If he wants to believe Jesus was a green blooded alien that's his right, but don't go associating yourself with Jesus Christ on the basis
of shared faith with Christianity when you don't even believe the Word of God (and by that of course I am implying both the Bible and Jesus).
Not exact matches
Empowering your customers
with the ability to
share their opinions on your brand requires a leap
of faith.
We strongly urge you to keep
faith with your words and our
shared mission
of putting out the best newspaper in the world.
I, and almost every Christian I know and
share my
faith with, abhor the burning
of Q'ur «an's, shooting
of abortion doctors, and the comments
of these few radicals about the people
of Alabama bringing on the tornado or Haiti's earthquake.
In particular, the LCMS, along
with its sister church, Lutheran Church — Canada (LCC), has developed good relations
with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), publishing last year a joint statement rejoicing that they can «jointly affirm core teachings (articles)
of the Christian
faith shared by our church bodies.»
Though a leader in a
faith - based anti-sex trafficking organization, I work
with a wide array
of community stakeholders and professionals to accomplish our
shared mission
of eradicating sex trafficking in our city.
We can hold deep and fundamental differences
with people
of other
faiths, yet
share mutual concerns, work together and overcome common problems.
But believers
share with postmoderns the recognition that truth rests on a
faith that has itself been the sole subject
of the long attack
of modern times.
It is a call for like - minded people
of like -
faith to UTILIZE the religions freedom established by our forefathers to vote into office a person who... according to our
shared beliefs... fits in
with our concept
of what makes a person «honest, forthright, [and has] a healthy vision for the nations future & its citizens.»
With regard to another post regarding
faith... I have seen my preemie child struggling for life... I have held the hand
of an old person as they slipped from life to death... I have stood vigil in the room
of a man
of faith as over 40 friends and family crammed into a room
sharing pain and suffering as he slipped away suffering from cancer at a young age.
Civility is always in short supply and one can readily agree that «we need to keep in mind the common humanity that we
share with those
with whom we disagree,» and that «we should never lose
faith in the power
of reason,» and that the Church should never be used «as a partisan political tool.»
Touchstone provides a forum where Christians
of various backgrounds — Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox — can speak candidly
with one another on the basis
of a
shared commitment to the Great Tradition
of Christian
faith as revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the classic creeds
of the early church.The term «mere Christianity,»
of course, was made famous by C. S. Lewis, whose book
of that title is among the most influential religious volumes
of the past one hundred years.
And
of course the whole point is not to
share with others what isn't real or true for you, a point that is not lost on super pastor Rob as we return to the dilemma
of living an honest
faith when you become the latest pastor in demand.
The desire to
share one's
faith with another is admirable, even if it contradicts the
faith of the other.
1 Timothy 4:1 - 3 — But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the
faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines
of demons, by means
of the hypocrisy
of liars seared in their own conscience as
with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully
shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
Thank you for
sharing your POV
with those
of us who lack
faith in ourselves as infallible.
Gary, I was not speaking
of YOUR personal journey; but from the perspective
of my own transitional experience and the experiences
of others who have informally
shared the stories
of their pilgrimages
of faith with me — and they have been many.
Iraq and Iran had the highest
share of religious minorities resettled,
with about 95 percent
of Iranian refugees being Christians or other non-Muslim
faiths.
I have to admit I'd read allot
of the arguments (I find allot
of these movement relationship dynamics fascinating from a sociological and psychological perspective as well as having endured my own
share of toxic
faith communities that have left me
with a perverse fascination
with researching what is going on).
Birch
shares with me both the Christian
faith and the influence
of Whitehead's philosophy, as well as keen concern about the global disaster toward which the still - dominant trends are leading us.
Like Protestant evangelicals, he says, such Catholics are strong on authority, clarity
of message and eagerness to
share the
faith with others.
«This post is for all
of you are are alive in ways you've never been before, learning and growing and making connections and seeing things you haven't seen before but when you've
shared this new
faith and understanding
with others you've been dismayed to discover that not everybody is so thrilled...»
Therefore, it is only in so far as we are, as Paul expresses it, «in Christ», united
with him by
faith which responds to God's grace reaching out to us in him, that we may hope to be raised to a
share in his risen life
of communion
with the eternal God.
On the other hand, I want as well to
share faith and Christian hope
with these people, to avoid shutting off genuine interpersonal encounter and my own self - disclosure because
of any false allegiance to psychotherapeutic norms — and I doubt that empathy alone constitutes such a
sharing.
So in the field
of religious truth I listen reverently to great souls who, if I will let them, will
share their experience and
faith with me.
After that I'll be spending Sunday (October 6)
with the good people
of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky, speaking at the 10 a.m. service and then
sharing about my «year
of biblical womanhood» at a 7 p.m. for their Dimensions
of Faith series.
It's important to keep in mind that negative encounters
with «the Church» are, in reality, negative encounters
with certain people in the Church, and that there are many wonderful, compassionate, God - honoring people eager to
share positive stories about why church is a such a critical part
of our collective
faith experience.
During this Year
of Faith the texts
of the Council and Catechism will be central to our efforts as Catholics to rediscover and
share with others the gift
of Faith entrusted to the Church.
As he wrote in the introduction to one
of his most accessible and popular works, The Lonely Man
of Faith, «Instead
of talking theology, in the didactic sense, eloquently and in balanced sentences, I would like, hesitantly and haltingly, to confide in you, and to
share with you some concerns which weigh heavily on my mind.»
Muslim, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Atheist, etc.... however all are American first One is not comfortable
with the other, however each lives
with the other based on inter
faith and universal values All
share the same primary core belief... the belief in freedom
of rights and religion This core belief is a reliigion in itself, which all worship before their «traditional religion» It is, as Daniel said... the «god
of fortresses»
If you have the gift
of evangelism, you love to
share your
faith with other people, and you sometimes get frustrated that other's don't
share your passion.
In the midst
of all this reading, I learned not only to empathize
with the suffering and the oppressed, but also to empathize
with the oppressors, who - let's face it - often
shared my skin tone, my geography, my language, and my
faith.
The advent hope was that they who through
faith were learning
with the help
of God's Spirit to
share in Christ's death and resurrection, would taste fully in that life where God would be «all and in all.»
(CNN)-- CNN International's Richard Quest recently visited the campus
of BYU and talks
with Mormon students who
share Mitt Romney's
faith.
From Kris Anne: I am drawn to the idea
of a service conducted mostly in silence,
with a few people standing to
share a word, given to them for the
faith community....
But, if in the course
of a day or a moment, I am asked to
share my
faith — or given an opportunity to
share my
faith —
with someone who wants to learn more about it, I'm more than happy to
share my testimony.
The Very Rev Andrew Tremlett, Dean
of Durham, said: «
Sharing our
faith and heritage
with the world is a fundamental part
of the Cathedral's vision.
In more specific ways the spiritual influence
of group involvement was also apparent:
of the people currently involved, 90 percent claimed they were better able to forgive others, 79 percent said they had been enabled to
share their
faith with others outside the group, 78 percent felt closer to God and 66 percent had experienced answers to prayer.
Even if the
faith I appropriate were somehow brand new, never before conceived, the product
of no apparent community save my own internal dialogue
with myself, if I really believed it to be true I would perforce
share it
with others; and thus, whether I directly willed it or not, a new community would be created around it.
But we need to remember also that the
faith we personally appropriate is the
faith of the community, and this means that even the most internalized, existential act
of personal commitment will bind us into a communal relationship
of shared belief
with others.
We Presbyterians, who
share so much — a confession
of faith, a rich theological heritage, the advantages and the burdens
of wealth and social power — could covenant to stay together, to labor
with each other, in love, for justice and truth.
He said: «I've heard so many stories
of people who have had their own religious
faith come back to life or have come to
faith through simply that
sharing with a neighbour [about] doing some voluntary work or [their role] in the workplace.
I won't argue
with you about «religion» if by that you mean the organization
of groups
of individuals who
share a common
faith and manner
of worship and study about that
faith.
A reader might be tempted to think, «Well, that's easier for Christine Caine to hand the baton
of faith because she travels the world, she
shares with millions.
I lived Jesus, i have seen the change in my life, I have come face to face
with the supernatural, I have experienced the Power
of God so I know I am correct, but this is me, I
share my
faith, never force it.
So you've made it past the pitfalls
of a political discussion over the Thanksgiving table and you're ready for your next challenge: Christmas
with your family who doesn't
share your
faith.
We would think
of ways in which we can be
of assistance to the people we know and
with whom we
share the
faith and the pew.
Caring groups can meet regularly to
share, to create community
with one another, to discuss how members are doing in their own struggles to be faithful, to make sure that each one takes the questions
of faith seriously.
If I could beam back to that barrier island in the Gulf
of Florida and
share a few pointers
with my younger self before she took a leap
of faith, here are the things I would
share:
Now you may not be saying what I believe you are saying, and you can correct me, but I think that it is more / most important to have
faith and hope and
share it
with people, than doing away
with truth for the sake
of love.