Sentences with phrase «of shared faith with»

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 faithwith 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.
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