Sentences with phrase «men than their faith»

There could be no greater contrast between these two rich men than their faith.

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> What he did is no different than what the Council fo Nicea did when they created «The word of God»... no??? Men decided and wrote what they thought the word of god was... present christians faith is based on this..

I'll attack Romney's faith because Jesus himself said that not only is it harder for a rich man to get into heaven than to get a camel through the eye of a needle but that what you do to the least of us you do to Jesus.

I personally commend the young man for stepping aside rather than compromising his faith!

There are those who think that the Christian religion is what we should smile at rather than hold fast, for this reason, that, in it, not what may be seen, is shown, but men are commanded faith of things which are not seen.

That's because we recognize only one Christian nation, the church, the holy nation that is bound together by a living faith in Jesus rather than by man - made, blood - soaked borders.

With faith in your heart, you do not need to pursue proof or empirical evidence through human means which you will never find because God Is Spirit, thus, so much greater than mortal men which He created who have limited knowledge.

I don't doubt that many Christians Yelp their parishes in good faith, that better men and women than I do it, but C. S. Lewis might be rolling in his grave.

Catholics believe in the following, «For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved» than that of JESUS (Acts of the Apostles, iv.12); We probably can agree that we are united by Jesus in our faith and can set aside our other differences.

Communities of faith are not bereft of the Spirit, and therefore of the possibility of renewal through the efforts of men and women who dare to act in the hope that the Church can contribute more to our public life than merely another interest group.

To have faith in man's ability to do good is much simpler in elegance and much more feasible than to have faith in an unseen force directing you and the people around you to do good.

The man's faith follows rather than precedes healing.

Perfect civil righteousness does not undo the basically sinful nature of man; only spiritual righteousness does that, and spiritual righteousness is nothing else than faith in Christ.

The futilities and frustrations of human experience in any age are so many and so baffling that it is commonly easier to hold a high faith about God, whom we have not seen, than about man, whom we have.

more than 2000 years men from all nations to search and found faith, american atheist just kids try to make war with these long developed civilizations.

«First we affirm that we desire to follow Scripture alone as a rule of faith and religion, without mixing it with any other things which might be devised by the opinion of men apart from the Word of God, and without wishing to accept for our spiritual government any other doctrine than what is conveyed to us by the same Word without addition to diminution, according to the command of our Lord.»

In fact Father Maillard, the director of Frères du Monde, actually declared: «If I noticed that my faith [true, he did not add «Christian»] separated me by however little from other men and diminished my revolutionary violence, I would not hesitate to sacrifice my faith,» A clear statement of the conviction latent in Shaull's writings; namely, that revolution is more fundamental than the faith.

Modern man can know faith only as a «scandal»; faith is wholly other than the reality which we most deeply are.

Faith, in our time, appears to be opposed to the very existence and reality of modern man; the reality — or illusion — of faith is wholly other than the reality which we Faith, in our time, appears to be opposed to the very existence and reality of modern man; the reality — or illusion — of faith is wholly other than the reality which we faith is wholly other than the reality which we know.

Man can be commanded to love God since this means nothing other than the actualization of the existing relationship of faith to Him.

For Christianity, although it is a religion in the sense that it links the life of man with the Life of God, is far more than one of the world's great faiths: it is the revelation of the way of true living.

But whereas Justin was eventually able to reconcile his sexuality with his faith and with Scripture in such a way that has left open the possibility for a relationship with a man in his future, Wesley says that «my own story, by contrast, is a story of feeling spiritually hindered rather than helped by my homosexuality.

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Second, the Christian faith offers man something bigger than life, something greater than man - made things like culture and technology.

But for the man of faith, the light of faith is a surer light than that of reason to guide man on his journey toward the Absolute Future.

And with no imagery available, other than that of supernaturalism, to suggest such nuances or sensitive ground for pointing toward dimensions of grace or spirit, Christian faith could mean for the modern consciousness only confidence in the resources of man's moral idealism.

And, let us be frank: is it really so certain that formerly, when religion and the Church played a greater part in public life, men really had more true faith, hope and charity, which, after all, are more important than anything else?

This hope, however, lays an obligation also on the authorities of the Catholic Church to be critical of themselves, to respect the conscience of every man which is responsible directly to God, and to avoid anything that may give the impression that the exercise of this ministry may have other purposes than the preservation of the one faith.

We should resist, rather than insist upon, weird theories that old men conspire on behalf of pedophiles at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, or Penn State, or wherever.

it takes more faith to believe in a theory based on facts than to believe in a magical all knowing person in the sky thats from a book written by men that heard voices?

Although we have proceeded with this discussion in a structure much simpler than that of Professor Paul Tillich, we shall attempt what he calls a «method of correlation,» whereby man's existential questions are met by the answers of our Christian faith.

Some Catholics insist that both men are heretics, to be suffered within the community only if they mute their voices; others say that they represent more authentic versions of the faith than the various beliefs and practices they are challenging, and that it is the institution rather than the individual that is heretical.

This shows nothing more than ignorance of the bible and it's message for mankind maybe the President would do well to get alongside himself men of true faith Godly men who don't aspire for public office, who do nt name universities after themselves, who will tell him what Gods wants of him and not what the opinion polls want.

The view of theology actually insinuated is rather more like that of a competent language translator than of an active and creative reworker of man's assimilation of the faith.

For a long time now the Christian understanding of man has been obscured by theories of his nature built on other dogmas than that of the sovereignty of God and constructed out of observations of his behavior made from other points of view than those of Christian faith.

Some how it's felt that values, morals, virtues are not there in a secular world only faceless solid lifeless laws of men rather than what has been relayed by Holy books that calls for good deeds and reject bad deeds and to build a faithful societies, communities, nations since communications among nations or even among the nations of mixed cultures and beliefs... Laws or God and universe are to be prepared by some thing that is equivalent to UN but built on nations beliefs to achieve the code of understanding among nations but as can see now it is build on groundless bases if not of words of God to faiths... in addition to those non spiritual secular beliefs to make decisions of faith but at the moment the secular world make and take the decisions while the beliefs and faiths has to pay for it when it becomes a war between all faiths or religions outside your world, it would become back into your inside among the mixed culture and beliefs of the nation or nations under one country flag...!

The idea of writing a story about a man who had no faith and then suddenly was faced with accepting something more powerful than myself, followed by miracle after miracle — should certainly help someone else.

It is therefore at its best more inclusively Biblical rather than evangelical only; it is directed indeed to sinful men who need to be reconciled to God but also to men who need in all things to grow up into mature manhood in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ and who are to interpret to others the meaning of Christian faith.

Today's world man has become with no value other than his organs if sold or stolen... so what is happening only proves that we are imposing marketing the wrongs against the rights... cultures and beliefs are going down the drain with all those values, morals, virtues some how turning into commotion among cultures and beliefs turning against each other misunderstanding each other or unaware of cultures way of living and beliefs to ease communication mutual understanding as a nation of mankind and a nation of faiths.

This is what is called «temptation» by the faith of the Old Testament, a faith which takes the over-againstness of God and man more seriously than does any other.

Despite the fact that men and women of faith have contributed more to science than an internet atheist like you has even dreamed about.

Some take the step of faith using a mental conception of God which is more concrete in outline, and even more man - shaped, than some others would find meaningful.

Admittedly, in the area of religious faith and morals we have been rather slower to discard the old in favour of the new, for this is the aspect of human life in which conservatism has always been most strongly entrenched, for the very good reason that man looks to this area of life more than any other for his stability and security.

i wonder whih god will be more pleased with its slave — the one who murdered a man for his beliefs or the one who allowed his follower to die for his faith either way — god is a man made belief system that is only a few thousand years old — and in that time, no one single thing has killed more humans, than a man claiming to know the will of some kind of god Faith is good thing, faith in one's faith either way — god is a man made belief system that is only a few thousand years old — and in that time, no one single thing has killed more humans, than a man claiming to know the will of some kind of god Faith is good thing, faith in one's Faith is good thing, faith in one's faith in one's self.

Furthermore, the doctrinal structure of faith is much more than the «grammar of the Church's narrative»: it is the reality of communion with the Trinity through the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God made Man and the centre of all human history.

He does not... destroy my faith, but he forces me to re-examine my faith and to re-discover its power in the contemporary scene which he seems to understand in clearer terms than I do... The real significance of the sermon lies in the fact that Bishop Pike is aiming to revive the new generation's lagging interest in religion and to have religion speak in terms modern man can understand.»

Everywhere they will be a little flock, because mankind grows quicker than Christendom and because men will not be Christians by custom and tradition, through institutions and history, or because of the homogeneity of a social milieu and public opinion, but — leaving out of account the sacred flame of parental example and the intimate sphere of home, family and small groups — they will be Christians only because of their own act of faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually achieved anew.

Faith should not be a substitute for careful thought and patient inquiry, for in the long run nothing less than truth deserves man's final allegiance.

Neville i was thinking there have been men that i respected in politics like Nelson Mandala Abraham Lincoln Teddy Rosevelt Winston Churchill so there are exceptions all these people and many more struggled and overcame there own personal demons that is why they were great leaders statesman.That always involves faith believing in something greater than yourself and humility knowing that its not possible in us alone but with God all things are possible.brentnz

I'm by no means a religious person, but if he has the balls to display his faith like he does in front of millions of viewers and never says a single negative thing about any of the horrible things that people say about him or his faith, then he is more of a man than anyone who mocks him or what he believes in.