Sentences with phrase «life and death issues»

Does it seem as though these arguments become intense, as though they are about life and death issues?

A bonus story also deals with the life and death issues.

The verdict: A perceptive look at what it's like to wrestle with life and death issues.

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«These are life and death issues.

«there are no real leaders committed to grappling with the really important kitchen table, lunch pail, life and death issues we are facing.»

Seems to me like there are no real leaders committed to grappling with the really important kitchen table, lunch pail, life and death issues we are facing.

For each side, these are important life and death issues that most of us do not want treated in a cavalier fashion, and you come off that way consistently, intentional or not.

We're talking life and death issues here.

That and the case of Rahab were life and death issues.

And, on life and death issues, no one has argued more persuasively or to greater effect.

It's less about implementing policy than it is drawing attention to life and death issues that can be more complicated than bills and bans may suggest, she said.

And this is a life and death issue.»

Cat box problems are, in fact, a life and death issue for cats.

Most Australians accept this and those people I speak to all agree that more urgency needs to be shown by all politicians in respect to instituting realistic measures to fight this life and death issue!»

That s a life and death issue.

For example, it confirms ownership and checks on the enforcement of building regulations which, in the case of an earthquake or other natural disaster, could be a life and death issue.

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For a Cabinet official to intentionally mislead the public on a scientific issue with life - and - death consequences for humanity is a far more serious matter than first - class flights or a $ 43,000 phone booth.

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Life and death decisions are not issues of a woman's right to «choose».

It's time we, as a nation, stop looking at abortion as merely a political issue and see it for what it is - a matter of life and death.

His comprehensive pro-life perspective stirred every segment of the American Church, and the stark contrast he drew between the Culture of Life and a Culture of Death framed the great moral issues facing America in a way that still defines them today.

The Roman Catechism, issued in 1566, three years after the end of the Council of Trent, taught that the power of life and death had been entrusted by God to civil authorities and that the use of this power, far from involving the crime of murder, is an act of paramount obedience to the fifth commandment.

In very specific ways it will follow through on these affirmations as it confronts day by day the issues of life and death.

To allow political ideology to overshadow human needs and fundamental issues of life and death is to go seriously astray.

Something similar has to happen in the churches so that we address all life - and - death issues concerning the health of society.

Like me, death is knocking at my door if I continue this pregnancy because of heart issues and toxemia (preeclampsia) and I need to live to rake care of my other children.

The importance attached to these issues is generally not legitimated with reference to any particular sacred mandate, but simply on the assumption that these are matters of life and death.

The lack of personal urgency in preaching conveys the impression that the minister is not dealing with life - and - death issues.

The readings offer four distinct perspectives on the nature and attainment of happiness, each of which will serve as the springboard for the discussion of a different set of issues in relation to the search for human ful llment: participation in public life, self - control and education, the longing for God, and the confrontation of death.

This trivialization of nuclear concerns was a misreading of the across - the - board struggle taking place with issues of life and death, of the widespread sense that this may be the «last chance» for human civilization.

In any case, the death - of - god theology had an unusually short half - life, whereas the issue I tried in my youthful enthusiasm to tackle — the significance of the ongoing battle between religion and secularization — rightly continues to stoke debate and analysis.

John Templeton RIP Having described the life and work of this year's Templeton - Prize winner, Fr Michael Heller, in the Cutting Edge column in the last issue, we now have sadly to record the death of the founder of the Prize, Sir John Templeton, on 8th July 2008.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

When we inquire further as to the concrete meaning of Jesus, after his death, within the life of the early Christian community, we find ourselves at once forced to deal with two theological issues of fundamental importance: the nature of the church and the nature of revelation; for the essential and permanent significance of Jesus lies in the fact that he was the center and head of the church and that he was the central figure in that revelation of God which we have received and by which we are saved.

The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the real causes of worldwide starvation; and the problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death in their own countries.

Reading the Bible so as to hear it and respond to it can be a struggle in which the stakes are as high as life and death because the issue is man's relation to God.

In the discussion about the death penalty, there is the ultimate moral issue of the right to take life, and whether even the state has this right.

That the issue at stake is a spiritual one is evident in the religious imagery that pervades Callahan's account of technological medicine: that the war on death is a search for «immortality»; that the dying patient might be «saved»; that medicine is seen as «omnipotent, holding life and death wholly in its hands»; that a lobbyist equates heart attacks, cancer, and strokes with sin (interesting rhetoric in the public sphere, but I'll save that discussion for another day).

This book is a great introduction to some of the issues surrounding the gospel, the death of Jesus, and what these mean for our lives and our understanding of God.

It is the free person, God's creature, facing the ultimate issues of life and death, but facing them in their final dimensions, and making decisions which arise from the creative courage of one who has faced and accepted the conditions of real life.

12For an analysis of how Christian politicians and lawmakers could and should tackle these issues in these difficult times, see Fr (now Bishop) Anthony Fisher: «Some problems of conscience in lawmaking» in Culture of Life, Culture of Death, 2002.

The central focus of the church's message is on the ultimate issues of life and death.

For people who may not live in a state like Nebraska where it's a ballot issue, but still feel passionate about ending the death penalty in the United States, how can they get involved and be active and let their voice be known?

And why are we giving the culture of Washington new powers of life and death» making ourselves «God's Partners,» in President Obama's language» at a time when that culture has proved itself so vague and so deluded about all the issues of life and death that have come before it: war, and embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulnerabAnd why are we giving the culture of Washington new powers of life and death» making ourselves «God's Partners,» in President Obama's language» at a time when that culture has proved itself so vague and so deluded about all the issues of life and death that have come before it: war, and embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulneraband death» making ourselves «God's Partners,» in President Obama's language» at a time when that culture has proved itself so vague and so deluded about all the issues of life and death that have come before it: war, and embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulneraband so deluded about all the issues of life and death that have come before it: war, and embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulneraband death that have come before it: war, and embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulneraband embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulneraband the unborn, and the weak, and the vulneraband the weak, and the vulneraband the vulnerable?

Avery Dulles In general terms, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), which was issued by John Paul II last March, is an analysis of the «culture of death» and an exhortation to promote the «culture of life.&raLife), which was issued by John Paul II last March, is an analysis of the «culture of death» and an exhortation to promote the «culture of life.&ralife.»

They have found the Bible to be a «soul - book,» a book which deals with issues of life and death, of good and evil, of sin and guilt, of love, forgiveness, and freedom; a book of guidance and inspiration.

With the conviction and insight faith gives here and now, we try to respond to vital issues — not seldom questions of life and death.

After the Bangkok meeting, the Russian Orthodox Church sent a letter to the World Council of Churches saying that while they recognized the importance and the duty of Christian participation in social issues, they wanted to highlight the reality of salvation as hope beyond death, as life in God.