Sentences with phrase «on his faith as»

Millions and millions of people take the christian bible on faith as fact.

This guy simply acted on his faith as people did in previous centuries.

It is quite clear from the current economic debacle that the flourishing of our civic life depends on faith as well.

The Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution can not be proven so they are not scientifically proven laws and are accepted on faith as true by some.

Simpletons acting on faith as opposed to the erudite who rely on logic is as much as saying simpletons don't want to know why anything is the way it is, they just accept what they have been told without a shred of evidence.

Recent studies of the miracle stories in the Gospels in comparison with those told of Jewish and pagan saints and sages or «divine men» have brought out the fact that the emphasis on faith as a condition of healing is a distinctive element in the Gospel narratives.

Second, his emphasis on faith as a gift of God, rather than salvation being a gift of God (Eph.

Do Americans really want their leaders making decisions based on faith as opposed to the facts at hand in any given situation?

An excellent use of religion as a fear tactic, The Witch plays on the terrors of the time period as much as it does the witchcraft, creating a scary foreign world for naive newcomers who have grown accustomed to England's safer shores, and punishing those who rely on their faith as a way of explaining that which they do not know.

Not exact matches

I also look at it as a gesture of good faith where you have to regulate Uber and bring down the level of regulations on taxis so you have them much more equitable.

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

«I don't want the IRS looming over our faith leaders in the community as they express their religious freedom,» said Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the highest - ranking Republican working on the bill, told reporters when the bill was introduced.

On September 15, 2015, BitPay filed suit against its insurer, Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company («MBIC») to recover amounts owed under a commercial crime policy issued by MBIC to BitPay as well as penalties for MBIC's bad faith denial

He cited America's history of giving «sanctuary to desperate children for centuries,» the «blight on our national reputation» when we refused to accept Jewish children fleeing the Nazis in 1939, and his Christian faith as reasons for the decision.

«I could not be more proud to stand with President Trump as he continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with communities of faith,» she told Religious News Service, which first reported on the initiative.

The market's faith in the Chinese financial industry is being weighed and the headlines point to a merger of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, with some of their current powers — such as financial regulations and prudential oversight — passed on to the People's Bank of China.

As the secular bear market drags on, investors become more and more discouraged with their buy and hold positions and they begin to lose faith in the system, their strategy and stocks in general.

Congratulations to Laurie Blakeman for keeping the faith and staying on in the legislature so many years, always as one of the legislature's most progressive voices.

The depiction of hell as a place of eternal punishment and torture of sinners has been an unnecessary roadblock to faith for many for it suggests a God who unfairly punishes sins of 70 years on earth as warranting eternal damnation.

Before the «Dispensation of Grace» of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!

Would a hospital be required to retain a doctor who became a Christian Scientist and insisted on faith healing as the only means for attending to his patients?

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

Now, if you want to talk about religious theory, that's a different definition, as religious theory is based on belief and assumption and written statements that can not be verified or proven without having faith and belief.

how can my faith be the same as some on the sol site?

In the end, it all boils down to whether you as an individual rely more on verifiable facts or faith to guide your life.

She cites John's emphasis on personal faith, de-emphasis of high offices, and prioritization of Christology as ways in which this particular gospel has deeply influenced low - church liturgical practices.

In this magazine, the novelist Randy Boyagoda has called on Catholics to «continue to have faith in fiction» and to stop relying on the old standard bearers such as Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy.

As a young person, he was unmoved by the faith of his family, but a British evangelist, Nigel Price, spoke on his university campus, and he gave his life to the Lord.

The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

If you do Creationism you have to go through other faith's take on the creation of the universe as well and that wont give our kids the much needed brain power they need to get us out this funk!

Denying the freedom of someone to celebrate their faith is as bad as denying rights of gays based on religious ideology.

We are not a Christian nation, we were not founded on Christian faith but had it imposed well after the establishment of this more perfect union — when fe ar of being different (i.e. communist) was great enough to allow religion to be a significant part of who we are as a nation.

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

Religion and faith are a personal choice and journey as is the lack of either; I raised my son and daughter much in the same ways I was raised and I am proud of their understanding and acceptance of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, that they do not look down on or speak ill of others who believe differently than they.

So as Chirstians when we ask Mormons if they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, that they believe Jesus died and rose again on the third day to take away our sins and they say yes, they are not saying that they believe by confessing this that they automatically will live in the mansion where God the Father and Jesus Christ are and when they acknowledge our faith they don't believe that we will automatically be there based only on the blood of Jesus alone either.

On the contrary, we as Believers of Christ are well aware of what a life without faith in Him amounts to.

Christians, on the other hand, believe that we will be in the presence of God the Father and Jesus Christ solely by our faith in Christ and what He alone did by dying on the cross and rising again on the third day, so we believe it is a free gift of God and it doesn't just come after all we can do as Mormons believe.

Making a judgement about a faith, be it Christianity or Islam, on the basis of a few extremists has about the same logical errancy as saying evolution is false because Hitler's murderous race purification rampage was fueled by his study of Darwin's theory, a truth written by Hitler himself.

It is as if they place their faith in their faith (which is scarier than placing it on our own efforts) and not on God.

Also I suspect it would be easier to grow if people would stop forming their safe world hypothesis of why they are gay and leave them the hell alone about something as deeply private as their sexual orientation and let them get on with their faith.

On the same point, I know many, many people of faith who do not «force» their views on others, yet instead use their faith as their guiding principle to share love, kindness, and goodness to otherOn the same point, I know many, many people of faith who do not «force» their views on others, yet instead use their faith as their guiding principle to share love, kindness, and goodness to otheron others, yet instead use their faith as their guiding principle to share love, kindness, and goodness to others.

Concerning «getting pearls of wisdom» from research and review of original documents posted on the Internet, versus doctrinal justifications by a specific denomination which begin with enamored language, such as «most convincingly», «sublime article», «holy Christian faith», «believe and confess»....

On the other hand, Americans of faith have rallied together as never before: Catholic and Jew, Evangelical and Mormon.

They focus less on «end times» and focus more on helping the world as it stands, although many faiths do the same.

This person is obviously suffering from mental illness and yet this irrational respect that is given to «religious faith» blinds CNN to the point where they post this as «Belief» instead of on the medical page where it belongs.

She is simply trying to rationalize her son's disability with her faith in God and to try to focus on the positives as much as possible.

There he was far more warmly received as a Wheaton College representative than he would be at any secular American philosophy conference, and he was given a chance, on television, to testify to his faith in Christ.

As a result, not only do we learn to put our faith in on Him, we also begin to see our lives from a Kingdom standpoint.

Embarking on a media tour to promote his new book - and, in the process, testing a potential White House run - the former Massachusetts governor is reprising lines on his Mormon faith from his last bout as presidential contender.

The voices of theological sanity, sound theology and common sense reasoning about matters of faith are out there, I find them, others here find them, as we seek them out such as here on the net.