Sentences with phrase «of imperfect people»

We are a group of imperfect people who have been freely given a relationship with Jesus Christ.

All of us imperfect people together, just supporting each other the best way we can.

«Anything else you observe is the result of imperfect people doing their best to live by their beliefs.»

She's made up of imperfect people like me and you.

Society is made up of imperfect people who will do better if they do not feel condemned for their imperfection.

These words can be incredibly hurtful and insulting to people who have devoted their lives to being part of a community of imperfect people, for better or worse, regardless of what they may or may not get out of it.

The church is just a gathering of imperfect people in an imperfect world.

As for faults, we have plenty, but happily, they are the faults of imperfect people — most of whom, from my personal experience, are trying to improve.

Of course they are, it's an imperfect world made of imperfect people.

True we are an organization made up of imperfect people who make mistakes but we really do try to live and teach others what God's Word the Bible says.

Not exact matches

Paul Zak, author of Trust Factor: The Science of Creating High Performance Companies, says, «People who are imperfect are more attractive to us.

Even if you're only mildly at fault and think the other person should shoulder most of the responsibility, admitting that you're imperfect and could be partially to blame can help the other individual (s) be less defensive.

The idea that people could take a simple, noninvasive test and have a better, if still imperfect, sense of their long - term risk for developing certain disorders had a natural appeal to Bergh.

«It's hard for people to attach to a new actor, because it's merely an imperfect copy of the previous one,» says Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO of brand strategy firm Vivaldi.

So people were driven out of the swaps market and into the futures market, which is imperfect, for technical reasons.

a) that the bible is an imperfect human representation of gods word b) that the bible is a mixture of mythology and divine inspiration c) that the bible was created in a way that people would understand at the time and intended to be updated d) that a pure message was corrupted intentionally by evil humans or spirits

The democratic process of political institutions accountable to the people is not so hopelessly imperfect that the preceptorship of the courts is preferable.

According to The Bible: 1 - People wrote the words of the Bible under the inspiration of God 2 - A perfect God created imperfect People wrote the words of the Bible under the inspiration of God 2 - A perfect God created imperfect peoplepeople

Brian McLaren, author of «The Naked Spirituality,» says Rohr's book touches on an important paradox that you probably won't hear in a Sunday morning sermon: «Imperfect people» are sometimes more equipped than «perfect people» to help those who are struggling.

That is why I believe that the Christian world view that Jesus died to absolve us of our sins is the only way to rationalize imperfect people interacting with a perfect God (or going into a perfect Heaven).

But biblical scholars are in general agreement that «Yahweh» is derived from the third - person singular of the verb «to be» (hayah), whether a qal imperfect («he is» or «he will be») or the causative hiphil imperfect («he causes to come into being, he creates»).

I call this the King Cyrus argument, that God's used imperfect people in the past, that [the president] is sort of this King Cyrus figure — that God may be using to do some really good things.

Also worth noting is that in the midst of these imperfect scenarios, there were lives changed, people saved and set free.

I came home to the school gyms and the folding chairs, the humble people of God also thirsty for the inbreaking of the Holy Spirit, imperfect and sometimes disappointing and unabashedly sincere and utterly beloved to me.

I suspect that when we do finally get to heaven, we will discover that this very imperfect thing called the church (in all its sometimes confusing manifestations) was the greatest source of comfort and good on the earth, save the person of our Lord Himself.

I came to realize that yes people are imperfect and flawed, but some of the kindest people are not Christian!

The Alpha course is the woman at the well in John 4; the Alpha course is Levi the tax collector; the Alpha course is all of us: unlikely, imperfect, created people.

Jeremiah 18:1 — 6: The fact that the clay turned imperfect, right in the hands of a perfect Maker, despite the intention of the Maker to make it perfect pottery, demonstrates that God's governance depends on people's participation for its success or failure, not on God alone.

Still, if the amended rule is imperfect, it is nevertheless more workable than the golden rule — first, because it acknowledges that people are different, and second, because it provides explicitly for taking the other person's point of view into account.

And how can you demand that a government run by imperfect people be in charge of who gets what?

The premise of the church that we come as imperfect people and must change is actually against the teachings of Jesus.

@hi Here's a gigantic stone coming at you — You say your soul is important yet you trust the words of the other «imperfect» people who wrote all the different books of the Bible.

I understand and agree with you Toby, however Christians and other religion were not the only ones who carried out acts of violence, Atheists famous people did as well, You see it doesn't matter if your a believer or not, people are imperfect and we created an imperfect world because of our imperfections.

The fact that atheists might be right and all the excuses you made for the «imperfect» priests and pastors, the money you gave, the countless Sunday mornings you sacraficed, the stress you accepted by trying to meet a deities excpectation but always falling short and the people you discriminated against due to their lack of faith in your deity is what scares the crepe out of Christians.

Those imperfect people were used as the tools of God's mission by God's grace, the Gospel was preached, churches were built, people were saved, and the Kingdom of Christ spread on earth.

We will read the imperfect translations of those imperfect critical editions of the text when we preach, invite people to the Lord's table, discuss social ministry, baptize new Christians or bury our dead.

When a person or group is dominated by a sense of impending loss, the resulting fear demands a kind of absolutizing of what already exists, and it dispels any courage for looking to ideals beyond the present imperfect situation.

But the idea that every human law is imperfect, and therefore unjust to some extent, does indeed make sense, because we can imagine a perfectly just judge who administers perfect justice» who assesses a person's talents, motives, opportunities, weaknesses, ideals, history, and everything else about him, and then judges all his actions against the standard of what he is able to do.

Until one can accept that humans are mortal and imperfect beings, that judgement of one's soul is entirely between God and that person, and live by the «Golden Rule», hate speech and hate crimes will continue.

Yes, Christians can suffer from it, as they are imperfect people like anyone, however I do believe that they have a «Way» out — and that is looking up (to Jesus) and not inward, which is what so much of depression is... feelings of worthlessness, or excessive guilt.

Those concepts and insights were inspired by their intuitive awareness of God, but those people, being imperfect in their embodiment of the Christ, were subject to misunderstanding and misinterpretation of their mystical thoughts and experiences; not to mention the temptation to put a spin on them from personal and selfish motives.

Our scientific understanding of the universe is imperfect and always evolving, which most people understand implicitly.

Even the best people will not attain the best potential of their lives when they live in a very imperfect society; for example a society that does little about the way industry pollutes the air and water and whose transport system is inadequate.

The problems of the world do indeed have to do with the problems of imperfect, ignorant and wicked people.

We hasten to add, of course, that the church will never be perfect because it is filled with imperfect people.

Heaven is for people who have a new nature and have died «in a state of grace,» though those people may from time to time commit imperfect acts, though certainly not habitually (1 John).

Therein lies the issue of an argument based on the absence of evidence — as imperfect observers, people are like King Midas, in reverse.

I weep for people like Tammy that can't understand the meaning implied by a slightly imperfect usage of language.

Adoption is imperfect, but I'm wildly passionate about it and one of the reasons is the incredible people it's introduced into my life.

It's important for kids to adopt an effort - based mindset: An understanding that people aren't good or bad, but rather imperfect individuals capable of learning from their mistakes.