Sentences with phrase «motivated by their faith»

«I was attacking the argument that gay people must be discriminated against — and anti-bullying programs that address anti-gay bullying should be blocked (or exceptions should be made for bullying «motivated by faith»)-- because it says right there in the Bible that being gay is wrong.»

consider your own logic: so here's a doctor who chooses not simply to make piles of cash in the US, but goes to the poorest continent not the planet... risking his life to work with people dying from an incredibly dangerous virus... openly admitting he is motivated by his faith in a God who didn't just risk his life, but gave it for others...

Still today, many Christians are motivated by their faith to devote their lives to medical, educational and caring professions.

While many Christians were still motivated by their faith to become doctors and nurses, the Christian hegemony in medical care was fast disappearing.

Motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ, World Vision serves alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all people.

The actions of Muslims, if motivated by their faith, can not therefore be criticized without criticizing the group itself.

However, other religious people are motivated by their faith to study climate change scientifically, to engage in personal and political activism, or even to call for sweeping economic and cultural revolution.

(I define any organization with operations primarily motivated by faith - based principles as religious.)

Motivated by faith, family and freedom.

Not exact matches

Faith (or belief without evidence) is more motivated by two basic human emotions: FEAR of dying and punishment and HOPE for an eternal afterlife.

Theresa keep what you were doing when you reached out to the homeless lady that was the right thing to do that was motivated by the holy spirit do nt follow what the church does do what the Lord wants you to do and it will bear fruit.Let them do there thing you just keep following the Lord and listen to him in your heart and let him lead you.People do things for different reasons to please others for power to be seen to do the right thing all those are the wrong reasons they are just dead works without the Lord we can do nothing.Dont let others turn you away from what the Lord wants you to do its him we need to please always.Be encouraged that the Lord used you to touch a life that is awesome.And do nt take the rejection personally because its not you they are pushing away it is the Lord the yare not listening to him but doing wha tthey want to do it will bear no fruit.May the Lord bless you and your family in your ministry step out in faith and trust him he will not disappoint you because he is with you.

Activity within the world, motivated, informed, and sanctioned by Christian faith, was the supreme means by which the believer could demonstrate his or her commitment and thankfulness to God.

The people who say they work for nonsectarian institutions often are motivated by their own personal Christian faith.

So these end the Christian church in the U.S. Sadly the Crystal Cathedral which was the exemplary work of Reverend Schuler (years of true faith) was destroyed by his own children (motivated by greed).

And yet we find ourselves in the strongest agreement with the German scholar, Professor von Rad, whom we have cited before, in his own expressed feeling that after all, legend is not an adequate term, so long as it is commonly understood simply as a mixture of history and unrestrained popular imagination (one part history, nine parts imagination — our comment, not his) We much better understand legend as a combination of history and meditation, and as motivated primarily by a concern to give expression to the meaning of history, as that meaning is conveyed by the faith that God makes himself known therein.12

His bravery, which was motivated by his great faith, accounts for the early progress of Islam.

Furthermore, Hartshorne affirms his faith that human beings are often motivated by genuinely altruistic desires which are not merely forms of disguised self - interest.

I have faith in humanity's intellectual potential to do great things motivated purely by their own will, instead of being motivated by fear of hellfire or retribution from an angry cloud dweller.

Though this group of heresy - hunters often say they're motivated by concern for the faith once for all delivered to the saints, their practice of labeling every diverging belief as heresy has the opposite effect.

We might now complain of the critic motivated by a disdain for a faith he can not grasp, a hope he can not hold, and a love he can not feel.

Hitler never denied his faith and nothing Stalin ever did was motivated by his lack of faith.

As noted before, some of that lead to a faith crisis, but strangely, that crisis also lead to my looking deeper into the basis of my faith as well, and that motivated a sourcing of Christian spirituality that is not determined by the contemporary.

So the devotion had finally made its way into the life of every ordinary Catholic, beating a new life and fervour into the practice of the faith by drawing fresh attention to the true motivating love behind all of Christ's actions.

The attack from the right has been motivated by the conviction that the historical nature of Christian faith or the meaning of the Incarnation necessitates more emphasis upon the actual historical events circa AD 30 than Bultmann will allow.

This makes me think that if you are truly motivated by love for someone, and if you follow biblical principles on how to prophesy (building others up, glorifying Jesus, prophesying «in accordance with your faith» as Paul says in Romans 12:6), then you have nothing to be worried about.

Care for prisoners of war, relief for those threatened by starvation, and Near East Relief usually had at their head those who were motivated by their Christian faith and for the vast sums which maintained them depended chiefly on the free gifts of Christian folk.

According to the Wikipedia: Advocacy by an individual or by an advocacy group normally aim to influence public - policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an asset of interest.

Many will be motivated by their personal faith, and if they wish to pray for guidance prior to meetings they are free do so.

They may well be strongly motivated by ideological commitment to libertarianism (the political philosophy which prioritises individuals excitingly pursuing their self - interest) and faith in the powers of new transformative technologies as well as in the few genius individual entrepreneurs who will lead us into a new kind of post-bureaucratic and post-state society.

Although many Labour Party members worked hard in this election in good faith, others were motivated by a level of hatred which has no place in a democratic party.

Singh said the Sikh community and other faiths were motivated in particular by discriminatory practices by public employers such as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the NYPD.

As a person of faith, I am motivated by love for others and for this amazing world in which we live.

Have faith that some day they'll begin to see the value in these experiences without being motivated by an external reward.

Many of the people associated with these schools will explain that they are motivated not by an obligation to evangelize but by a desire to fulfill their faith's longstanding commitment to service.

Every year as principal, I am increasingly grateful to be surrounded by staff and students that are so motivated, faith - filled and caring.

Motivated by an appreciation of parents / guardians as the primary educators of their children, as well as of the unique role that faith - based education has played in advancing the common good, the PEA works to advance data - driven, parent - centered education reform.

Motivated by Learning, Education Technology (EdTech), Impact & School Improvement, Life, Faith, Family, Friends, Colleagues & Place.

In contrast, books that primarily address the environmental issues have limited appeal to people motivated more by faith than science, thereby leaving out many who could bring us to that tipping point.

Deniers are sometimes motivated by religious faith that God will not allow humans to destroy ourselves, that humans are not capable of changing God's plan, etc..

Consider, for example, the resignation letter by Chris Landsea from the preparation of the AR4 IPCC report which concluded that: «I personally can not in good faith continue to contribute to a process that I view as both being motivated by pre-conceived agendas and being scientifically unsound.»

Respecting the good faith element, the Agency also accepted that the carriers acted honestly and in good faith in adopting the policy to set fares on a per seat basis, and that the carriers were motivated by business reasons rather than an intention to discriminate.

Sole custodian seeking to relocate with child is entitled to presumption that move is in best interest of child, and burden is on noncustodial parent to show that move is against those interests or motivated by bad faith on part of custodial parent.

The suspension of bank accounts appears to be primarily motivated by the banking industry's lack of faith in such businesses, especially since most exchanges have been largely operating on borrowed funds.

the move is being made in bad faith, i.e. is motivated by the custodial parent's desire to reduce or eliminate the other parent's contact with the children, or

This means the court considers whether the relocation improves the quality of life for both the relocating parent and the child and is not motivated by malice or bad faith.