep the ten commandments more than perfectly; love is the fullfillment of the law; you have got that supernatural love?).

If you live a Christian life by the power of the Holy Spirit, you have got the real faith, in which you are righteous.

That is all very well if one is more interested in the faith of the early church than in the search for the real Jesus.

So if the resurrection is the real crux of our faith, what does it mean to live in light of the resurrection?

Even if his statements about faith don't measure up to a traditional Christian standard, the fact that Kanye is making them should be seen as an opportunity to talk about real biblical truth in honest ways and be a part of the cultural dialogue.

if you base your life on nothing but a thought (faith)-- a dream — really its more of a hope because the only «proof» is after you die — so there really isn't any proof of anything but a load of people telling others they are wrong and going to a place of torture because THEY think its real or vice versa!

I meant to imply that no people today have real faith if that faith does not compel them to throw parties and share with friends.

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

If the orthodox Christ was reached through faith and doctrine, it was readily assumed that «the real Jesus of Nazareth» could be found by means of the newly - discovered historiography promising to narrate the past «as it actually was».

people in need are hoping for real, practical and material help and strengthening their existing faith, whatever tradition it is, if they have any faith at all.

After baptism you are no longer a slave of your sinful body, but your body becomes a slave of the Spirit (of course, this only takes place, if we daily invite the Spirit to rule our sinful body, which is the real faith, which means to present the body as a living sacrifice).

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

That, and we are doing a harming to our representation of Christianity if we discount struggles, sins and lulls as non-faith periods — because we present the idea that real faith is without temptation, failure or dry spells.

I just don't think it applies to real life, are you going to have «Faith» in your doctor when she is treating your child, of course not (you want to see a degree or at least have knowledge that the doctor knows what she is talking about), if the technician working on your spouses brakes tell you that he doesn't know what he is doing but he has faith that he can fix them, are you going to your spouses life in his hFaith» in your doctor when she is treating your child, of course not (you want to see a degree or at least have knowledge that the doctor knows what she is talking about), if the technician working on your spouses brakes tell you that he doesn't know what he is doing but he has faith that he can fix them, are you going to your spouses life in his hfaith that he can fix them, are you going to your spouses life in his hands?

stepping out in faith (how can it be legalistic if you are making a leap of faith about a unique opportunity and unsure of the outcome) and then seeing God move is a real faith builder so the action precedes the knowledge / wisdom gained.