This also
means issues of life and relations among the people, groups and communities implies the fused horizons in all the levels.
Not exact matches
But if any
issue is below the waterline,
meaning there is an
issue that threatens the seaworthiness
of the craft and the
life of the crew, then it's time to sound the all - hands - on - deck alert as a way to rally everyone toward fixing that
issue as quickly and as effectively as possible.
Come back to me when you have
issues like ours where our
lives are destroyed over the mere accusations from all these Queen Bees thanks to our matriarchal chivalric ideals where men are
meant to be meat shields for the princesses
of the world.
On many
of the deepest
issues of human
life» the
meaning of sex, the dignity
of the family, the creation
of human beings» Jews and Christians stand together against the secular image
of man.
To postmodern critics, such concerns suggest that
life has a «plot,» as in a well - crafted novel, but
of course what they are really pointing out is that such
issues have no
meaning in the absence
of a transcendent grounding.
Inevitably, we have conversations about
life — including the
meaning of life and its problems and where God is in all
of that, hopes, needs and a variety
of other
issues.
It was said that «the best
of defense is to attack»... --- Those allowed such to be signed knew all the time that this is what was going to happen because it happened repeatedly through out history from time
of the crusaders but still they continued with signing it because it
meant for them money pouring in for all involved with the trading on this
issue which has spoiled the
life of the Palestinians and all Arabs ever started war over those lands started with swords and horses that has developed into the present arms that we became to know and only God knows how future arms would look like in few de-ca-des or cen - tur - ies that are yet to come...?!
inner conflicts, or
meaning -
of -
life issues that block constructive behavior changes.
We learn that the word «martyr»
means «witness» and that «apostle»
means «one who is sent» and then grasp what this really
meant in the
lives of the Apostles, and indeed what it
means today: «Faith and love in Jesus will
issue forth in ministry.
This may
mean helping a patient deal with the implications
of his faith for his problems, raising the
issue with the staff regarding the effect
of the religious dimension
of a patient's
life on his present behavior, or in helping the staff to deal with their own religious feelings or understanding.
The question is whether this distorted or compromised the
meaning of agape, and that question remains one
of the central
issues for Christian thought and
life.
Paul tempers this reply — there is no sin in being married, but then, as if wrestling with an
issue which can not be settled by specific prescriptions, he gives his profoundest expression
of what the new
life means:
On this suggestion, «emancipation»
means the opportunity to be creative, the measure
of power that «
issues from coordination,» and individuals are more or less emancipated depending on the natural and human context in which their
lives are set.
But lets talk about the real
issue — the real
issue is that much
of mankind refuses to see his reality around him through a Creator lens because then it
means he must be accountable for how he
lives — and man doesn't like that.
Now this doesn't
mean that the Republicans should do NOTHING on immigration, but it does
mean that their economic agenda should focus on
issues that would help people in the two middle quartiles (and the last quartile) get what Reihan Salam called «the basics
of a dignified middle - class
life — affordable high - quality medical care, education, and housing» With that in mind, here is a partial (and I'm not sure totally compatible) list
of policies that Republicans should be looking at:
The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real -
life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare
of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they
mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance
of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.
But,
of course, my central interest was in your progress toward a confident faith, which will put sense,
meaning, and drive into your
life, and I was happy to see that your serious thinking has
issued in some promising results.
If we can not afford to reflect seriously about the
meaning of Christian faith in relation to new
issues that confront us, Christian faith ceases to be the central organizing principle
of our thinking and
living.
Such an approach makes it possible to look on the world in such a way that one finds
meaning in these
issues of daily
life and sees them as religious.
Take them one at a time, spending as much time as you need to discuss thoroughly the
issues and feelings that arise: «The ideas and
issues which excite me most are...;» «The things that are most worth
living for right now are...;» «I feel the most joy (pain, hope, lonely, together) when...;» «What I really believe about God is...;» «I feel closest to (most distant from) God when...;» «I get spiritually high when...;» «The beliefs that
mean the most to me now are...;» «The beliefs from my childhood which no longer make sense are...;» «
Life has the least (the most) meaning for me when...;» «I feel closest to you (most distant from you) spiritually when...;» «The way I really feel about the church is...;» «I'd like to do the following, to enjoy more spiritual sharing...;» «To enrich the spiritual life of our family, I'd like
Life has the least (the most)
meaning for me when...;» «I feel closest to you (most distant from you) spiritually when...;» «The way I really feel about the church is...;» «I'd like to do the following, to enjoy more spiritual sharing...;» «To enrich the spiritual
life of our family, I'd like
life of our family, I'd like to..
Thus in our present situation the hermeneutical problem (how traditional words, concepts and symbols are to be interpreted intelligibly in our cultural present) on the one hand remains the problem for those concerned with the theoretical
issues of theology, and on the other the
issue of liberation represents the center for those concerned more with the
meaning of theology in
life and in action.
Thus the
issues which are being debated anew in the theological turmoil today center in the
meaning of Christian love as it points on the one side to the possibilities
of human existence, and as it points on the other side to a fulfillment
of this
life in an ultimate good which transcends the possibilities
of this world.
For far from being a deviation from biblical truth, this setting
of man over against the sum total
of things, his subject - status and the object - status and mutual externality
of things themselves, are posited in the very idea
of creation and
of man's position vis - a-vis nature determined by it: it is the condition
of man
meant in the Bible, imposed by his createdness, to be accepted, acted through... In short, there are degrees
of objectification... the question is not how to devise an adequate language for theology, but how to keep its necessary inadequacy transparent for what is to be indicated by it...» Hans Jonas, Phenomenon
of Life, pp. 258 - 59; cf. also Schubert Ogden's helpful discussion on «Theology and Objectivity,» Journal
of Religion 45 (1965): 175 - 95; Ian G. Barbour,
Issues in Science and Religion (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice - Hall, 1966), pp. 175 - 206; and Michael Polanyi, Personal Knowledge (Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1962).
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.
For
issues relating to the
meaning of life, people turn to their religious and / or ethical traditions.
By social ethic I do not
mean something opposed to a personal ethic, but one which is concerned with the
issues between groups and nations where the decisions taken alter the
lives of multitudes
of people and the direction
of history.
Martin Luther, for example, that great reformer who battled the Catholic church over the
issue of how to receive eternal
life, called the book
of James, «a right strawy epistle»
meaning that there was nothing in it but wood, hay and stubble.
But despite intellectual challenges,
issues in his personal
life and emotional swings, Lewis is ultimately remembered for his writings on faith: Even when it
meant putting aside momentary feelings
of uncertainty: «Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art
of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite
of your changing moods... That is why Faith is such a necessary virtue: unless you teach your moods «where they get off,» you can never be either a sound Christian or even a sound atheist.»
For the enlightened Portestants Catholicism
meant backwardness (Islam was not yet an
issue, because no Muslims
lifed in Europe, but,
of course, Islam also
means backwardness).
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.
Thus the central and essential foundational question for me has to do with the basis on which each individual person (and each purposive community) resolves the
issues of meaning and value for his or her (or its)
life.
It must bring these ideals to bear on particular
issues, illuminating their moral
meaning in the light
of Scriptures, the
life of Jesus, the laws
of nature and the Kingdom
of God.
Questions such as whether the language
of «faith» has any authority in a scientific age, or whether mind and
life are reducible to atoms and molecules, whether only the tangible is real, whether the human person is anything more than a complex physico - chemical mechanism, whether we are free or determined, whether there is any «objective» truth to the symbols and myths
of religion — all
of these questions are asked at all only because what is fundamentally at
issue is whether there is an ultimate context that gives
meaning to cosmic process and significance to our
lives in this process.
Being a man or a woman is «very good» and
life is
meant to be a joyful adventure, finally celebrated in the great Wedding Feast
of the Lamb which we all seek to witness and in which all our earthly explorations and ponderings
of these profound
issues will reach their utter fulfilment.
«Many people see it as a moral
issue, because it necessarily involves defining what «
life»
means; on this kind
of topic, a lot
of people look to their faith.»
This,
of course doesn't
means we don't deal with political
issues (which emcompass just about every aspect
of public
life), but it doesn't have that dynamic
of allegiance and it isn't about personalities.
A month later, Archbishop Justin Rigali
issued a statement reiterating the Church's position on such matters, citing several Church sources including Pope John Paul II's 1998 statement calling medically assisted food and water «an ordinary
means of preserving
life.»
The core
issues that properly concern theologians and pastors, as Cobb knows, have to do with the kind
of theological - ethical glasses one wears as one attempts to discern the moral and spiritual
meanings of the data, to see in what respects they comport with our deepest understanding
of how God wants us to
live in the world.
He
meant for us to allow thoughts
of the Kingdom
of Heaven and all it implies to pervade how we think about all
issues of life.
when people get all huffy over my misuse
of words or just plain wrong use
of them i laugh, because i can bet my
life that you still understood my
meaning but rather then discuss the
issue i brought up chose to insult thru the
means of an english teacher — that i care not for... my point was a valid one and it makes me sad that you think yourself so far above me that you won't even bother with the conversation... tisk tisk.
They want to stay in power and to keep the general populace so busy arguing over
issues like guns, abortion, gay marriage, etc that we don't notice / care / understand they are squeezing billions and trillions
of dollars out
of the economy for their corporate overloads (and themselves), while we are all
meant to greatful for a cost
of living adjustment and hopefully being able to own a home.
I do not
mean to sound heartless but we know nothing about the guys lifestyle, was he at risk
of heart
issues due to personal
life?
This was a minority
issue, but only just: 47 %
of British employees are affected by the Home Office's rules, which
mean they may not be able to
live with their loved one in their own country.
Laurie Penny pits here finger on a
live issue the hierachy and class nature
of the way Labour is run.I would add the total lack
of internal Labour Party debate Labours record in Govt was apalling Privatisation and privatisation
of the NHS backed by Labours ministers as well as War etc
mean I do nt consider you a party
of the Left.
That
means the leader
of the House's proposal to hold a Commons vote on the
issue if a deal is not reached by the end
of November is very much a
live one.
May: «Well, if you look at the
issues around people who are — as you say I
mean I talked about people who were «just about managing,» who sometimes find
life a struggle when I came into Downing Street last year and there are a number
of ways in which I want to support those people.
He told Radio 4: «I have written to the prime minister myself asking him that, in view
of these very important
issues which touch on the sacredness
of human
life, its
meaning and purpose, would he please grant a free vote, because that is what is really required.»
«The Republican Party may have the majority in both houses, but that doesn't
mean they have the right to, or should, I think, press
issues that aren't broadly reflective
of the country we
live in,» Hanna said.
DC Science Cafe says the speaker will discuss «the promise and perils that come with these new
means of designing
life and the ethical
issues and implications they foist upon us.»