Sentences with phrase «look beyond»

So many christians refuse to look beyond what their leaders tell them, and that kind of slavish behavior leads to all sorts of tragedy.

The Bible invites us to enter into an ongoing conversation of Christians who struggle with what it means to live faithfully in relationship and to look beyond ourselves.

So the evangelist here invites us to look beyond the relief of human suffering to a mighty act of God's chosen Servant, bringing the kingdom into history and dethroning the rule of evil in the world.

Look beyond the headlines and you'll learn Troy Davis was the killer there was plenty of physical evidence and he had many a fair trial.

The action of blessing, breaking, and giving thanks reminds us of the last supper, and Matthew and Luke clearly invite us to look beyond the miracle to its meaning; that Jesus Christ is fully adequate to all human need.

c It is thus, step by step, that Man, pursuing the flight of his growing aspirations, taught by a first success to be conscious of his power, finds himself impelled to look beyond any purely mechanical improvement of the earth's surface and increase of his external riches, and to dwell upon the growth and biological perfection of himself.

He spoke a biblical and democratic language that could rally the nation to look beyond the anger and suffering brought on by civil war.

Religion will exist as long as some people need explanations for reality and refuse to look beyond their own restricted world view.

But the priestly temper is unlikely to look beyond the literal Bible as a source of vision, just as a priestly theology is incapable of envisioning a theology grounded in the sacrificial Christ rather than in the Creator God.

It means we look beyond the present to the future earning of Christ and his kingdom.

When we look beyond ourselves out into the world, prayer fades away.

While the Government sweats over pensions, the church must wake up to its older members, look beyond the stereotypes and begin utilising this silent but significant majority, argues Brian Adams.

To do so, both clergy and lay members must look beyond parochial institutional concerns and deliberately develop a broader view of the world and the role of the Church as a transforming agent.

But, to have authentic change, you have to be willing to look beyond what you have experienced.

The Commission on Global Governance (CGG) is a major player, and its cochairman Shridath Ramphal, former Secretary General of the British Commonwealth, puts its goal this way: «When we talk about «governance» and «democracy,» we have to look beyond governance within countries and democracy within states.

But by understanding the moral norms in Israel and early Christianity as natural products of their times, we are able to look beyond them for indications of a higher, liberating view of women.

It's to educate you to look beyond your own bias.

look beyond flesh and fight in the spirit!!!

It has taken me a number of years and an equal number of attempts to try and look beyond the behavior of the «Christians» in church, to realize that a church unreflective of God's word, cherry picking which scripture to apply and whom it applies to, is NOT what God desires from his children.

I look beyond my desk and see some office chairs, a closet, my diplomas on the wall.

The task of an interpreter is to help the faithful look beyond the surface, to highlight a word here, an image there, to find Christ unexpectedly, to drink at the bountiful spring whose water is ever fresh.

It is true that Christians do look beyond the terrible realities of the «here below», but this is not to evade them or to regard them illusory.

According to the same principle of control and direction, the organic / spiritual creature that is Man must look beyond himself for the answer to his own need for existential wisdom and fulfilment.

But the scripture readings challenge Christians to look beyond the celebration of Easter.

«We clearly have a global economic system that allows this to happen,» Eldebo said, «We need to look beyond the numbers at what the actual consequence is for this because what we're seeing from our work is clearly we have 3 billion people who have very little.

It is good to look beyond the temporal to that which remains.

If you ever decide to look beyond NT polemics you just might see why we're not insulted in the least to be known as Pharisees!

It is your own bias that make you so blind you can't seem to look beyond your own noses on your faces.

Some Evangelicals I taught were baptized LDS, and others weren't, but at least most of them had an open mind and were willing to look beyond the world they were born into.

I began to look beyond the cursing, and hear the substance of their hearts: an ego hurt by a son failing in elementary school, finances were so low they felt threatened of losing their car, anger that they hoped to change the world but only worked in a taxi, and so forth.

I'd even go so far as to say that it is only in Christianity, with its holding up of texts, where there's an insistence from mainstream sects to not make an effort to look beyond the text itself.

The encounter forced me, then, to look beyond our disagreements to some deeper dynamics in LaHaye's public leadership.

I think a willingness to discard, forego, or look beyond labels is a sign of maturity.

They give vibrant, convincing life to the world that surrounds BoJack, even as he continues to struggle to look beyond his own snout.

To find the most promising companies, look beyond earnings per share and price - to - earnings ratios.

Look beyond traffic.

So you have to look beyond price alone.

Technological advancements also allow employees to look beyond their current geographic area to find work in almost any career field, as well as allowing employees to find and apply to different job opportunities much more easily — both of which are vastly different than a couple of decades ago.

When building the MVP, it is essential to look beyond the benefits that the crowd can bring, and focus instead on the problem / solution fit.

To make the most out of this energy boom, I like to remind investors to look beyond direct shale plays to find opportunities.

I've found that businesses with real market power attract a lot of interest from competitors, control buyers, etc. who are willing to look beyond the stock as a piece of paper and commit to holding it for several years.

When investing in passive instruments, it is vital to look beyond the focus on low - cost fees and tactical trading to understand the intrinsic characteristics of these products.

I also believe that at times like these, it's more important than ever to do your homework as an investor — stick to your fundamental research and try to look beyond a short - term investment horizon.

Our team focuses on the degree of change in overall projected trends within these areas to look beyond current performance to understand directionally where opportunities and challenges may reside.

To understand why, it is necessary to look beyond the solar industry.

But failing to look beyond the first choice of lender is a common personal loan mistake that can cost big.

You probably know that you can deduct qualifying contributions to charity, but be sure to look beyond the occasional big checks you write.

When you look beyond the standard sales cycle of Awareness, Interest, Consideration and Purchase you can find that your content marketing, SEO and social media efforts will bear even more productive fruit in the form of referrals and brand advocacy.

You've probably heard portfolio managers and famous investors say, «look beyond the accounting numbers and instead focus on economic reality.»

Indeed, when you look beyond the headline economic data and aggregate nominal numbers the pessimists tend to focus on, you see a solid, and improving, U.S. economic recovery.