Sentences with phrase «of preaching peace»

«we write to the school authorities and most of the schools approve it... I go with the aim of preaching peace.

It's because there's 1700 years of preaching peace and love and justifying war, genocide, and slavery.

Not exact matches

Love, joy, peace, and hope become flesh «through the practices of the Church: witness, catechesis, baptism, prayer, friendship, hospitality, admonition, penance, confession, praise, reading scripture, preaching, sharing peace, sharing food, washing feet.

In his account, the Church's attempts to tame violence through preaching humility and peace had a negligible effect on the ancient traditions of manliness until its efforts were joined with the state's in the early modern period.

Jesus preached peace and that the rule of law had no dominion that one should only answer to God.

Jesus who is the foundation of the church walked this earth and preached peace and unity and he suffered greatly knowing many of us «just don't get it».

These people only preach and practice peace and treat another human as a creation of the same ONE GOD.

Hence, Jesus preached «good news» (not insulting news), the message of a heavenly government created to restore genuine peace to the earth as was in the Garden of Eden before Adam's rebellion.

Therefore, those who teach, preach, and live the gospel will be known and men and women of peace.

Non-Muslims who live in the community in cooperation and peace are looked upon by Islam as equal to Muslims, each of them holding to his faith and preaching its aims with wisdom and friendly argument without bringing pressure to bear on anyone or encroaching on each other's rights.

Luther argued that the task of government was to keep the peace so that God could gather his people through the preaching of the gospel.

My personal belief is that Jesus was a man who preached a message of love and peace, and probably believed that the end of the world was near.

You can rationalize it wasn't really in the name of atheism, like Christians can say it wasn't really in the name of Christianity (Christ preached peace, not war).

Real Christians do nt have to sit on a soap box preaching about the fires of hell, because they try to live their lives in the grace of God, and hopefully show the peace and joy that can bring to others.

Those of us who have been trained to make rhetorical peace with the congregation marvel at the freedom of Jesus to preach over their heads, to wound in order to heal, to use their own beloved texts against them.

«The work of a bishop in our church is to lift up the church's message of grace and peace in the wider society, to administer the church's work in our area, and to teach and preach,» Erwin said in an e-mail to CNN.

The deep puzzle of wars fought for a religion that preaches peace remains.

On other fronts throughout the 1920s, the editors attacked racism and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, preached peace, opposed U.S. intervention in Central America, urged the diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union, supported Protestant ecumenism, and waged a battle against the fundamentalists.

In a way they did disturb the peace by their highly emotional and dramatic preaching, but really not enough to merit persecution on the part of the State.

It was expressed in the summary of Jesus» ministry in the apostolic preaching: «You know the message [God] sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ» (Acts 10:36).

What is so wrong with these men (no woman has yet become known with this kind of message) that they can preach and rejoice in a God who actively wills the destruction of most of humanity, whose idea of peace is to destroy all contrary voices, and who calls us to be fellow destroyers by sanctioning build - ups of nuclear weapons?

«As for the word which He, the Lord of all, sent to the children of Israel, preaching the Gospel of peace through Jesus the Messiah, you know the thing (literally, «the word») that happened through all Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached; that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with Holy Spirit and power; and He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

What could have inspired these men to willingly die as martyrs preaching peace and forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ and preaching the invitation from Jesus Christ to call God «Our Father in Heaven» by means of the Holy Spirit among us other than the historical reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead — proof that Jesus is both God and Man?

See Sider's «An Evangelical Witness for Peace» in Preaching on Peace, which he edited with Darrel J. Brubacher (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982), pp. 25 - 28; and Wallis's collection of articles from the magazine Sojouners, which he edits, entitled Waging Peace (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1982).

It is to be observed that the first clause, «the word which He sent to the children of Israel, preaching the Gospel of peace through Jesus Christ,» which forms a sort of heading to the whole, is a virtual equivalent of the term «kerygma» or» Gospel.»

Beyond doubt it is a fundamentalist among his congregation that eliminated him for preaching peace and harmony instead of sowing seeds of hatred and fomenting violence that is the general practice during Friday prayers.

I am glad to find some among the faith who are not so zealous they forget the message of peace Jesus preached.

The Bible warns us of false prophets who will come in the name righeousness preaching peace.

The next great international gathering of the Evangelicals in Manila, (often referred to as Lausanne II) also maintained the primacy of evangelism but affirmed the continuing commitment to social action - as we preach the Kingdom of God, we must be committed to its demands of justice and peace.

Jesus did not preach the Church but rather the Kingdom of God that included liberation for the poor, comfort for those who cry, justice, peace, forgiveness, and love... he did not call others to be rulers but to be submissive, humble, and loyal.

The Qu «ran is chock full of warm, fuzzy and cute stories and preaches tolerance and peace with every word.

John does, after all, preaching that the old way is dead, and the promised Messiah is coming who will usher in a new era of peace for the entire world, and that those who want to participate in this new era must show it by going through the waters of baptism, much as the followers of Ea would have done 3000 years earlier.

I shutter to think that these people in the world just like this miserable man, is preaching all this Crap, instead of teaching about peace, and what God's longevity of love, acceptance and Tolerance.

One Lutheran seminarian recently warned a class on eschatology, «Be careful about preaching the imminent return of Jesus to a suburban congregation; they already know enough ways to avoid peace and justice issues.»

In the preaching of the Early Church this peace had to do with ones relationships with God (Luke 7:50; Rom.

Those who know their place as servants in Gods economy here in this life, and their responsibility as priests and kings before God, will heed these not often preached commands of our Lord, following him in the paths of righteousness and peace.

It preaches peace, but is full of aggression.

Rather than preaching «peace of mind» or «adjustment» to society it challenges persons to creative discontent and nonconformity to the sick side of our culture.

Under his leadership it became not just a powerful preaching station, but — with the indispensable help of Cora Weiss (who does not get enough credit in this book)-- a buzzing center for the peace and nuclear disarmament movements.

But fair warning: If you start preaching this gospel — this gospel of reconciliation and peace — you will attract more than just Republicans.

«Peace is the most important thing for every nation, late President John Evans Atta Mills pursued peace, NDC will keep preaching peace, Mahama is protecting the peace legacy Prof Mills left,» Mr Ofosu - Ampofo said, adding that Nana Akufo - Addo, on the other hand, «has not been able to preserve Kufuor's legacy of peace as far as running of the NPP is concerned.&rPeace is the most important thing for every nation, late President John Evans Atta Mills pursued peace, NDC will keep preaching peace, Mahama is protecting the peace legacy Prof Mills left,» Mr Ofosu - Ampofo said, adding that Nana Akufo - Addo, on the other hand, «has not been able to preserve Kufuor's legacy of peace as far as running of the NPP is concerned.&rpeace, NDC will keep preaching peace, Mahama is protecting the peace legacy Prof Mills left,» Mr Ofosu - Ampofo said, adding that Nana Akufo - Addo, on the other hand, «has not been able to preserve Kufuor's legacy of peace as far as running of the NPP is concerned.&rpeace, Mahama is protecting the peace legacy Prof Mills left,» Mr Ofosu - Ampofo said, adding that Nana Akufo - Addo, on the other hand, «has not been able to preserve Kufuor's legacy of peace as far as running of the NPP is concerned.&rpeace legacy Prof Mills left,» Mr Ofosu - Ampofo said, adding that Nana Akufo - Addo, on the other hand, «has not been able to preserve Kufuor's legacy of peace as far as running of the NPP is concerned.&rpeace as far as running of the NPP is concerned.»

I am by the above utterances of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (N.P.P) sending a strong warning to the NPP to get back to the drawing board and begin to preach peace genuinely.

Campbell who is joined by former Middlesbrough captain George Boateng are in the country under the patronage of Primeval Media, who are organising two friendly matches, to preach peace ahead of the November polls.

Mr Justice Amalai Tetteh, Constituency Treasurer, urged the executives and the supporters to preach peace since that is the only way to make positive impact instead of wasting their time on unproductive ventures.

According to him, love and peace should not only be preached, but must also be put into practice for the sake of sustaining the peace in our land.

«Yes, I understand we have peace in this country but we shouldn't forget most of these countries that had war used to be most peaceful than Ghana but considering how some politicians have taken this year's elections as a «Do and Die Affair» we need to start preaching peace and start telling everyone that we want peace before, during and after elections — so that anyone who's planning anything evil can know that we Ghanaians are not interested» she said.

If anybody wanted to see a show of unity, this was it: Nana Akufo - Addo and his major contenders, standing arm - in - arm on the same platform preaching peace and unity to party faithful, and backed by opposing candidates in the parliamentary primaries.

The Member of the Council of State appealed to all those constitutionally barred from active and partisan politics to serve as voices of restraint by preaching peace to cool down the heated political temperature in the country.

«I see Your Majesty as God's chosen for this generation because your programme of «peace and unity» that you preach around the world is what is needed at this time in Yorubaland», Oba Aromolaran added.

«Until the elections are done, I am still their MP and as such, I would want them to understand that I am preaching peace and any of them can come to me and share ideas on the way for this community.»