Sentences with phrase «more faithful people»
Pastors who love «their» people are able to see them as they really are and also as the more faithful people of God they might become.
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Research that I have done over the past decade suggests that a chemical messenger called oxytocin accounts for why some people give freely of themselves and others are coldhearted louts, why some people cheat and steal and others you can trust with your life, why some husbands are more faithful than others, and why women tend to be nicer and more generous than men.
I don't see Christians as more honest, more faithful in marriage, less violent, more giving, more polite, or more anything than the millions of people who are indifferent to religion and who only go to a church if there is a wedding or a funeral.
Is our true desire to explore how we can be more faithful together as the people of God or to correct someone for the sake of being right?
The point is that if more people are admitting that they are Atheist then it is cool but, does that herald the end of the church... no and as we have been arguing a few threads up... the Faithful have continued to grow.
I don't like the insults here and calling of names in a effort to intimidate, I don't want gay marriage and God is real, alive and has been more faithful to me and helped me more than any person.
So that the delusional people in each parish can find a sense of relief when the CC comes a runnin» with an exorcist to cast out their self - created demons??? Having an exorcist in each parish will just help to add more delusion to the faithful (which would of course benefit the CC as a whole as a means of psychologically wrestling their believers further under their proverbial thumb).
Now, we certainly have two or more people gathered together, and they have asked in Jesus» name, and we have not one but a million faithful believers who, by definition, have faith and believe.
Now, we certainly have two or more people gathered together (Jesus liked the two or more thing), and they have asked in Jesus» name, and we have not one but a million faithful believers who, by definition, have faith and believe.
Perhaps it will encourage us to try once more to become what we already are — a community of faithful people.
I know, some people want to just «step out on faith» and quit their job, trusting God to provide, but I believe this is more foolish than faithful.
More important, as I have written, «In trying to reach a consensus of the faithful, the key to bringing persons together is in sharing opinions, ideas, dreams, hopes, doubts, feelings of despair or joy, and those normal human expressions that make us who we are.»
A priest who is accused of even one incident» even if it was no more than a misunderstood hug, and even if that was twenty or thirty years ago» and has given his life in faithful service to the people of God ever since, is rudely thrown out, not because he poses a credible threat to anyone but because he is a convenient scapegoat for bishops who, after years of laxity, now want to look tough.
A more ancient view, still apparent at many points in the Old Testament, had been that righteousness was rewarded by prosperity and long life in this world, and misfortune was a punishment for sin; but as Israel suffered more and more adversity, and the most faithful individuals and groups were the most oppressed and afflicted, it came to be felt that the humble, the meek, the devout, the poor were the righteous people of God, and the mighty and prosperous were the proud, wicked oppressors.
«A better, wiser person than me may have been able to deal with this more successfully, to have remained faithful to Christ while leading a political party in the current environment.
As I read Rabbi Shaul's / Paul's instructions, in the letter to the church in Rome, about how to live out life, I see him encouraging believers to provoke others, especially the Jewish people we encounter, to envy — to live a life that challenges them to desire a closer walk with the Lord, to live a life of more faithful obedience to His Word.
The Jewish people, more faithful than any similar group in the keeping of the moral laws they share with the Christians, more assiduous in the practice of repentance, more diligent in forgiveness, have indeed survived to this day and so demonstrated in a fashion the social relevance of their faith; but it would be difficult to describe the sort of existence the Jewish race has enjoyed as «fullness of life.»
If you are at all interested in learning more about how and why people who love Jesus — why long time faithful disciples who have a high view of Scripture with a deeply Christian ethic around sexuality — are arriving at this conclusion, I would commend to you a season of bible study and theological reading and prayer in company with the Holy Spirit and the body of Christ.
Zizioulas argues that it would be more faithful to Scripture and the Church Fathers to say that the communion of the three Persons constitutes the being of God.
Crysius continues to be beneficial to his people, and he, a ray of warmth, is dependable; but to say that he is faithful is no more appropriate than to say of the sun that it is faithful to the earth because it regularly warms our planet.
Especially in Jesus» time, under foreign rule, most of the rich people compromised with the pagan rulers and became worldly and irreligious, while the poor more often remained faithful.
Their own intimate consciousness of the real nature of love will be the best incentive to help them keep firmly clear of all those external stimuli which necessarily subject a person more and more to the absorbing power of lust, and so lessen his or her capacity for a true, freely given and faithful love.
At the time, he said: «A better, wiser person than me may have been able to deal with this more successfully, to have remained faithful to Christ while leading a political party in the current environment.»
How does he convince so many people that he represents faithful «biblical» orthodoxy, using no more than proof by assertion?
I mean here not just cadres which hold differing ideologies, although that is part of what I mean; more, I mean those who have perceived a world which is prior to any ideology, one which calls all ideologies to account — people who have consciously chosen to live the life of faithful citizens of that «real» world.
To give one example, we may on occasion proclaim the Word of God with the specific purpose of securing that Christ's people shall be more faithful, penitent, and regular in their use of the sacramental opportunities which Christ provides in his Church for their growth in grace.
the letters of Paul in the NT speak of «you» over and over, not singular but plural «you»... Revelations speaks of the myriad of believers around the throne... all this to say that being a believer is not a «Lone Ranger» endeavor... I can sit under a tree and worship him and yes God speaks to me singularly through his word, but if I am to become more «patient, kind, gentle, faithful, loving, submissive» it is usually fulfilled by living out my life in a community of other people, ie.
Has Wenger now completely lost touch with us little people and will that mean he loses even more support from the long suffering Arsenal faithful?
Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State Conference of the NAACP, discussed Dr. Martin's more than three decades as president of the organization, saying that «until the last breath left her body, she was faithful to and loved the rights of all people.»
«In this century of opportunity, of the information revolution, where people have and want more power and control over their lives, progressive ends will best be met through conservative means,» he told the party faithful.
We have found the Indians very faithful in their covenant of peace with us; very loving and ready to pleasure us: we often go to them, and they come to us; some of us have been fifty miles by land in the country with them; the occasions and relations whereof you shall understand by our general and more full declaration of such things as are worth the noting, yea, it hath pleased God so to possess the Indians with a fear of us, and love unto us, that not only the greatest king amongst them called Massasoit, but also all the princes and peoples round about us, have either made suit unto us, or been glad of any occasion to make peace with us,... so that there is now great peace amongst the Indians themselves, which was not formerly, neither would have been but for us; and we for our parts walk as peaceably and safely in the wood, as in the highways in England, we entertain them familiarly in our houses, and they as friendly bestowing their venison on us.
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Mazer, whose main claim to fame is his comedic association with Sacha Baron Cohen, writing for such films as Borat and Bruno, goes one step beyond, by introducing the characters these two seem more of a natural fit to be with, and the result is two people trying their best to stay faithful to their vows with a partner they love but aren't really sure they like, while keeping their feelings for their natural suitors at bay.
I think of Beagles as more faithful than loyal, but then again loyalty means a lot of things to a lot of people.
With more people considering their pet a part of the family, many pet lovers are considering the mental, physical and behavioral issues facing their faithful companions.
Source: Francesca Street and Karla Cripps, CNN • Updated 31st March 2018 (CNN)-- Traveling anywhere by plane for a dog owner once meant a painful farewell, but thanks to a surge in the number of pet - friendly hotels and airlines, more people are taking their faithful friend with them when they fly.
All the cooking steps are pretty faithful to the spirit of the original game, albeit with a lot more blood and gore — I've never had feathers, blood and guts pour out of a cracked egg before, but then again I'm not much of a breakfast person.
We hope the presentation of our collection at the new campus, faithful to the way in which Dr. Barnes displayed it in Merion and, at the same time, shown in a new light, will open the eyes of many more people to these wonderful works of art, and encourage them to engage with the unique educational opportunities now offered in central Philadelphia.»
Our mission is to glorify God by winning people to Jesus Christ and equipping them to be more faithful disciples.
If a person values the intimacy they gain from a relationship more than self - gratification, then they will willingly sacrifice some of their self - gratification to remain faithful.
More importantly, countless people have experienced the love of Jesus through the faithful service of staff, volunteers, and incredible partners.
There is nothing more rewarding than being a big deal in your own world and faithful to do your best with the most important people God places in your life.