Sentences with phrase «lives for the faith»

And we should be praying daily for our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world that truly do risk their lives for the faith.

However, when I think of people in parts of Africa, South America, and Asia where laws may prohibit open Christianity, and our brothers and sisters are thrown in jail and many losing their life for the faith — then dealing with a few dirty looks or nasty comments isn't so bad.

Apparently he was imprisoned at Rome during the persecutions under Nero and there gave up his life for his faith.

He is learning to «live for the faith.»

How about living for the faith?»

I live for my faith and my family.

Not exact matches

She is fearful for her own life and angry about the loss of both her son and her city to the Faith.

One of the best - selling books of all time, The Purpose - Driven Life helps people of all ages and backgrounds determine their purpose, but is especially well - suited for those of you who observe the Christian faith.

For the financial markets, those risks are compounded by the unbalanced «risk - on» exposure that investment managers and institutions adopted early this year, encouraged by a short - lived burst of economic activity, and faith in a central - bank backstop.

Before the «Dispensation of Grace» of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!

«Such social doctrine provides directions but, with few exceptions (for instance, the defense of innocent human life), does not provide directives of immediate applicability to policy questions on which people of good faith, guided by reason and conscience, can come to different conclusions.»

In order for our witness to mean anything to ourselves, our kids, or anyone who might darken our doors, we have to think about the culture we live in and what makes it particularly hostile to orthodox belief — as well as ways in which people around us might be uniquely susceptible to aspects of our faith that are true.

Where I live in Butte, Montana, there are two Catholic Churches, that let other religious faiths use the church for worship, weddings and other functions.

Is there a step of faith in believing that Jesus is the Son of God and that He came and died for a sinner like me and that He rose again to prove that He is God and that He defeated Satan, sin and death and has given eternal life to all who believe in Him?

Two things bother me, why jeopardize your children's security for this experiment, and why do it??? I mean everyone has doubts I their faith, but being a Christian raised by atheists, turning your back so publicly is the same as saying your faith was a joke... it is insulting to believers, a crisis of faith is normal in life, denouncing faith is shameful

Second: The Creation tale is simply a way for early humans to explain mans creation and «fall» from God's predetermined path... The old testament is full of stuff more related to philosophy and health advice then «Gods word» However, this revelation has not made me less of a christian... In Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and us.

According to the Patriarch, the Council «will address internal issues of the unity and administration of the Church, but also matters such as relations with other churches and faiths, in order to present a unified voice and credible witness for the life of the world.»

However, it is far beyond a blind leap of faith, as the Bible and the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus are evidence that there is a God and that He loves us enough to provide a way for salvation even though we as sinners don't deserve it.

You don't think the Peter who did miracles and gave his live for Christ had not gained the faith to stay up?

Luke said, on February 9th, 2010 at 4:57 pm «You don't think the Peter who did miracles and gave his live for Christ had not gained the faith to stay up?»

«You have to ask why the bishops can't take yes for an answer,» wrote Gehring, who works with the progressive group Faith in Public Life.

I'm speaking about my own faith only: To become a Christian, it must be your own choice.No else can decide this life style for you.I know many in the past and present have thought raising a child under the Christian label will save them for hell but in actual reality, the choice is their own not their parents etc.This life (being Christian) goes deeper than just believing.You have to consider this yourself.Many today do not even consider Christ as their savior because they just believe what their church or family says.

The interesting thing is that to us, you are not only suffering a life time of delusions that there is not a God but if you factor in Pascals Wager you will suffer longer for the lack of Faith.

Groups such as Catholics United and Faith in Public Life got off the ground during and just after the 2004 election when a Catholic Democratic presidential nominee - Sen. John Kerry - was hard - pressed to find Catholic support in the face of condemnations from some Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights.

But Catholic teaching typically explains a hierarchy of public issues, prioritizing marriage and sanctity of life, for example, which are intrinsic to Christian faith, over important but less theologically binding issues of prudential judgment, such as federal entitlement programs or immigration.

My faith came from a serious search for truth and the meaning of life.

A disgraced former Church of England bishop who was jailed for sexual abuse, and his twin brother, want to switch faiths so they can «live and worship in anonymity».

As for the latter, those worried about another Catholic slide into incoherence should have faith in the ecclesial experience of the last three decades, which has taught enduring lessons about how Catholicism can not merely survive, but flourish, amidst the cultural acids of post-modernity — if it holds fast to a dynamic orthodoxy lived with compassion and solidarity.

The Holy Father will be remembered for his enduring commitment to the compatibility and complementarity of faith and reason as we make our way through life, blessed with both the gift of our intellect and a capability to hear also the revelation of God.

You are either intentionally or ignorantly — both then and now, i.e., 13 years later — are depriving those patients whom whom God of love is putting in your path to use your divinity school knowledge and your biblical faith experience to guide the path of that talk towards the absolute truth related to the love of God — i.e. true love which stems from God by giving his only Son for whoever to choose to believe on him to have «everlasting life» by having his / her sins forgiven.

Fox - Genovese writes, «For although the Constitution prohibits the establishment of specific churches and prescribes a tolerance for different faiths, it presupposes a fundamental Christian ethic and does not leave matters of life and death to the private judgment of individuals.&raqFor although the Constitution prohibits the establishment of specific churches and prescribes a tolerance for different faiths, it presupposes a fundamental Christian ethic and does not leave matters of life and death to the private judgment of individuals.&raqfor different faiths, it presupposes a fundamental Christian ethic and does not leave matters of life and death to the private judgment of individuals.»

So for years and years, we live a life that is based on faith, not detailed informations which never line - up to be fully agreed upon even by the most brilliant minds.

As our family went through the loss of my son's good friend in a tragic accident last week, we remarked on how terribly difficult it was, and how impossibly difficult it must be for atheists to go through the trials of life without the faith and hope to guide them through.

The ethics and compassion and example that Christ lived by and was killed for, or do you believe more in the dogma, and doctrines of your «faith»?

Then the canon, the listed set of writings making up the Bible, is recognized by the community of faith as the written word of God, possessing final authority for faith and life.

Leaders of the Christian community saw this as an extremely grave threat to the faith; and, for this reason they fled the comforts of society and chose to live in solitude and want in remote parts of the world (such as Syria and northern Africa).

I have very good reasons for being angry about criminals violating the law, violating my RIGHTS, violating my whole life and OPPRESSING me and people like me who do not «share» their «faith».

The faith has «tried» to stay the same for 2000 years, but, just as Galileo and heliocentrism struggled to show that reality was clearly different than what bare faith could handle, this same scene will be repeated a hundred thousand times more, as real life overtakes 2000 - year - old literature.

I don't know about you, but for me my faith is LESS about getting into heaven and MORE about what I do with this life I have been given.

Hello, Muneef, I hope and pray that you are doing fine, and that you are safe... I don't actualy know where you are, but I gather you live somewhere where there are many unrests... Today is the special day for all people who have put their faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who came to live among us, and who became a sacrificial Lamb, offeirng Himself to God for the sins of all mankind.

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

It takes more faith to believe that than to believe in the One who created special designs for life out of the chaos and has given us the internal desire to have meaning beyond our physical bodies.

For a first possibility, it can be taken as a revisionist reading of the theology of Karl Rahner in certain of its more formal aspects, particularly as Rahner construes the relation between involvement in the ordinary world and the specific life of faith.

God has a purpose for everyones life and that purpose has to include hope for the further (faith).

They also had the problem of converting pagans to their faith, given that the reward promised for following Mosaic Law was that the Jews got to live and prosper in the Promised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - Roman pagan).

We should be thankful that we live in a nation where we can openly live our faith without fearing for our lives, no matter how unpopular it may be.

For Evangelicals, the Church as the one body of Christ extending through space and time includes all the redeemed of all the ages and all on earth in every era who have come to living faith in the body's living Head.

While some of those adventures have initially seemed intimidating, stepping out in faith to take part in them has made for the most rewarding times in my life.

Faith in life however, does provide that rock we all need, to justify to ourselves that in the end there was a purpose for our existence.

We live here for so many decades, I would hate to think that the truth of the object of my faith would be determined by centuries of contradictory theologies, all bringing something to the conversation, none having all the answers.