Sentences with phrase «light of the gospel»

Only by light of the gospel do we discover our true beginning, middle and end.

If Scripture reveals anything to us about people who live in light of the gospel, it is that the gospel does not make us into clones.

The fear of the authority of the sacred writings of the past effectively prevents the honest souls of today from accepting the new light of the gospel, the light which these very God - knowing men of another generation so intensely longed to see.

We dwell in the full light of the Gospel, and the full grace of the Sacraments.

Our nations» governments also make light of the gospel, sometimes using Christian rhetoric even as they deny its message by pandering to the rich and overlooking the needs of the poor.

And it summons us to discern how we can recalibrate our relating in light of the gospel and in pursuit of the kingdom.

In matters of faith and morals, the Church has the responsibility of teaching and of bringing the light of the Gospel message to the circumstances of our day.

RESOLVED, That we earnestly pray, both for those who advocate racist ideologies and those who are thereby deceived, that they may see their error through the light of the Gospel, repent of these hatreds, and come to know the peace and love of Christ through redeemed fellowship in the Kingdom of God, which is established from every nation, tribe, people, and language.

We need God to shine the light of the gospel into our night.

So what the Pope's trying to do is to restore to center stage the individual conscience in the light of the gospels and church teaching.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they can not see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.»

Life itself will lead the layman into depths which are actually basic Christian situations, whether they are interpreted as such or not, whose darkness is illumined by the light of the gospel and which can be borne only with the help of God's grace.

Catholic laymen must take up their place in life and face their family, their love, their children (who perhaps do not always come up to their expectations), their professional duties which grow ever more irksome and their duties as citizens; in doing so they will meet situations in which, because they reflect on their faith, they will know how to behave as Christians living in the grace of God, the light of the gospel and the imitation of the crucified Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Because Gladys understood her baptismally mandated ministry to live in the world in the light of the gospel rather than by conventional social wisdom, she gave her pastor an opportunity to understand his ordained ministry: namely, to equip the congregation to live in the light of the gospel.

In the light of a gospel that is about unity, the reconciliation of all and equal rights for everyone, Walsh's project is about division, separation and discrimination.

And as the Scriptures say: «In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.»

O Dayspring from on high, who raised up your servant John Newton to enlighten your people with the message of amazing grace; grant us the courage to work for the freedom of all who live in unjust captivity and slavery and to scatter the darkness of those who live in self - condemnation and fear by the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our prisons are in need of the light of the gospel, yet this ruling sets a trajectory towards the Bible being forbidden in these institutions.»

The task of Christians regarding the gospel, culture and media is to work toward changing culture so that it serves the needs of people in the light of the gospel's myths — in particular, the need of people for love and justice.

2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they can not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Considerations concerning property and money and arranging their transference to same sex friends during life and after death should cause no real problem in the light of this Gospel gem which is far removed from make believe and fairy tale.

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them (2 Corinthians 4:3 - 4).

Paul writes that those who are perishing «do not believe, lest the light of the gospel... should shine upon them.»

We should never relent, and never despair, but do everything we can to heal and uplift our present world, with the light of the Gospel, even as we know our eternal happiness rests only in the next.

No, Paul says they do not believe, because they do not want the light of the gospel to shine into their lives, thereby calling them to submit to Jesus Christ and Lord and follow Him with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.

In 2 Corinthians 4:4 we read that the god of this world, Satan, has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they might not see the light of the Gospel and believe.

Or, to reverse the thrust of the argument, why should geographical particularism be honored in the church while all other specificities of human experience are relativized in the light of the gospel?

It is the case if it implies understanding the whole of Scripture in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but this gospel is either explicit or implicit in every part of Scripture.

The lamp was van Gogh's symbol of love and recalls the light of the gospel which he once brought into the huts of the peasants and miners.

By means of images the preaching occasion will be a re-creation of the way life is experienced now held under the light of the Gospel.

It is a freedom which only finds itself wholly in the light of the Gospel, founded on God in faith, hope and love, and thus realizes its own truth in the love of the neighbour and of God.

In confession the light of the Gospel breaks into the darkness and seclusion of the heart.

In his foreword, the Rt Rev Peter Doyle, Chair of the Bishops» Committee for Marriage and Family Life, described the 4th edition as «a resource to assist all those in our communities whose marriages have failed, and those accompanying them; and restore to them, with the mercy of God, hope and confidence on the journey of faith in the light of the Gospel.»

Gabe says that for Christians who want to bring the light of the gospel to a dark and dying world, «running away is not an option.»

The sole purpose is to engage the hearer in the pursuit of an issue or an idea so that he will think his own thoughts and experience his own feelings in the presence of Christ and in the light of the Gospel.

Pottmeyer called the Council «an act of setting out... not as a single, once - and - for all step, but as an example of a passage to be made over and over again, in every moment, the signs of which must be read in the light of the Gospel.

The pastor will examine himself in the light of the Gospel and of his experience to see how far he succeeds or fails in the severe test of counseling another.

That's why I'm teaching the online course on the Gospel... to carefully explain the freeness of grace and the role of good works and obedience in light of the gospel.

2 Corin 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Though the church certainly needs to consider more seriously the implications of the sweeping changes in the world, it must not simply acquiesce to those changes but seek to transform them in the light of the gospel.