It all just depends on whose description of what was in fact going
on is faithful to reality.
Of course, those religious «wards» are probably going to insist
on being faithful to Yahweh alone.
Not exact matches
It
was a strange formulation, given that the occasion for the reading
was Etsy's acceptance of a $ 27 million investment led by Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist with Accel Partners who sits
on the boards of Facebook, Dell, and,
to the consternation of the Etsy
faithful, Walmart.
«I would have expected them
to say, «Gim me the money and leave me alone,» but... Erving's concern
was to make sure the way he moves
on the screen — and the way we tell him how
to move —
is not only
faithful to the way he moves, but in fact
is faithful to the way he thinks he moves.»
Nothing can
be done
to advance American principles around the world unless we insist
on taking actions that
are faithful to those principles.
You put
to word, the thoughts that so many of us share, about the challenge of
being faithful with so many conflicting demands
on our allegence.
For me, it
's amazing, you know I have
to kind of pinch myself, but
on the other hand, you know God
's a
faithful God, and it
's not surprising in that sense, if you see what I mean.
Mostly it
is because from the Sunnah of the Prophet (and possibly the Quran) we
are told that a
faithful muslim should not have his eyes set
on this world and should not celebrate the things in this world save those that bring one closer
to God and help one gain entrance into heaven.
At the root of the question you pose, and beyond any apparent theological dispute, we must keep in mind that we
are addressing a problem that casts doubt
on the fact that it
is necessary for the Church always
to remain
faithful to the doctrine of Jesus, whose words in this regard
are absolutely clear.
You hit the nail squarely
on the head for indeed so, biblical truths
are «written
on our heart» by way of the Presence of Christ'
s Indwelt Spirit Who
is ever
faithful to «guide you into all truth» and «show (us) things
to come» (John 16:13) but the problem
is (as
is woefully evident with this Article \
s Author), too many people (believers) choose
to eschew or disregard «sound doctrine» (2 Timothy 4:3) promulgating John 14:17 ignorance of the Doctrine of The Holy Spirit whose inevitable product
is a darkened understanding (such as
is evidenced by the Article'
s Author --RRB-.
We have no Head besides Christ, whose authority
on earth
is mediated through each and every Orthodox bishop equally as attested
to by the entire Body of the
Faithful.
All of his children
were killed, his wife, and the many sufferings of his own took him through a terrible world wind, but Job stayed
faithful, but he held
on to the «pride» of his love for his family, and YHWH had him
to break down
to witness the truth of them.
The Flood story
is about how difficult it
is in this world
to remain
faithful to God as the world carries
on in its own desires and mocks Noah over 120 years while building a boat in a desert that has never seen rain.
@Fact — I
'm sure you want
to be faithful to God, but you've latched
on to the wrong set of requirements.
With a populist approach centered
on the sensus fidei of Catholics unencumbered by theological theories, Buttiglione claims that a simple interpretation of Amoris Laetitia will
be the most
faithful one, the one best able
to understand and appreciate the pastoral novelty proposed by the pope.
I think Tiger and Jessie should take up this religion, it seems sutied for men who can't
be faithful to one women, It
is good for him, but why
on earth does a woman go along with it, I just can't figure that one out!
As much as your point
is dead -
on, I
'm sorry
to say you may as well
be shouting in a hurricane: The
faithful will never let anything like facts, logic, evidence or even rationality get in the way of their beliefs.
One small example of this in our neighborhood
is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started
to provide jobs
to «returning citizens»: It required the city
to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it
is based
on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied
to the concept that
faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have
been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.
You can also poke around
on your Nook or Kindle — there
are e-books there written for the
faithful that give a detailed insight into the cult - like thinking (well, poor choice of words, a favorite LDS saying
is, «the thinking
is done», but you catch my drift) that
's used
to control their people from a very young age
to find «the world» unbearable and the church
to be a haven, etc..
Shouldn't a
faithful, good woman
be able
to get into heaven
on her own merit?
The
faithful Mormons
are offended because they think Christians
are calling them evil people, although many of us
are not, while those of us who went
to seminary and suffered through a course
on systematic theology keep stressing that there
is actually a precise definition of «Christian» and that Mormons differ from that definition in a very few important ways.
Or
is living in «reasonable» comfort under such conditions a cop - out, with the only
faithful response
being obedience
to the radical claims of the Sermon
on the Mount?
It follows that even in his freedom God can not
be faithful, since «faithfulness» entails adhering freely through time
to one's previous commitment, and
on this view God
is «free but once,» not temporally free.
But the goal
was to build a church that would
be a beacon for the world, and a holy place where the
faithful can go
to ease our burdens, get fueled up
on God's word so we can go out into «our mission field.»
He
's faithful and loving
to his wife and kids, yet enough of an
on - screen rogue
to claim the crown as the 2017 version of Harrison Ford.
«Celebrities offer a myriad of different «takes»
on what
is possible in consumer culture,» he writes, «representing different ways
to be a woman,
to be black,
to be old,
to be faithful,
to be gay,
to be a parent,
to be unfaithful,
to be a loser,
to fail.
But they
are in fact a set of principles offered
to faithful lay people in the political sphere who can bring their experience
to bear
on an honest attempt
to apply them.
I now believe it does a tremendous disservice
to honorable people who
are faithful believers
to place
on them the additional burden of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any of a hundred different gotchas that can
be called upon
to justify the lack of an affirmative answer.
While I
am an advocate of spiritual exploration — by atheists
to disprove or by the
faithful to validate — running an article questioning the very core of a religious belief system
on a holy day
is indelicate,
to say the least.
But we agree with him in calling for a translation,
faithful to the Constitution
on the Sacred Liturgy, «that
is accurate, inspiring, reverent, proclaimable, understandable, pastoral in every sense - a text that raises our minds and hearts
to God».
Decorously contained
on a half - page with regular rhyme and punctuation, it seems at first glance
to be the sort of poem a pious 17th - century country parson might
be expected
to write — a courteous reiteration of theological truths upon which the Sunday
faithful may happily agree.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
was asked by the Pope
to provide an analysis and commentary
on this for the
faithful.
To be faithful is not to be full of an emotion or a belief; it is to act steadfastly on the basis of a commitment or a relationshi
To be faithful is not
to be full of an emotion or a belief; it is to act steadfastly on the basis of a commitment or a relationshi
to be full of an emotion or a belief; it
is to act steadfastly on the basis of a commitment or a relationshi
to act steadfastly
on the basis of a commitment or a relationship.
To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the churc
To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us
were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention
to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the churc
to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts
to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the churc
to more compassionate reflection
on the sacramental impulse and
on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some
faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.
For the
faithful in Christ can not accept this view, which holds either that after Adam there existed men
on this earth who did not receive their origin by natural generation from him, the first parent of all, or that Adam signifies some kind of multiple first parents; for it
is by no means apparent how such an opinion can
be reconciled with what the sources of revealed truth and the acts of the magisterium of the Church teach about original sin, which proceeds from a sin truly committed by one Adam, and which
is transmitted
to all by generation, and exists in each one as his own» -LCB- Humani Generis 37).
Serena, I hope that after you examine all the scriptures
on this subject carefully, and I hope you do because you shouldn't take any one's word
on something so vitally important, I hope you will at least encourage people
to be aware of the possibility that God might require us
to actually do something and
be obedient and
faithful in response
to his unfathomable offer of salvation.
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As in Matthew, the passage continues with a blessing
on a
faithful and wise servant who will
be put in charge of all his master's possessions, and a warning that one who uses his master's absence
to abuse his fellow servants will
be punished (Mt 24:45 - SI; Lk 12:42 - 46).
On Horeb, Elijah had complained
to God that he alone
was left
faithful to the Lord, but once Elisha came onto the scene he
was never alone.
If we
are serious about our worship and our responsibility as worshiping Christians, we will
be faithful to Christ's command and
to on our heritage by celebrating Word and Supper every week.
On the one hand I want
to be faithful to all the good teaching I've had about listening, about empathy, and about the «unconditional positive regard» with which I
am to receive the person seeking counsel.
Yes, the available history says that the heart
was in the possession of the church about a century later, so either someone kept it for a long time after cutting it out of his corpse — yeah, that sounds likely — or it
is a medieval «relic» that
is actually the heart of a pig or a sheep that some clergyman sold along with genuine pieces of the cross and bones from St. Peter
to make a buck
on the rubes, uh,
faithful.
On the other hand, Paul told Titus about Elders, «He must hold firmly
to the
faithful message as it has
been taught, so that he will
be able
to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.»
When Jerry DeWitt converted
to Atheism and it
was posted as an article here
on the Belief Blog, the
Faithful said the same thing you said in wondering who this guy
was and why
was it news worthy.
When we
are pressed
to choose or value or take a stand
on the basis of true family, it
is this company of the
faithful to whom we owe our loyalty.
Were he to descend again now to the everyday life of earth — even though it were to rejoin his faithful companion, still prostrate over there on the desert sand — he would henceforth be for ever a stran
Were he
to descend again now
to the everyday life of earth — even though it
were to rejoin his faithful companion, still prostrate over there on the desert sand — he would henceforth be for ever a stran
were to rejoin his
faithful companion, still prostrate over there
on the desert sand — he would henceforth
be for ever a stranger.
I know, some people want
to just «step out
on faith» and quit their job, trusting God
to provide, but I believe this
is more foolish than
faithful.
It struck me
on reading this how woefully lacking in Britain
are proper support and encouragement for those Catholics / Christians who carry this cross, desiring
to be faithful to Christ, notwithstanding small groups such as Encourage, which receive negligible financial and public support from the Church.
Tobit
was careful
to ensure that Tobias
was accompanied by a
faithful Jewish companion
on his journey
to collect the family silver.
On the heels of his great victory over the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, Elijah ran for his life, became depressed and suicidal, and complained to God (inaccurately) that he was the only faithful prophet left alive (1 Kings 19
On the heels of his great victory over the prophets of Baal
on Mount Carmel, Elijah ran for his life, became depressed and suicidal, and complained to God (inaccurately) that he was the only faithful prophet left alive (1 Kings 19
on Mount Carmel, Elijah ran for his life, became depressed and suicidal, and complained
to God (inaccurately) that he
was the only
faithful prophet left alive (1 Kings 19).