It was the belief that the gospel had utmost importance for all people individually and that this placed a supreme
obligation on believers to bring the message to those who had not heard it.
Religious literature and it's uses in worship as well as the Impact of religious
literature on believers and non believers.
In fact, the Quran
calls on believers to compete with people in doing good in the world, and that competition is expressly not limited to Muslims but to all people.
Christian leaders in Kenya have called for their Muslim counterparts to do more to stop attacks
on believers in the country.
Our emphasis shifted from the - pastor - does - it - all to a spotlight on the gifts and calling bestowed
on every believer by the Holy Spirit.
The bible shows that Jesus must have given the Holy Spirit to his apostles and the authority to pass it on, which they
bestowed on believers after they were baptized.
A senior church leader in Nigeria has described the «difficult» life being experienced by Christians in the country, as
attacks on believers by militant Islamist group Boko Harem continue.
Both the main body and the offshoot are said to teach traditional moral values, including temperance, and to be a generally positive
influence on their believers.
Anyway, I am all for evangelism, but evangelism that really helps people, and doesn't just put guilt
trips on believers and unbelievers.
It bugs me too, seeing one believer
jump on another believer for something while their own problems are obvious — such as one believer rudely affronting a gay person while balancing their huge girth over two very burdened feet.
He's more than happy to lie for political gain, and he's
banking on believers to support him, because some sheep, as we have seen on this blog, are very easily led by the «shepherd» who tells them what they want to hear.
The recital of the life history of the founder of a Sufi order, or just listening to such a recitation, is considered to be a good work in religion, and it actually does have an edifying
effect on the believer.
Since abstinence is not practical, the next best thing they try to
impose on believers is self - rationing.
And as long as we put up this artificial barrier between «believers» and «unbelievers» we end up focusing most of our time and
effort on believers.
Just as God breathed into man and woman the breath of life at creation, so Jesus gave spiritual life by
breathing on believers.
Now largely antiquated are his
chapters on believers in a flat Earth, a hollow Earth, Atlantis and Lemuria, Alfred William Lawson, Roger Babson, Trofim Lysenko, Wilhelm Reich and Alfred Korzybski.
Two black Christian academics — Anthony Bradley and George Yancey — also
called on believers to distance themselves from the movement.
The burden is
on the believers in Santa, God, Toothfairy, Bridge Trolls, Dragons, Elves, Flying Witches, Unicorns, RA etc..
The more I learn about various religions, the more I'm seeing how the declarations of «prophets» have far less of an
impact on believers» day to day lives than is implied by their official doctrines.
New research conducted at York University, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, may shed some light on religion's actual
influence on believers — and the news is positive.
The
obligation on every believer to have a special permit to spread his or her beliefs, as well as hand out religious literature and material outside of places of worship and used structures is not only absurd and offensive, but also creates the basis for mass persecution of believers for violating these provisions.
Matthew 7:16 says, «By their fruit you will recognize them...» and
depending on the believer you will judge him as such... I judge his as the same man the fearful and ignorant jews and romans murdered on a cross, nothing has changed since he's be away.