Their intent is that there will be an ongoing confession
of generations of believers, an ongoing proclamation of the good news.
We're joining together with the voices
of generations of believers in this practice of singing to God.»
Not exact matches
The number
of believers is likely to increase, Rotman's Ondrack adds, not only with the entry into the workforce
of a «Net
generation» inured to constant electronic communication but also among baby boomers who hope to continue working beyond retirement.
Religious
believers are likely to get further in discourse with the current
generation of secular academics by 1) continually demonstrating, as Posner himself seems to intuit, that only a moral theory founded on God can actually «work,» in the sense
of bridging the gap between «is» and «ought»; and 2) demonstrating the inherent self «contradictions
of the moral theories advocated by the «secular liberals.»
Faithful
believers in every
generation live by the memories and hopes
of the actus tradendi
of the Holy Spirit: this is true whenever and wherever the word
of God is faithfully translated, sincerely believed, and truly preached.
There are reasons, formidable reasons, why
generations of believers over thousands
of years have identified with Churchian teaching about sin and guilt.
In any event, back on topic, it amuses me that so many
generations of believers have decided to edit God.
The Anglican church stands squarely in the Reformed tradition, yet embraces Church tradition as that which connects all
generations of believers together and gives us a starting point for our interpretation
of Scripture.
They willingly suffered for their witness and passed on the gospel message to the next
generation of believers who did the same.
When Jesus said that to the disciples
of his day
of this
generation he was talking figuratively i believe
of born again
believers born
of the spirit not a physical
generation.Because the holy spirit was prophetic
of the spirit coming upon the nation or nations as spoken in Joel that occured at pentecost and that established the kingdom
of God on the earth through
believers so we have always been the last
generation because we never know when the Lord will return but we live as if it was tomorrow.brentnz
The community
of believers in whom the Judeo - Christian faith has manifested itself in successive
generations, has been most full
of vigor and vitality when it has been looking forward in hope.
One
of the functions
of the Church is to protect the Christian story so as to ensure its faithful and undiluted transmission to the next
generation of believers.
This confidence is the cultural patrimony bequeathed them by
generations of believers.
When the pastor's preaching started to draw hippies into his hitherto traditional church, he saw the opportunity
of embracing a new
generation of believers by accommodating their musical preferences, long hair and hippy attire.
And every
generation has been wrong — yet this does not, for some reason, compute for the
believers of our
generation — just as it did not compute for the
believers of previous
generations.
The first he believes is Christianity, the second hypocrisy.41 Therefore, «if the contemporary
generation of believers found no time to triumph, neither will any later
generation, for the task is always the same and faith is always militant.
New
generations of believers and also those not aware
of what these groups stand for need to be able to access accurate information so they can make informed decisions about what to believe and agree to.
It's a story about bigoted
believers and the next
generation of less delusional
believers who don't get their panties in a knot about gays, and don't want to continue to deny them their rights, regardless
of what religious shamans and charlatans and The Babble says.
Now many wonder whether some other arrangement might have been more humane, even if it included tolerance
of polygamy in at least the first
generation of believers.
Such imitation, however, is not nearly so simple as it might seem, for what Cobb asks
of the individual
believer in our own
generation is to relate effectively to the example
of one from whom we are distanced in virtually countless ways.
This has not been the case in every
generation of Christian
believers.
The what
of Christian belief is an attempt to state all that is implied in the whom
of Christian belief; and the history
of the Christian Church may be read, at least in part, as the constant effort
of succeeding
generations of believers in Christ to think out and think through the full implications
of the new relationship to God established in Christ and enjoyed in the fellowship
of Christian
believers in Him.
(In order then for revelation to remain truly alive it must always be a source
of new surprises for each
generation of believers.
In the case
of religions, doctrinal, ritualistic, and scriptural limits are necessary to protect the information about ultimate questions that they each consider important enough to pass on to the next
generation of believers.
If we can respectfully acknowledge that a majority
of todays»
generation of believers are taught into the faith by their parents, we reluctantly must conclude that the theology base
of * a lot *
of these
believers is not upon careful reflection and personal choice upon the fervent divulgence
of the Scriptures, but rather a hodge - podge compilation
of «feel good» thoughts that have no biblical or moral grounding other than vague references.
Even before important Christian beliefs such as the canon
of Scripture (list
of books in the Bible) and the Trinity had been carefully articulated, the mainstream
of Christian
believers and leaders had a sense
of the essential truths that had been handed down from the apostles and the prophets, and passed along to each
generation of Christians through Scripture, sermons, and baptismal creeds.
Now if we look at this tradition, at the beliefs
of past Christians, we find that they in their turn have always felt bound to refer their beliefs to one particular piece
of the tradition and to one particular
generation of past
believers — the
generation of the apostles.
To argue that radical Islam will, no matter what, «produce new
generations of martyrs» is no justification for reciprocal lethal violence by anyone, especially by Christian
believers.
Thousands
of believers had been put to death, hundreds
of churches destroyed — her
generation had endured enormous suffering.
Here we have a phenomenon not without parallel in the history
of other religions, as Lohmeyer notes — for example in Islam and in Mormonism — namely a shift from a first center to a second within the first
generation of believers; and it is all the more striking that the evidence is preserved in Acts, whose whole interest and orientation centers in Jerusalem, not in Galilee, and whose earliest traditions are almost exclusively those
of the capital city.
It is a simple suggestion: if the faithful devote themselves to the same things the first
generation of believers did, good and wonderful things will result.
Not only was this myth meaningful within Israel and the former
generations of Christian
believers, but also to us living in the new world, three thousand years later, it still speaks powerfully, as it lights up for us our human nature and our human predicament.
It does not animate our common life in the way that it did for past
generations of believers.
But in airing our grievances, even with the best
of intentions, has the next
generation of believers forgotten about the beautiful gifts God has given to us in Christian community?
Instead, they are known as «new martyrs,» Christians who have suffered for their faith not necessarily as individuals but rather in whole groups, whole communities, whole
generations of believers.
In fact, there was something before: a community
of several thousand «old
believers,» devout Orthodox Christians whose homes had sat for
generations on the land now transformed into the Olympic Park.
So now you have a country ruled by a third -
generation dictatorship verging on theocracy, with a government filled with people who are either mostly or entirely out
of touch with reality, or who are afraid to speak out because that will get them killed by the true
believers.
I am a firm
believer of the values and concerns
of the
generation of the 60's....
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Religious leaders across practically every belief structure and faith can expound on the woes
of trying to reach new
generations of believers as the societies we live in change at rapid - fire pace.
David Jane, Miton multi asset fund manager, says: «We are firm
believers that capital preservation should be prioritised alongside return
generation and have created a solution which provides the flexibility to move aggressively out
of equities in difficult market conditions.
Singapore Airlines is a big
believer in the A350: It started to take delivery
of the next -
generation wide - body this year, and has ordered more than 60
of them.
The entertainment industry effectively uses its influence to impact the next
generation of climate change
believers.
Daydream
believer: We were introduced to the next
generation of Google's Daydream VR platform.
About Blog To introduce a new
generation to the truth behind what is happening in the world today as preparation for the forthcoming Antichrist rule and the Tribulation, while keeping updated the older
generation of believers who followed Barry Smith and other «End Times» prophetic figures.
She is a strong
believer in a culture
of collaboration and support, and giving back to the younger
generation and community.