Sentences with phrase «offer good christian»

After all, there are so many horrible Christian singles sites that may be free, but do not offer good Christian dating advice.

I am hoping she will consider reading a few Christian authors who offer good Christian explanations of

Hi, my name is Keiki Hendrix and I started the Vessel Project in 2008 to offer the best Christian Book Deals to like minded friends and family.

Not exact matches

«What this Catholic story offers to believers of other flavors can be put bluntly: While solid, well - defined theological boundaries can be enforced in ways that stifle productive Christian thinking, sustained, meaningful, doxological Christian thought will not flourish unless such boundaries exist in some form.»

Dear Ancient Marinator: Well, your comment offers proof that Christians can't tolerate anyone who questions whether their Bible magic works or not, even when an exact quote from Jesus is used.

Officially, the Catholic Church might prefer Jerusalem to be an international city, but in practice Israel offers the best guarantee of Christian interests.

Tracing the historical story of underground Christians in Japan in the mid-17th century, Endo offers a stark look at the realities of following Christ under persecution, and the intense psychological struggle of a particular priest to know whether it would be better for him to be martyred for his faith or to recant.

Transforming Lives for Good (TLG), a Christian charity which trains church members to offer regular one - hour mentoring sessions to youngsters in difficult circumstances, told Premier that «injustice» plagues the education system.

All my life I've been taught that the Church is at its best when the theology is consistent and everyone agrees with one another, but when my very faith was on the line, it was the diversity of the Christian tradition that offered me so much hope.

The vision of a congregation maturing in the Christian life offers the best chance I see of clergy being delivered from the impossibly hectic and forever unfinished round to which the profession now threatens to condemn every pastoral leader except those few who have large staffs.

I find it odd that aetheists feel so directly personally offended by Christian symbols... they are not offered as an «attack», unless you see the sharing of beliefs as an attack upon your own beliefs, in which case I think there is a deeper problem... This billboard IS a direct attack, and as many others have pointed out there is a better way to share your belief as an aetheist.

There are many things I could say about why it is never a good idea to offer bad Christian alternatives to pop culture, but the most important thing is that you got a GREAT story out of it!

No, a true Christian does not do good to «curry» favor with God, the bible is clear on this, we can not gain favor or salvation through works of righteousness, we do it as an offering to God, an offering of obedience, not to feel good about ourselves.

Actually, I am not checking to see whether the church cares enough to serve the very best whether the offering is Mogen David, Christian Brothers or some Brand X. I just want to find out for myself whether the wine is fermented or not.

I doubt if such a presentation of the Christian gospel is other than a palliative for those who are insecure, as well as offering a sort of reassurance to people who have been induced (often by quite dubious techniques) to feel enormously guilty about themselves.

It would be unfaithful to both the best in the world of scientific learning and the wisest kind of religious leadership to offer more than these broad clear strokes in the portrayal of what it means in our day to undertake the work of a scientist as a Christian calling.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

As Dom Gregory Dix, in a now famous section of his book The Shape of the Liturgy, put the matter, Christians through the ages have known of no better and more appropriate way to remember» Jesus than by participating in the offering of the Eucharist as «the continual memory» of his passion and death — which also means, of course, the life which preceded Calvary and the knowledge of the risen Lord which followed the crucifixion.

But I would like to (a) offer a theological explanation for why I believe more and more Christians, especially evangelicals, may well be attracted to Orthodoxy in the 21st century, and (b) explain why more and more Orthodox need to become more evangelical.

The best you can offer against all this is something like «But he wasn't a TRUE Christian!»

while breifly going thru this artical it was makeing my stomach turn, this is just what the devil wants is for doubt and confusion, christianity is growing stronger than ever, souls are being saved and lives are changing every day, and do nt for one minute think any different, or try tp put christians down, why would we loose faith, god answers our prayers everyday, think what you want and do what you do, but do nt try to put things in other people's opinion or minds, jesus died for our sins, so that we can have better lives and be forgiven for our sins here on earth and move on to a beter place, becouse souls do nt die «read the bible, if you do nt understand it, find a church that can help you learn a better way of life, I pray for everyone out there that does nt know jesus christ as ther savior to accept what he has to offer to you «love forgiveness and ever lasting life «Christians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in life» god bless everyone&raqchristians down, why would we loose faith, god answers our prayers everyday, think what you want and do what you do, but do nt try to put things in other people's opinion or minds, jesus died for our sins, so that we can have better lives and be forgiven for our sins here on earth and move on to a beter place, becouse souls do nt die «read the bible, if you do nt understand it, find a church that can help you learn a better way of life, I pray for everyone out there that does nt know jesus christ as ther savior to accept what he has to offer to you «love forgiveness and ever lasting life «Christians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in life» god bless everyone&raqChristians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in life» god bless everyone»»

I can't answer what that charge means for every Christian, but these readings offer a good place to start.

The 138 Islamic leaders have made a constructive offer which should surely be responded to by Christians, with human openness as well as theological care.

I debated whether to engage a post that is just as disturbing as the title suggests, but after speaking with an editor and several writers at The Gospel Coalition, as well as some of my gay and lesbian friends, I've decided it's important to offer an alternative to the attitude presented in this post and, perhaps more importantly, to explore / discuss how Christians ought to respond when we encounter homophobia in our own faith communities.

The American bishops did much better: while also making the matter optional, they offered a powerful and sympathetic discussion of the religious reasons for the old observance and urged American Catholics to continue the practice as a gesture of solidarity with, and gratitude for, the passion of Christ, as an act of fidelity to the Christian past, and to help «preserve a saving and necessary difference from the spirit of the world.»

«Good Christian kids» might not be having sex with prospective mates, but all too often they rush into emotional intimacy, offering up themselves — thoughts, hearts and dreams — in the hopes of finding that elusive soul mate, leaving a trail of broken hearts.

Through the centuries Christians have offered the best of their artistic skills to God.

Fr Pedro Arrupe offers a good description of the way Catholics think, or ought to think, with the Church and «the specific data of Christian revelation».

To offer one example: I see no good reason that the label «evangelical» should not be applied to John Wesley, and I recently commissioned a book by a Wesleyan on Wesley on the Christian Life for a series I am co-editing.

The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering prayer ministry for healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground evangelising.

This seemed to her a great cruelty, for she thought to find in the cloister the true Christians she had been seeking, but she found afterwards that he knew the cloisters better than she; for after he had forbidden her, and told her he would never permit her to be a religious, nor give her any money to enter there, yet she went to Father Laurens, the Director, and offered to serve in the monastery and work hard for her bread, and be content with little, if he would receive her.

It is this, our wandering self, that offers us Indian - Christians the challenge of understanding ourselves by recognising and affirming, as well as celebrating, the complexity of our existence in this vast and varied country.

Christian churches have got to have a good offer for those seeking alternate unions (Lord knows Jesus does!)

T. S. Eliot, in his essay on «Religion and Literature,» neatly sums up both the approach and the goal: «So long as we are conscious of the gulf fixed between ourselves [as Christians] and the greater part of contemporary [culture], we are more or less protected from being harmed by it, and are in a position to extract from it what good it has to offer us.»

More and better is or can be offered to Christians than God could have offered to Jews.

if you want a better set of ethics, try Humanism, an atheistic ethical system far more compassionate than anything offered by the various christian cults.

Can you still call yourself a Christian, I asked Smith once, when you say other faiths offer salvation as well?

«It's no good just crying aloud about the plight of Christians if we don't make some effort to offer them the hand of friendship,» he said.

I too am drawn to the Anabaptist tradition and believe it has something really special to offer Christians who are tired of the culture wars, as well as something important to say about how a post-Christian culture in the U.S. might actually be good for the Church.

God makes sense to me under the trees, and God makes sense to me in poetry and prayer, and God makes sense to me in Eucharist and Baptism and community and even creeds... but not in the offering plate, not in the building campaign, not in the pastor - who - shall - not - be-questioned, not in the politics, not in the assumptions about what a good Christian girl ought to be.

In an attempt to encourage healthy, honest dialog, and fruitful criticism in the Christian community, I am offering five thoughts on how to criticize well.

In an attempt to encourage healthy, honest dialog, and fruitful, Christian criticism I am offering five thoughts on how to criticize well.

Liberal Christians in the area tend to gravitate to the larger mainline churches because they offer good classical music and programs on spirituality.

I also don't expect people to «act» like «good christians» but I do believe that God has called us for the sake of the world, and that we do have something to offer... not a pretence... yes reality and acceptance FOR ALL as they (and we) are... but is there more to being a christian than this?

Even if the chief Christian evidence for the reality of God is an invitation to «taste and see that the Lord is good», some Christians have offered intellectual arguments for the existence of God.

In late antiquity, Augustine advised Christians to spoil the Egyptians: to take from the rival pagan civilization the best it had to offer and adapt it to Christian purposes.

Speaking about how this information bring an opportunity to Christians to evangelise, she said: It's always been a great opportunity for us to just be loving and welcoming and say yes to people and help them to make that day special and show back to them the loving welcome that God offers them as well.

It may well be that it is a basic mistake of a great deal of the presentation of the Christian message that it is offered in first - century categories of Jewish and Hellenistic thought expressed in Elizabethan English.

Though they originated from the daily Roman costume of the early Christian centuries, since the Middle Ages the alb and chasuble (and their Eastern equivalents) have symbolized the objectivity of the worship which the priest offers at the altar, as well as the unity of this particular priest here this morning with his colleagues of every age and every land.

Harry Winks was also then sent on to offer better defensive help on this side than Christian Eriksen was supplying.